Amata Highlights Health Grant for Preventing and Managing Chronic Disease in American Samoa

Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Uifa'atali Amata is welcoming a federal funding notice, the second in the same day, from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for $275,025 to the American Samoa Department of Health (ASDOH).

This is again a discretionary, continuing grant from the CDC, this time from the National Center for Chronic Diseases Prevention & Health Promotion (NCCDPHP). These federal funds are for the American Samoa Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) project, a grant application by the American Samoa Health Department, part of a second five-year project through 2030. This grant covers one year into 2027, for scientific and health research funding, including surveys.

"Thank you to all our health professionals or territory personnel involved in the important efforts to make our people healthier over the long term," said Congresswoman Amata. "The CDC is supporting efforts to gain more data-driven knowledge about American Samoa's health to achieve better care."

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