TITLE
title
DHHS - PUBLIC HEALTH DIVISION - WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES - ANTIMICROBIAL-RESISTANT GONORRHEA CONTRACT - $366,420
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SPONSOR
sponsor
Merle Green
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BACKGROUND
background
Through funding from NC Department of Health & Human Services - Epidemiology/Communicable Disease Branch, Guilford County Department of Health & Human Services - Public Health Division has contracted with Wake Forest University Health Sciences staff for resistant gonorrhea rapid detection and response activities. Wake Forest will collaborate with Public Health to explore mechanisms to increase local lab capacity by piloting new methods of gonorrhea resistance testing and developing novel strategies for rapid response to antimicrobial-resistant gonorrhea. The contract amount is $366,420 and the effective period of this contract is June 1, 2018 to May 31, 2019. This is the third year of five possible years of funding.
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BUDGET IMPACT
budget impact
FUNDS COMMENSURATE WITH ADOPTION OF FY 2018-19 BUDGET; NO ADDITIONAL COUNTY FUNDS REQUIRED
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REQUESTED ACTION
requested action
Approve contract with Wake Forest University Health Sciences, in substantial form, in the amount of $366,420, to be effective for the period of June 1, 2018 to May 31, 2019.
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