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Friday, May 13, 2016

Joint SEARO/TDR Small Grants Scheme

Joint SEARO/TDR Small Grants Scheme for Implementation Research in Infectious Diseases of Poverty

Research priorities 

All proposals should address key public health challenges related to infectious diseases of poverty as tuberculosis, malaria and neglected tropical diseases and other emerging infectious diseases.

Approaches should be in a areas of -

Implementation research on factors required for improved effectiveness, efficiency and appropriate adoption of new and existing interventions and public health delivery models.

 Innovative approaches to engaging health professionals in delivering services both in public and private sectors.

Innovative ways to stimulate health systems approach and sustain community demand for and participation in major public health interventions.

Research on feasible interventions to increase case detection and access to public health facilities as well as evidence of antimicrobial resistance.

 Knowledge gap related to an operational/programmatic issue that has a direct policy and programmatic relevance.

Health systems, health service delivery, community-based approaches or qualitative research topics in the context of the diseases listed above.

Social, economic and behavioral research that examines social determinants or their interaction and co-morbidity with non-communicable diseases.

Budget - up to US$ 15 000

Deadline - 20 June 2016

Eligibility - applicants must be from  low- and middle-income countries of the WHO South-East Asia (SEARO) Region ( Thailand is in this region)

More information - http://www.who.int/tdr/grants/SEARO-TDR_SGS_call_2016.pdf?ua=1

Application form - http://www.who.int/entity/tdr/grants/RO-Small-Grant-Appl-Form-web.docx?ua=1

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

TDR Grants for Drug development and evaluation for helminths and other neglected tropical diseases

This opportunity is an open call for researchers who:
1) have new products that are suitable for development against helminthiases and other neglected tropical diseases; or
2.) are interested in evaluating existing drugs.

Interested researchers should look at the original call: http://apps.who.int/tdr/svc/grants/research-activities/drug-development-helminths-ntds and contact Dr. Piero Olliaro at WHO/TDR for more information. (olliarop@who.int.)