Monday, June 11, 2012

[EQ] IDRC call for concept notes project SEARCH -Strengthening Equity -Capacity building in eHealth

IDRC call for concept notes project SEARCH
-Strengthening Equity -Capacity building in eHealth

IDRC - International Development Research Centre - 2012

Website: http://bit.ly/MoxG0I

“……….IDRC's Governance for Equity in Health Systems (GEHS) program is pleased to announce a call for concept notes.
The focus of the call is on how and when technology can contribute toward strengthened and more equitable health systems in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs).

The Deadline for submissions is 12:00pm EST July 20, 2012

The overarching objective of the Strengthening equity through applied research capacity building in eHealth (SEARCH) project is to support LMIC-based researchers in carrying out rigorous and useful research on how and when eHealth can influence the functioning of health systems to improve health outcomes, and ultimately, contribute to reducing health inequities.

Key research areas

 

•Theory, methodology, or framework development

•Participation, accountability, and transparency

Enterprise architecture and interoperability

•Modelling and operations research to generate evidence for decision-making

•Subnational, national, and global policy processes

Key eligibility criteria
The principal applicant must be a citizen or permanent resident of a LMIC with a primary work affiliation at a LMIC-based institution.

Value and duration

A total amount of approximately CAD 2.5 million will be invested in successful grant proposals over a period of three years. Each grant will range from CAD 100,000 to CAD 400,000 for a time period between 24-36 months.

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[EQ] Call for feedback: Five year performance assessment of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)

From: Hans Rosling
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2012

Comments  Re: Five year performance assessment of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)

The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at Washington University in Seattle, USA was established in 2007 http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/
This was made possible through the combination of a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and funding from the State of Washington.

The University of Washington and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have commissioned us to serve as an independent panel for an evaluation of IHME after five years of operation. 
We are asked to provide observations on the institutional performance and accomplishments of IHME and recommendations for the future of IHME.

In addition to the conventional evaluation process, we have decided to invite anyone who has interest in IHME´s work to provide comments. We are particularly interested in your opinion of what IHME has done well, what they have done less well, what they have missed and what they should do differently or better in the future.

We would appreciate it if you could send a short email containing your comments and thoughts on IHME’s performance to any of the two email addresses given below by June 15th 2012. at: http://commentonihme.blogspot.se/

In this email, please indicate your institutional affiliation and qualifications along with your comments. We appreciate any time you are able to give to our evaluation, and respect your opinion whether negative, positive or neutral. Of course, your identity and all information you provide will be held in confidence by the panel and no identifying information will be included in any report generated.

We appreciate any cooperation you are able to give to this evaluation, and look forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards,

Prof. Kenji Shibuya (Lead Evaluator), Tokyo   Email:  shibuyak@m.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Dr. Flavia Bustreo, Geneva email:  flaviabustreo@gmail.com
Prof. Hans Rosling, Stockholm      Email:   hans.rosling@gapminder.org


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