Building National Partnerships for the Prevention of Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases

This cooperative agreement aims to enhance the nation's ability to prevent, detect, and respond to infectious disease threats. It will support clinicians, healthcare professionals, healthcare systems, institutions, and organizations directly involved in patient care, public health, and infectious disease control across the United States. The program will focus on building and sustaining critical infrastructure, workforce training, communication strategies, and emergency response capabilities needed to address both emerging and reemerging infectious diseases. Key aspects of the program include: • Expanding national infection prevention capacity through targeted education and training initiatives • Enhancing preparedness by supporting surge staffing and fostering coordination among healthcare and public health partners during emergency response efforts • Building and sustaining critical infrastructure, workforce training, communication strategies, and emergency response capabilities The program has multiple components, including Component 1, which is mandatory, and Components 2-4, which are optional. Component 1 focuses on implementing and monitoring, while Components 2 and 3 focus on disseminating and adopting, informing and adapting, educating and training, and readying and preparing. Component 4 focuses on accelerating and responding to public health emergencies.