To strengthen laboratory surveillance for pneumococcal meningitis and serotyping in India to understand the impact of a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine rollout.

To assist countries with developing costed, funded plans that address the gaps identified by the World Health Organization-led Joint External Evaluation (JEE) process, with the goal of helping countries reach compliance with the International Health Regulations. The CDC Foundation and CDC will support eight countries as they develop draft costed plans and help them identify funding to implement the plans.

To target cohorts of critical district-level leaders and health officials in Uganda, aiming to harmonize the curricula for District Emergency Response activation with the frontline Field Epidemiology Training Program, while strengthening their respective surveillance components. This effort will incorporate both animal and human disease reporting, case management, infection prevention and control, practices to contain outbreaks at the source, electronic sample tracking and shared animal and human health surveillance and response data communications.

To evaluate water treatment and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) practices in clinics and schools in Kenya.

To implement a two-phased approach to provide short and long-term solutions to the problem of inadequate water, sanitation and hygiene infrastructure in low-resource settings in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana and Uganda.

To promote technical exchange through establishment and improvement of public health surveillance systems, laboratory testing and training to enhance public health initiatives related to cardiovascular disease.

To develop a shared measurement system to monitor impact, progress and outcomes of the Better Hearts Better Cities Urban Health Initiative for Hypertension across three intervention sites using tools developed by the Global Hearts Initiative.

To develop a white paper to identify where investments could best promote the development of the tools needed to enable the more effective use of next-generation sequencing in public health and to prioritize areas where further development would be most impactful.

To support the assignment of a CDC subject matter expert to the World Health Organization (WHO) Health Emergencies Program to provide technical assistance and guidance to WHO regional and country offices and members states for the development of national action plans based on the needs and gaps identified in the Join External Evaluation assessments.

To support cryopreservation and suppression of female development in mosquitoes to assist research for malaria control.