The WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
and the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases
(TDR) are pleased to announce the 2016–2017 call for applications of
the Joint EMRO/TDR Small Grants Scheme (SGS) for implementation research
in infectious diseases of poverty.
The goal of the TDR strategy is to foster research on
infectious diseases of poverty that lead to health improvement,
strengthen research capacity of the individuals and institutions in
developing countries, and develop implementation strategies and
solutions that respond to health needs of these countries. It also aims
at translating research results into policy and practice by improving
health and promoting the engagement of individuals and communities in
using research evidence to reduce the disease burden in their respective
countries.
This call supports evidence generated from local
research for the prevention and control of tropical diseases in the
Eastern Mediterranean Region countries and takes into account the
outcomes of 2 activities at the Regional Office: “Integrating Research
in Shaping the Future of Health in the Region” (February 2014);
“Regional Health Research Prioritization” (February 2016) as well as
programme priorities identified by WHO regional technical programmes,
including: neglected tropical diseases, malaria, tuberculosis (May
2016). It emphasizes the importance of using implementation/operational
research for ALL priority topics below. In addition, the call welcomes
research which links more than one priority in the list mentioned
below.
