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> Subject:      WHO-TDR call for applications for research on inequality and
> infe ctious disease
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> Madam/Sir:
> I have read with great interest the report of the Inaugural Conference of
> the International Society for Equity in Health (ISEqH) that took place in
> Havana, Cuba, in June 2000. Your e-mail address was included in the report
> published on the ISEqH website. I hope you don't mind if I share with you
> the following information regarding a recent call for grant applications
> for
> research on inequality and infectious disease emergence issued by the
> Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) at
> the World Health Organization. I would very much appreciate it if you
> could
> share the call for applications with colleagues or institutions that might
> be interested in our grant program.
> The TDR Programme invites applications for the award of Collaborative
> Research Grants (CRGs) to research institutions and scientists from least
> developed endemic countries (LDCs), and from high-burden countries for TDR
> target diseases on  the following two research areas defined by the newly
> established Steering Committee on Social, Economic, and Behavioural
> Research
> (SEB):
> Determinants of inequality of access to prevention, therapy and
> information;
> and
> Implications of changing economic, social, political and civil structures
> (including health reforms) for disease persistence, emergence, resurgence
> and factors affecting them such as drug and insecticide resistance.
> Please consult the TDR webpage
> <http://www.who.int/tdr/grants/workplans/seb.htm> for SEB's workplan and
> focus research areas for the coming years. As outlined in the workplan,
> SEB
> aims to promote and support research that critically examines social,
> economic and behavioural issues related to disease persistence and
> emergence
> and contributes to innovative thinking about improved control and
> prevention
> of TDR diseases.
> Despite significant, global efforts over the last 50 years, communicable
> diseases continue to obstruct social and economic development in
> developing
> countries, and disproportionately affect the poorest and most marginalized
> populations. A better understanding of how social, behavioural, political,
> economic and health system factors operate to affect disease patterns and
> disease control efforts will be important for identifying future needs,
> opportunities and innovations for improved control of TDR diseases
> (African
> trypanosomiasis, Chagas disease, dengue fever, leishmaniasis, leprosy,
> malaria, onchocerciasis, schistosomiasis, tuberculosis).
> Collaborative Research Grants are the main type of research grant awarded
> by
> TDR. They are intended to support goal-oriented research.
> During 2000-2003, SEB will request research proposals on the following:
> A.   Inequality of access to prevention, therapy and information
> What factors affect access of populations to prevention, existing
> therapies,
> and information regarding TDR diseases?  Factors that could be examined
> include those at the household/community, health systems and services, and
> non-health sectors/central government levels; SEB is particularly
> interested
> in studies that consider two or more levels and the links between them.
> Research questions of particular interest include but need not be confined
> to:
> *    How can governments extend access and improve equity through
> provision, financing and regulation?
> *    What are the implications of different kinds of public/private
> partnerships for equity in access to pharmaceuticals and services? What
> can
> be learned from existing or past partnerships, and how might we best
> assess
> their impact on equity? To what extent are the needs of vulnerable
> populations being met through such partnerships? Partners might include
> the
> public sector, private-for-profit firms, donors, NGOs etc.
> *    How can different approaches for increasing access to proven
> therapies, prevention and information be best utilized to contribute to
> improved disease control?
> B.   Implications of changing economic, social, political and civil
> structures for infectious disease persistence, emergence and resurgence;
> and
> for drug and pesticide resistance
> Research questions of particular interest include but need not be confined
> to:
> *    What are the social, economic and political determinants of drug use
> patterns (at household, community, health systems and central government
> levels), and what are the implications of these, e.g., for drug
> resistance?
> *    How are household choices and actions constrained or enabled by
> local and large scale forces and processes?
> *    What are the global forces and conditions promoting or retarding the
> development and equitable distribution of effective preventive,
> diagnostic,
> and/or therapeutic technologies?
> *    What is the impact (positive and negative) of large-scale economic
> processes and policies on the production and availability of effective
> drugs, diagnostics and vaccines? Examples of some large scale processes
> that
> might be examined are questions of intellectual property rights, trade
> agreements, globalization, and widening social inequalities, and
> decentralization and privatisation of services.
> III. HOW THE STEERING COMMITTEE WORK
> The SEB Steering Committee will hold one meeting per year (in May/June)
> during which it will update its workplan, review new research proposals
> and
> monitor overall progress of the Committee.
> The Committee invites individual research projects with budgets normally
> not
> to exceed $25000 per year for a period of one to two years. The committee
> is
> particularly interested in supporting projects that involve South-South
> and
> South-North partnerships between institutions and individuals that will
> contribute to research capacity building for social science research in
> disease endemic countries. For group projects and, in exceptional cases
> individual projects, the Committee will consider projects requiring
> greater
> levels of funding.
> IV.  HOW TO APPLY
> Collaborative Research Grant (CRG) application forms and instructions are
> available from TDR at
> <http://www.who.int/tdr/grants/grants/collgrant.htm>.
> Please read and carefully follow the instructions for completing the
> application. Applicants are invited to be succinct, but may exceed the
> page
> limits given in the instructions for describing, in greater detail, the
> research design.  If you are interested in submitting a proposal to the
> SEB
> Steering Committee an early letter of intent can be submitted to the SEB
> secretariat to request feedback before developing a full proposal.
> Application will be reviewed by the Steering Committee in June 2001.
> DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS AT TDR: 23 March 2001.
> Please let us know if we can help you with answering questions regarding
> this grant application program.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Dr. Johannes Sommerfeld
> Secretary
> Social, Economic and Behavioral Research (SEB)
> Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR)
> UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for
> Basic and Strategic Research Team (STR)
> CH-1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland
> Tel.: (+41-22) 791-3954
> Fax: (+41-22) 791-4854
> Room L 259
> e-mail: [log in to unmask]
> http://www.who.int/tdr
>
> SEB on TDR's website (www.who.int/tdr):
>
> Report of the Scientific Working Group (SWG)
> http://www.who.int/tdr/publications/publications/pdf/seb.pdf
> Call for grant applications:
> http://www.who.int/tdr/grants/grants/seb.htm
> SEB workplan:
> http://www.who.int/tdr/grants/workplans/seb.htm
>
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