CCIH Monthly Bulletin

February 2007

 

1. CCIH AND MEMBER NEWS

CCIH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, MAY 26-28: PARTNERSHIPS FOR HEALTH AND WHOLENESS

The Annual Conference Planning Committee is busy finalizing plans for the conference to be held in May at the Bishop Claggett Center in Buckeystown, Maryland. Last year's conference participants expressed enthusiasm about the Claggett Center as the conference venue and the committee found the staff to be extraordinarily helpful and accommodating. The friendly staff, spacious grounds, delicious food and friendly atmosphere made it an easy choice for the 2007 event. Claggett's recently opened modern conference facility will add to our conference experience, enabling us to hold most of the conference activities in one building, complete with climate control, comfortable meeting areas, a meditation room (creatively constructed within the old barn's silo) and a state-of-the-art dining facility with beautiful views over the valley. For more information on the Bishop Claggett Center go to their website at http://www.claggett.ang-md.org.

The theme of this year's conference, Partnerships for Health and Wholeness, is a timely one as more and more faith-based organizations are realizing the benefits of combining their efforts with others rather than working on their own. But acknowledging that one should work with others does not necessarily lead to a successful partnership. There are many different types of partnerships and many partners to choose from. Even the word "partner" means different things to different people. The concept brings up myriad questions: How does one decide which path to take? How does an organization determine what an ideal partner would look like and how does it find that partner? Should FBOs partner only with other FBOs? Or should secular non-profit and for-profit organizations be approached for collaboration? What about governmental and international organizations? How does faith bring extra added value to partnerships? These are the types of issues that we will explore, discuss and debate during our conference.

The conference will center around plenary sessions presenting the various concepts surrounding the theme of partnerships, illustrated by concrete examples of collaborative efforts by CCIH members and the wider faith-based community. Workshops sessions will supplement the ideas presented at the plenaries as well as other topics of interest to participants. Many of the conference sessions will involve panel discussions. While setting the conference schedule the planning committee, in response to previous conference evaluations, deliberately programmed free time to encourage relationship building, networking, spontaneous discussion, fellowship and personal reflection. A new feature to this year's conference is a scheduled time for CCIH working groups to meet for presentations and discussions.

The draft program for the conference is currently available to view at http://www.ccih.org/conferences/May%202007/Conference_Draft_ProgramSchedule_02.07.htm. To download a more colorful version, click here. The conference registration will be available soon. Keep an eye on the CCIH homepage for more details (http://www.ccih.org) or contact Sharon at sfranzen@ccih.org. See #23 below for some logistical information regarding the conference.

 

KAY WARREN TO BE KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT CCIH ANNUAL CONFERENCE

We are very excited that the Keynote speaker for the CCIH 2007 Annual Conference will be Kay Warren, co-founder along with her husband Rick, of the Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California. Kay will be speaking at the Sunday May 27 afternoon plenary and will be presenting at a workshop later that day. Kay has been the driving force behind the church's involvement in HIV/AIDS ministry and is the Executive Director of the Saddleback HIV/AIDS Initiative. Kay's dynamic speaking style coupled with her passion for motivating Christians to respond to the needs of others has touched and inspired many to seek God's will for their lives. In recent appearances at Urbana 06 and at the Acting on AIDS conference at Trinity Christian University (see #35 below), Kay challenged her listeners to make the invisible God visible to suffering people. Their care for others speaks volumes about God's love - and often has much more impact than spoken words to those in need. To learn more about Kay and the Saddleback HIV/AIDS Initiative, go to http://www.purposedriven.com/en-US/HIVAIDSCommunity/HIV_homepage.htm.

 

CCIH BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING: MARCH 12-13

The CCIH Board of Directors welcomes and encourages the active engagement of CCIH members in the governance and programs of our network, now totaling 80 organizational members, 10 Affiliates, and several hundred individuals. If you have questions or suggestions or would like to propose agenda items for the March 12-13 board meeting in Washington, DC, please contact any board member (http://www.ccih.org/about/board.htm) or executive director Ray Martin at martinrs@aol.com. One point of discussion will be the dilemma created by the mushrooming demands on CCIH resulting from its growth and increasing visibility and respect in international health circles, and the inadequacy of staff and budget capacity to meet these rising expectations.

