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$324,715,999

Department of Health and Human Services·Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

to ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

biotechactive
ACTION DATE·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_NU50CK000538_075
Award description

CK19-1904 EPIDEMIOLOGY AND LABORATORY CAPACITY FOR PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES (ELC)

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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In plain English

Funds epidemiology and laboratory capacity for detecting and controlling emerging infectious diseases across Arkansas.

Sub-sectors
infectious-disease-surveillancepublic-health-infrastructureepidemiology
Why this matters

Strengthens U.S. disease surveillance and response infrastructure critical for pandemic preparedness and public health security.

Supply-chain signal

Increases demand for diagnostic equipment, laboratory reagents, and bioinformatics systems from suppliers to state health departments.

U.S.–China competition angle

Reduces U.S. dependence on foreign diagnostic capabilities and builds domestic disease detection resilience amid biosecurity concerns.

Generated by award_classification v1.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-13. Cost: $0.001339.

Period of performance
Start
2019-08-01
End
2027-07-31
Status
activein 443 days
Sources

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