The organizations will use the money to fund various Zika-fighting activities, like surveillance and epidemiology, mosquito control and communication and outreach to pregnant women, other at-risk populations and the general public.
In alphabetical order, the 11 organizations that received funding are:
- American College of Preventive Medicine
- American Public Health Association
- Asian & Pacific Islanders American Health Forum
- Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
- Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologist
- March of Dimes Foundation
- National Association of Community Health Centers
- National Association of County and City Health Officials
- National Indian Health Board
- National Network of Public Health Institutes
- Task Force for Global Health
To date, the CDC has given more than $100 million to states, cities and territories to fight Zika virus, which continues to proliferate in the U.S. and its territories.
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HHS gives $16.6M to further the development of rapid Zika tests
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