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09/20/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 09/20/2024 18:52
Amata Highlights CDC Preventative Grant for ASDOH
Washington, D.C. -Congresswoman Uifa'atali Amata is highlighting a grant notice of $228,000 for the American Samoa Department of Health from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Specifically, this discretionary grant is from the CDC's National Center for Chronic Diseases Prevention & Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), covering the next year of a five-year planned project. These federal funds are for the American Samoa Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System effort, a grant application by the American Samoa Health Department that supports scientific and health research funding including surveys.
"Thank you to Emergency Preparedness Director Ben Sili, and congratulations to Director Motusa Tuileama Nua," said Aumua Amata. "Once again, we appreciate the support from HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, CDC Director Dr. Mandy Cohen, and NCCDPHP Director Dr. Karen Hacker."
By "surveillance," CDC has described efforts working to understand the extent of health risk behaviors, preventive care practices, and the burden of chronic diseases; to follow the progress of prevention efforts; and to help public health professionals and policy makers make timely and effective decisions.
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