[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 112 (Friday, June 9, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36699-36700]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-14532]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary
Grants and Cooperative Agreements Awards: Association of Schools
of Public Health (ASPH)
AGENCY: Office of International and Refugee Health, Office of Public
Health and Science, DHHS
ACTION: The Office of Public Health and Science announces that it will
enter into an umbrella cooperative agreement in fiscal year 2000 with
the Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH). This cooperative
agreement will establish a framework in which specific projects, which
will further department program objectives, will be funded as they are
identified over the 5 year period of the agreement. This agreement will
be administered by the Office of International and Refugee Health,
which will award individual projects on behalf of the DHHS agencies.
The cooperative agreement will establish a ceiling of $6 million for
the aggregate amount of the individual projects with funds to be
obligated as the projects are funded.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The purpose of the cooperative agreement with the Association
of Schools of Public Health (ASPH) is to promote and sustain
collaborations and partnerships between ASPH member schools and
international schools of public health thereby improving the functions
of these institutions, furthering the development of global public
health professionals, and stimulating global public health policy.
This cooperative agreement is a collaborative effort between the
Office of International and Refugee Health and the Association of
Schools of Public Health (ASPH) to develop the next generation of
professionals trained in public health and to promote and sustain the
development of the global public health professional by facilitating
collaborative efforts and partnerships between American schools of
public health and schools abroad. These collaborations will include,
but not be limited to, training opportunities such as internships and
fellowships, research projects, exchanging information through
publications, meetings, distance learning opportunities, and faculty
exchanges. The collaborative effort will provide for a more diverse and
globally capable public health workforce. In today's world, it is
essential for public health workers both in the U.S. and abroad to be
trained to address health issues in a global environment as well
[[Page 36700]]
as those in their own nations. This cooperative agreement will provide
a mechanism to stimulate global public health education. Results from
collaborative research can be used in curriculum development,
publications, and presentations at national or international meetings
and to contribute to the improvement of global health. International
cooperation such as this serves to meet the objectives of Healthy
People 2010. This cooperative agreement will assist the OIRH in its
mission to promote the health of the world's population by advancing
the Department of Health and Human Service's global strategies and
partnerships, thus serving the health of the people of the United
States.
This program addresses the 1997 IOM report titled, ``America's
Vital Interest in Global Health: Protecting Our People, Enhancing Our
Economy, and Advancing Our International Interests.'' This IOM report
states the need for public health workers to be exposed to
international health training to deal with the health issues of a world
that is growing more diverse, but closer due to international travel
and commerce, for example, emerging and drug resistant infectious
diseases in one country represent a threat to the health and economics
of all countries. Tobacco is a global problem by virtue of global
marketing and cultural development. Answers to these challenges
requires global thinking, training, and collaboration.
AUTHORITY: This cooperative agreement is authorized by Section 307 of
the Public Health Service Act.
Background
Assistance will be provided only to the Association of Schools of
Public Health (ASPH). No other applications are solicited. ASPH is the
only organization providing services specified under this cooperative
agreement because:
1. ASPH represents the 29 accredited schools of public health in
the United States. These schools represent the primary educational
system that trains personnel to operate the Nation's public health
agencies, and to administer disease prevention and health promotion
programs. ASPH has the institutional knowledge of the needs of both the
schools of public health and the public health agencies as well as the
access and communications network to coordinate activities of the
accredited schools of public health.
2. ASPH is the only organization that can comprehensively affect
the development and implementation of international health curricula to
public health workers in all of its 29 member schools of public health
and provide international experiences to students and faculty in the
environment of public health organizations.
3. ASPH is uniquely positioned to partner with international
practitioners of public health because of its affiliation with
international organizations such as the Association of Schools of
Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER), the World Federation of
Public Health Associations, the Pan American Health Organization
(PAHO), and the World Health Organization (WHO).
4. ASPH is working through its Global Health Committee to provide
the framework for its member schools of public health and the
practitioners of public health in Federal, State and local governments
to partner and share their experience and expertise with international
schools of public health, and to enable the international perspectives
of Public health to be incorporated into curricula for teaching health
administration, health promotion and disease prevention, prevention-
based health service delivery and health research methods. This will
assist future public health workers to improve the health of the people
of the United States and the world and to reduce health disparities
suffered by racial and ethnic minorities. Such exchanges will assure
consistent approaches to the preparation of public health workers
worldwide and their performance in controlling today's major global
health issues.
5. ASPH provides the structure and experience for instituting
comprehensive international public health education programs and
implementing programs that strengthen the public system by preparing
public health workers to work in international locations and with
diverse populations.
Where To Obtain Additional Information
If you are interested in obtaining additional information regarding
this project, contact Jerry Rutkoski at 301-443-4560.
Dated: June 2, 2000.
David Satcher,
Assistant Secretary for Health and Surgeon General.
[FR Doc. 00-14532 Filed 6-8-00; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4160-17-M