North Dakota Health Department receives funding for ELC program

 

U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced Thursday the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded $1,661,044 to the North Dakota Department of Health.

These funds were awarded through the HHS Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne, and Enteric Diseases. The award will be used to finance the program entitled “Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Prevention and Control of Emerging Infectious Diseases (ELC).”