Amata Highlights CDC Chronic Disease Prevention Grant for ASDOH

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is highlighting a grant notice of $275,025 for the American Samoa Department of Health from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

This is a new, discretionary grant from the CDC’s National Center for Chronic Diseases Prevention & Health Promotion, covering the year ahead with the rest of a five-year planned project to follow. It is a scientific health research grant that includes surveys, based on a grant application by ASDOH. 

“Thank you to Lydith Powell Yip for her work on this project, and everyone at ASDOH involved in this effort to obtain federal funds and especially to help limit chronic disease among our people,” said Congresswoman Amata. “Congratulations to Health Director Dr. Saipale Fuimaono.” 

The grant project is titled, Strengthening Chronic Disease Prevention and Management in American Samoa: Data-Driven and Culturally Tailored Approaches. 

“Thank you to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the senior leadership of the CDC, and the Center for Chronic Diseases Prevention Acting Director Dr. Chanchien Parajón for this support for American Samoa,” concluded Aumua Amata.

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