To support key laboratory systems strengthening interventions for early disease detection, disease monitoring, and laboratory based disease surveillance for priority diseases of public health importance in Lagos, Nigeria.

To build and enhance laboratory capacity to conduct blood lead level testing to enable effective monitoring and early detection of lead exposure. Laboratory capacity building and technical support will be implemented in program locations including Brazil; five states in India; Nepal; and six countries in sub–Saharan Africa: Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Rwanda, South Africa, and Tanzania.

To help CDC provide reference and quality control materials for laboratory collaboration, including collaborations for the Hormone Measurement Standardization program.

To maintain, produce, authenticate and distribute arthropod vectors and associated reagents for the Emerging Infections Resources Program.

To develop cell culture and small animal models of Nipah virus replication and pathogenesis in a biosafety level (BSL) 4 lab.

To support CDC with diagnostic development and processing for the global Guinea Worm Eradication Program (GWEP). This project will provide CDC with the laboratory support needed to diagnose possible Guinea worm (GW) specimens submitted by endemic and non-endemic countries and to validate and/or develop novel Guinea worm diagnostic tests.

To recognize exceptional contributions that promote enhanced safety in the laboratory setting.