[EQ] Consultancy on Disease Mapping and Modeling for Neglected and Other Poverty-Related Diseases

Consultancy on Disease Mapping and Modeling for Neglected and Other Poverty-Related Diseases

 

Call for Expression of Interest in a Consultancy on:
Disease Mapping and Modeling for Neglected and Other Poverty-Related Diseases in Latin America and the Caribbean

Deadline for submission of applications: 10 July 2009

Website: http://new.paho.org/hq/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1509&Itemid=259&lang=en

 

This Call is an initiative of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), in the context of its Program for the Elimination of Neglected and Other Poverty-Related Diseases. PAHO/WHO Health Surveillance and Disease Prevention and Control Area, Communicable Diseases Project

The purpose of the consultancy is to conduct or improve disease mapping of the selected neglected infectious diseases (NIDs) that can be targeted through mass drug administration (MDA), i.e. onchocerciasis, lymphatic filariasis, schistosomiasis, soil-transmitted helminthiasis, and trachoma, as well as other diseases that could be part of an integrated plan, including Chagas disease, rabies transmitted by dogs, plague, leprosy, leishmaniasis, and congenital syphilis, among others.

 

This will require deciding on the level of disaggregation (in consultation with PAHO/HSD/CD), according to the population size that will provide the best information for NID strategy and that will be the most feasible, given the time constraints and technical and financial resources dedicated to this exercise.

Consultoría sobre el mapeo y modelamiento de enfermedades desatendidas

Invitación a presentar expresiones de interés para una consultoría sobre el mapeo y modelamiento de enfermedades desatendidas y otras infecciones relacionadas con la pobreza en América Latina y el Caribe

Fecha límite para la presentación de solicitudes: 10 de julio de 2009

Website: http://new.paho.org/hq/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1509&Itemid=259&lang=es

 

Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS/OMS) en el contexto del Programa de Eliminación de Enfermedades Desatendidas y de otras enfermedades infecciosas relacionadas con la pobreza. El Área de Vigilancia de la Salud y Prevención y Control de Enfermedades, Proyecto de Enfermedades Transmisibles de OPS/OMS

 

El propósito de la consultoría es llevar a cabo o mejorar el mapeo de enfermedades infecciosas desatendidas seleccionadas que pueden controlarse a través de administración masiva de medicamentos, por ejemplo, la oncocercosis, la filariasis linfática, la esquistosomiasis, geohelmintiasis y tracoma, y también de otras enfermedades que podrían formar parte de un plan integrado de control, incluyendo la enfermedad de Chagas, la rabia transmitida por perros, la peste, la lepra, la leishmaniasis y la sífilis congénita, entre otras. Para ello será necesario decidir el nivel de desagregación (en consulta con la OPS/HSD/CD), de acuerdo con el tamaño de la población que mejor informará a la estrategia de control de las enfermedades infecciosas desatendidas y que es el más factible dadas las limitaciones de tiempo y los recursos técnicos y financieros dedicados a este ejercicio..

 

Contact:

Dr. Ximena Aguilera Senior Advisor on Communicable Diseases
Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO)
525 Twenty-Third Street NW Washington, DC, 20037-2895, USA

Phone: (+1-202) 974-3191 E-mail: aguilerx@paho.org

 

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