Africa Health Systems Initiative Research Competition

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Funding Opportunities: Africa Health Systems Initiative Research Competition

The Global Health Research Initiative Launches a New Research Grants Competition!

The Global Health Research Initiative (GHRI) is a partnership formed by five Canadian agencies - the Canadian Institutes of Health Research; the Canadian International Development Agency, Health Canada; the International Development Research Centre; and the Public Health Agency of Canada- to strengthen Canada’s role on the global health research scene.

The research component of the “Africa Health Systems Initiative” (AHSI-RES) is a 5-year research program (2008-2013) that forms one component of the Africa Health System Initiative (AHSI) supported by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).

This Call for Proposals invites teams of researchers and decision-makers to submit research proposals focusing on: Human Resources for Health (HRH) and/or Health Information Systems (HIS). Equity is a cross-cutting theme.

• Registration due: March 13 2009
• Full application due: April 22 2009
• Geographic areas of focus: - Francophone West Africa - Mali, Burkina Faso, Benin - Great Lakes and Eastern Africa - Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya - Southern Africa - Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia
• All enquiries should be addressed to ahsi-res@idrc.ca