 

CCIH SOLICITS NOMINATIONS FOR BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The Nominations Committee of the CCIH Board of Directors will be emailing to all current CCIH members an invitation to submit nominations for the 2006 elections to the Board of Directors. Any CCIH member may nominate himself or herself, or any other current CCIH member or employee of a CCIH organizational member. Nomination of individuals with experience in institutional development and fundraising is especially encouraged.

Four positions are up for election this year:

- Vice President

-Treasurer

-Two Members-at-large

Board members serve a two-year term. Attendance at the three annual board meetings is expected, and participation in CCIH working groups and other activities is encouraged.

Contrary to previous practice, the board decided that this year the election will take place entirely by email, prior to the Annual Meeting to be held during the CCIH Annual Conference, May 26-28. This change was necessitated by the growth and increasing dispersion of the CCIH membership.

Questions or nominations can be sent to Laura Van Vuuren, chair of the Nominations Committee, at lvanvuuren@medicalteams.org.

 

AFRICAN CHRISTIAN HEALTH ASSOCIATIONS MEET IN TANZANIA

CCIH member Interchurch Medical Assistance (I.M.A – http://www.interchurch.org) is committed to partnering with and building the capacity of African Christian Health Associations. For some time now, I.M.A. has been committed to supporting the efforts of these indigenous Christian organizations to increase their ability to provide services to improve lives in their communities. I.M.A. has used its position as a partner in the USAID funded Capacity Project (http://www.capacityproject.org) to find resources for the CHAs for capacity building activities such as training and resource assessments.

Recently, I.M.A. supported two meetings of CHAs in Tanzania through staff presence and involvement in the meetings and by providing funds to assist CHA members with travel costs. On January 15, sixteen participants of the CHA Technical Working Group on Human Resource Management (TWG), which was organized in March 2006 (see http://www.ccih.org/bulletin/0306.htm#7), met to discuss activities of the group and make plans for future activities. Major topics included staff retention assessments in Kenya, Malawi and Zambia and the Human Resources Information System Mapping project in Tanzania (see http://www.ccih.org/bulletin/0706.htm#6). The CHAs were also made aware of possible funding opportunities through the Capacity Project.

From January 16-18 the TWG members were joined by other CHA representatives and others for the CHA Biannual Conference. In all, representatives from 12 African Christian Health Associations and 10 African countries and 8 ecumenical agencies attended the meeting. Dr. Manoj Kurian of CCIH member World Council of Churches (http://www.wcc-coe.org) was the convener and facilitator. Participants saw the meeting as an opportunity to learn more about and from each other, to forge and strengthen relationships and networks both among themselves and with other agencies, and to discuss certain topics such as the Human Resource crisis, resource mobilization, strengthening collaboration with governments and grant funding. CHA representatives took turns presenting their work to the group, resulting in lively discussions and excellent learning opportunities. Copies of the Power Point presentations from the meeting may be obtained from Charles Franzén at charlesfranzen@interchurch.org. The CHAs ended their conference with “The Bagamoyo Commitment” - a strong statement that demonstrates their serious resolve to strengthen their network and work together to help each other tackle issues such as human resource management, finance, sustainability, management and governance. A key resolution is the establishment of a rotating secretariat, employing a full-time program officer, “that will improve networking and communication between CHAs and associated organizations in Africa and elsewhere.” To view the full statement, click here.

What does all of this mean to CCIH? The CHAs repeatedly referred to CCIH as a partner in their journey; a link in the network of organizations that will help them achieve their goals. CCIH is even mentioned in the Bagamoyo Commitment as one of the “partners” who can speak on behalf of the CHAs. And the group resolved to send a representative to the CCIH conference to nurture that relationship. For its part, CCIH has recognized the Christian Health Associations in Africa and elsewhere as key players in the work to care for God’s people in need and has encouraged their membership in CCIH. Current members include The Christian Health Association of Kenya (http://www.chak.or.ke), The Churches Health Association of Zambia (http://www.chaz.org.zm) and the Zimbabwe Association of Church-Related Hospitals (zach@africaonline.co.zw). We encourage CCIH members to find out more about these and other indigenous church-related organizations and to explore collaborative efforts with them. Links to some of them can be found at http://www.interchurch.org/resources/index.php. For others contact CCIH at ccih@ccih.org.

