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Localize Global Health Security (LGHS) Project

Strengthening local partners to prevent, detect, and respond to infectious disease threats

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Growing Impact

New and re-emerging diseases spread quickly across the globe, resulting in outbreaks that overwhelm health systems and upend lives and economies. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Localize Global Health Security (LGHS) project works with local health actors, strengthening their capacity to support their communities as they prevent, detect and respond to emerging health threats in Africa, Asia, Europe Eurasia, Latin America and the Caribbean. Through this work we build community trust and engagement for the acceptance, uptake and sustainability of global health security interventions.

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Countries

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Applications from Local Organizations

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Technical Areas

Global Health Security Technical Assistance

LGHS addresses critical gaps in health security through grants and technical assistance in prioritized technical areas. LGHS works with local organizations and global health security partners to fulfill the highest priority areas to focus for each LGHS country.

Organizational Development

LGHS strengthens the administrative and financial organizational capacity of local entities to effectively manage the implementation of health security technical interventions.

Global Network

LGHS enhances grantee communication, networking, and learning while expanding the global knowledge base on engaging subnational entities to advance global health security (GHS). Grantees participate in local and global networks to share experiences, lessons learned, and best practices through in-person and virtual events, as well as capacity-building workshops.

The LGHS Grants Program

The LGHS grants program aims to support local partners by funding initiatives that address global health security challenges. Our partners include not-for-profit and for-profit NGOs, civil society organizations, community-based organizations, local cooperatives or associations, and private enterprises. These organizations will operate at both national and subnational levels to promote sustainability in key technical areas.

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Step 1 of 6 – Pre-solicitation

LGHS directly works with local global health entities in host countries to encourage applications from most suitable local entities.

Step 2 of 6 – Solicitation

LGHS hosts solicitation meetings for interested organizations to ensure process is streamlined and localized for our applicants.

Step 3 of 6 – Screening and Selection

LGHS assembles a technical evaluation committee in each country to review and evaluate bids.

Step 4 of 6 – Award

LGHS executes local entity awards to awarded organizations.

Step 5 of 6 – Administration

LGHS works with subnational, national to global actors to to best support the grants lifecycle for our local grantees.

Step 6 of 6 – Close-out & Next Steps

Grantees complete all program deliverables to conclude the grant cycle. LGHS grantees can continue to leverage LGHS global health security tools and resources and stay connected with the broader GHS community to address health needs in their communities.

Where We Work

LGHS works with local health partners across Africa, Europe Eurasia, Latin America and the Caribbean. Currently, LGHS operates in Cameroon, Jamaica, Moldova, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Zambia.

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