The contract allows ICF to build the Data Coordinating Center (DCC) for the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System (NHBS)which is used for conducting behavioral surveillance among persons at the highest risk for HIV infection in the US.
It also allows to operate its role in the Medical Monitoring Project (MMP) by providing data population-based estimates of characteristics of persons with HIV infection living in the US and the care that they receive.
ICF will continue the maintenance of the standardized data management lifecycle system for these projects.
ICF International senior vice president David Cotton said this contract will enable ICF to continue to support the combined output of both surveillance systems and provide local agencies with the capacity to develop appropriate prevention and treatment programs that fully respond to the needs of individuals at risk for and infected with HIV in their communities.