<br><div class="gmail_quote">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC)</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ruglucia@paho.org">ruglucia@paho.org</a>></span><br>crossposted from: <a href="mailto:EQUIDAD@listserv.paho.org">EQUIDAD@listserv.paho.org</a><br>
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<p style="margin-left:.5in"><b><font color="maroon" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:maroon;font-weight:bold">Call for Proposals for Implementation Research <br>
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<pre style="margin-left:.5in"><u></u><u></u><b><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">Alliance</span></font></b><u></u><u></u><b><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold"> for Health Policy and Systems Research<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></pre>


<p style="margin-left:.5in"><b><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">World
Health Organization<br>
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<p style="margin-left:.5in"><b><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">Deadline
for Submission of Proposals: 15 September 2012 <br>
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<pre style="margin-left:.5in"><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Interested applicants should pre-register online by 20 August 2012<br>
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</span></font><font face="Arial"><span style="font-family:Arial"><a href="http://bit.ly/MWHEq6" target="_blank"><font color="black"><span style="color:windowtext">http://bit.ly/MWHEq6</span></font></a> <u></u><u></u></span></font></pre>


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<p style="margin-left:.5in"><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">“…..The purpose of this
Call is to support implementation research that contributes to the scale-up of
effective health interventions related to MDGs 4, 5 and 6 in one of the three
priority areas described in the following section. The research proposals may
be submitted for one of the following priority areas: <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p style="margin-left:1.0in"><b><i><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic"><br>
</span></font></i></b><i><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic">i) Strategies to facilitate the
integration of services to result in improved health outcomes and greater
efficiencies: </span></font></i><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

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<p style="margin-left:1.0in"><i><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic">ii) Strategies to improve the performance of health workers
(through strengthened supervision and increased motivation) to deliver quality
services </span></font></i><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p style="margin-left:1.0in"><i><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic">iii)
Strategies for community engagement to increase awareness of, access to, and
utilization of health services, and provision of appropriate services at the
community level. <br>
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<p style="margin-left:.5in"><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">The proposed research should seek to
adopt a systems perspective which may require a multi-disciplinary research
team and the need to engage multiple stakeholders, including the women and men
at whom the services are ultimately directed. In addition to ensuring a systems
perspective, research-study supported through this call should incorporate the
following considerations: <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

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<p style="margin-left:.5in"><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">- <b><i><span style="font-weight:bold;font-style:italic">Equity </span></i></b>– the proposed research
should consider the potential benefit and empowerment of vulnerable
populations, particularly women and children. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

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<p style="margin-left:.5in"><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">- <b><i><span style="font-weight:bold;font-style:italic">Innovation </span></i></b>– the proposed research
should to respond to implementation issues not previously addressed by other
research and strive to use new methods and approaches or apply existing methods
in new ways. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

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<p style="margin-left:.5in"><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">- <b><i><span style="font-weight:bold;font-style:italic">Capacity building </span></i></b>– the proposed
research study should provide opportunities to strengthen capacity for the
conduct of research and use of evidence for the implementation and scale up of
effective interventions. It should also ensure a gender balance in its capacity
building activities. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

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<p style="margin-left:.5in"><b><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">FUNDING
</span></font></b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p style="margin-left:.5in"><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">The size of the budget for each
grant should be based on the scope and focus of each research study appropriate
for the setting the study will be carried out. The budget for the 2-year
research study cannot exceed US$ 350 000. Additional funding from other sources
should be sought if the budget is anticipated to exceed this amount. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p style="margin-left:.5in"><font color="black" face="Calibri" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><br>
</span></font><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">The deadline for submission of proposals is 15 September 2012.<br>
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<pre style="margin-left:.5in"><u></u><u></u><font color="black" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial">Lydia</span></font><u></u><u></u><font color="black" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial"> Bendib, Technical Officer<u></u><u></u></span></font></pre>
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<pre style="margin-left:.5in"><font color="black" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial">World Health Organization - <u></u>Geneva<u></u> <u></u><u></u>Switzerland<u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u></span></font></pre>
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