Summary
CAPACITY BUILDING FOR GLOBAL, REGIONAL, AND NATIONAL IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS - GLOBAL IMMUNIZATION DIVISION, CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION - THIS PROPOSAL?S PURPOSE IS TO SUPPORT THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION?S (CDC) GLOBAL IMMUNIZATION DIVISION?S (GID) GOAL OF REDUCING THE BURDEN OF VACCINE PREVENTABLE DISEASES SUCH AS POLIO AND INCREASED THE CAPACITY OF GLOBAL IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS. INTEGRAL GLOBAL HEALTH (IGH) AND ITS REGISTERED OFFICE IN PAKISTAN WILL PARTNER WITH THE PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE (PHI), CHIP TRAINING AND CONSULTING (CTC) WITH OFFICES THROUGHOUT PAKISTAN, AND RIZ CONSULTING (RIZ) WITH OFFICES IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN - TO SERVE AS THE INTEGRAL CONSORTIUM TO IMPLEMENT PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO ASSIST GID WITH MEETING ITS GOALS. THE INTEGRAL CONSORTIUM HAS A STRONG FOUNDATION OF PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH GID IN PAKISTAN. IGH?S LEADERSHIP CONSISTS OF A FORMER STAFF MEMBER OF THE CDC WHO WAS ASSIGNED TO THE GPEI IN P