 

HOPE HAS A NEW NAME - NORTHWEST MEDICAL TEAMS INTERNATIONAL CHANGES IT'S NAME BUT NOT ITS MISSION

On February 20 Northwest Medical Teams International became Medical Teams International. Nothing else about the organization has changed, however. The name change reflects the fact that the organization has grown since its beginning 27 years ago in the Pacific Northwest of the US. It is now a truly global organization involving people from all over the United States and the world and it needed a name that reflected that reality. But, says President Bas Vanderzalm, the organization remains committed to its mission of demonstrating the love of Christ to people affected by disaster, conflict and poverty. For more information about Medical Teams International, visit their website at http://www.medicalteams.org.

 

CCIH PUBLICATION ON ABC APPROACH TO PREVENTING THE SEXUAL TRANSMISSION OF HIV NOW AVAILABLE FOR MASS DISTRIBUTION

CCIH will soon take delivery of 5000 copies of its 2006 publication, The ABC approach to preventing the sexual transmission of HIV: Common questions and answers, and can make multiple copies available to churches, FBOs, and other programs promoting behavioral approaches to HIV prevention. The target audiences are:

  • AIDS program managers and church leaders in Africa and other developing regions,
  • FBO program managers and policy makers and church leaders involved in AIDS prevention,
  • Professionals, secular and faith-based, interested in effective approaches to HIV prevention,
  • Anyone interested in the evidence about the effectiveness of ABC (abstain, be faithful, use a condom).

The carefully researched and attractively published, 86-page booklet, authored by Dr. Edward (Ted) Green and Allison Herling of Harvard University, is the product of CCIH’s HIV Prevention and Health Behavior Working Group with financial support from several supporting organizations.

The booklet can be obtained in three ways:

1. The hardcopy booklet can be obtained from CCIH by contacting Sharon Franzén at sfranzen@ccih.org. It is available free for addressees in developing countries and for low income church and FBO workers anywhere.

2. It can be purchased online through the bookstore of CCIH member SIM-USA. Go to http://store.sim.org/catpgN.htm, scroll down to find the volume, and order and pay online.

3. The text can be downloaded in pdf format from the CCIH website at http://www.ccih.org/Primer%20on%20ABC/Green&Herling_ABC_Approach_Feb07.pdf

CCIH believes this volume would be useful for church and AIDS program managers in African and other developing countries. If you have suggestions for mass distribution in these countries, or if you have the capacity to provide copies to your partners around the world, please contact CCIH (ccih@ccih.org) to find ways to distribute it efficiently.

 

CCIH PARTICIPATES IN WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE: “COMPASSION IN ACTION ROUNDTABLE: CONTROLLING MALARIA IN AFRICA – THE UNIQUE ROLE OF FAITH-BASED AND COMMUNITY NGOs”

U.S. First Lady Laura Bush recognized the health care contribution of CCIH member Catholic Relief Services at a February 15 conference organized by The White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives to spotlight the role of Faith-Based Organizations in pursuing the goals of the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI -http://www.pmi.gov).

She stated, “People of faith have always reached out to their neighbors in need. They've fed the hungry, cared for the neglected and healed the sick. They do these things not for their own benefit, but guided by the belief that every human life has value and dignity. By working together, and coordinating with PMI and other initiatives, people of faith can now help save millions of lives from malaria.” Her remarks are online at http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/02/20070215-2.html.

PMI is a $1.2 billion, five-year Presidential program to scale up the global response to the ravages of malaria which kills over a million, mostly children, each year. It involves promotion and distribution of insecticide-treated bednets, selective spraying to kill mosquitoes, and drug treatment to prevent and control the disease in 15 of the hardest hit countries of Africa (Angola, Benin, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.) There has been some debate about whether small, grassroots level organizations can play a significant role in controlling malaria and this conference sought to highlight the potential contribution of faith-based and community initiatives.

