Project #: CDC-RFA-EH09-907
Project/Funding Opportunity: National Environmental Public Health Tracking Program
LOI Deadline: Not available
Application Deadline: June 29, 2009
Link to Grant Announcement: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=47617

Research Project Area / Purpose: The cooperative agreement, National Environmental Public Health Tracking Program, will support grantee collaboration with CDC and other appropriate partners to build statewide networks, to adopt already developed standards and specifications for the implementation of these networks, and to participate in the development of future standards and specifications. The purpose of the program is to establish and maintain a nationwide tracking network to obtain integrated health and environmental data and use it to provide information in support of actions that improve the health of communities. The program also aims to build state and local public health capacity in the area of environmental health surveillance. The Tracking Network is a Web-based, network of standardized electronic health and environmental data.