telemedicine grant
Washington, D.C. — Friday, Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata detailed what’s in the telehealth grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that will enhance local maternal health services. This federal funding relies in part on appropriations from Congress in 2020 COVID relief legislation...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Some 46 telehealth programs across the U.S. will receive funding in the latest round of Distant Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) grants from the US Department of Agriculture.
In all, the USDA is investing $42.3 million, including $24 million in CARES Act funds, to 86...

![Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata congratulated local government agencies and grant writers who “undoubtedly worked hard to get the people of American Samoa this vital support,” including Health Dept. director Motusa Nua. [courtesy photo] Amata with Motusa](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/_congresswoman_uifaatali_amata_and_director_motusa_nua.jpg?itok=tRcGSVrT)
![The American Samoa Medical Center Authority, which is getting $677,675 to launch a maternal telehealth program connecting island providers with specialists at the University of Hawai’i in Honolulu; [SN file photo] LBJ Hospital sign](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/lyndon-b-johnson-tropical-medical-center-office_53.jpeg?itok=51Hy4bPI)