PMI Coordinator Admiral Tim Ziemer, former executive director of CCIH member World Relief, observed that many FBOs are “running on fumes” and said that the government would like to come alongside these FBOs with funding and technical support to enable them to play a larger role at the grassroots level in controlling malaria. During the question and answer period with Ambassador Randall Tobias, Director of U.S. Foreign Assistance and USAID Administrator, CCIH Executive Director Ray Martin expanded upon this issue and urged USAID to streamline its grant and contract system to allow small charities to receive more money. "There's an inherent difficulty, if not inconsistency, between a huge global donor organization and the need to get to the grass-roots level," he said. "Business as usual" for the agency is giving money to "the larger organizations who have on staff the grant writers, the lawyers, the contract officers, who know how to play the game." (quote taken from The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Feb16, available at http://philanthropy.com/free/update/2007/02/2007021601.htm.)

One manifestation of the desire to increase involvement of faith-based organizations in the fight against malaria is the establishment of the Malaria Communities Program announced by President Bush in December (see http://www.ccih.org/bulletin/1206.htm#31 ). Modeled in some ways after the AIDS PEPFAR New Partners Initiative (NPI), the MCP will provide $30 million over four years in grants to organizations that have not had significant previous federal funding. This competitive program will fund training and capacity building for local communities and indigenous organizations that can contribute to the fight against malaria. The deadline for the initial round of proposals will be announced shortly. For more information about the MCP, see http://www.fightingmalaria.gov/resources/mcp_factsheet.pdf.

At the February White House conference, several FBOs described their grassroots level malaria programs. Susan Lassen spoke eloquently of the NetsforLife program of Episcopal Relief and Development working with churches and communities in Zambia, DR Congo, and Mozambique (see http://www.er-d.org/programs_41270_ENG_HTM.htm.) Allon Lefever, Vice Chairman of the Board of Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA), described an innovative partnership with the government and commercial sector using subsidized vouchers with pregnant women to promote the use of bednets in Tanzania. For a description of this creative approach, see http://www.meda.org/WhatWeDo/ProductionMarketingLinkages/TechnicalExpertise/Health.html. CCIH member Catholic Medical Mission Board (http://www.cmmb.org) is working with the Inter-Religious Campaign against Malaria in Mozambique.

A speaker from The Gallup Organization, famous for its polling expertise, reported data from a recent Gallup poll in 19 sub-Saharan African countries that may surprise some people who think that AIDS is by the far the principal health challenge in Africa. It showed that only 33% responded that AIDS is the most prevalent disease; whereas 50% said that it was malaria.

The Medical Director for Global Issues and Projects of ExxonMobil, the petroleum company, said that the competencies of FBOs and other community organizations are complementary to those of the private sector, calling for more creative efforts to form mutually beneficial partnerships. Randall Tobias, US Director of Foreign Assistance and head of USAID, lauded FBOs for their sustainability. He maintained that the Bush Administration has nearly quadrupled U.S. aid to Africa.

For more reviews of the White House Conference, go to http://www.religionandsocialpolicy.org/news/article.cfm?id=6067 and http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-02-15-voa65.cfm.

 

SCHOOLS FOR GIRLS IN EARTHQUAKE AFFECTED AREA OF PAKISTAN

CCIH member Identity, Merge and Action (AIM - http://www.aimngo.org), based in Faisalabad, Pakistan, has provided assistance to the areas devastated by the October 2005 earthquake, beginning soon after the quake hit. In their visits to the villages they noticed that school girls gathered among the rubble of their former schools trying to continue their lessons in very cold weather, sitting on the ground or on fallen bricks and with almost no supplies. Many of the girls were suffering from respiratory ailments, especially pneumonia. AIM began consulting with village leaders who identified the construction of new schools for the girls as a priority. Union Councils (which include women, men and school teachers from the area) were formed as local partners for AIM and a proposal has been written for the construction of 35 schools for girls which will also be used for community purposes. The school design conforms to earthquake standards and will belong to the government but will be monitored and maintained by the local councils. AIM estimates the total cost of the project at about $180,000. Supporting documents for the proposal can be found at http://www.ccih.org/bulletin/0207files/AIM.schools.doc and http://www.ccih.org/bulletin/0207files/AIMProposal.doc. CCIH members who would be interested in exploring partnership with AIM for this or other programs should contact Anthony Matthew Gill at aimngo@brain.net.pk. Also feel free to contact Sharon at sfranzen@ccih.org.

 

RECENT CCIH LISTSERV MESSAGES

CCIH moderates four listservs: News, AIDS, ABCplus and Hospitals. Anyone can receive messages from these listservs by subscribing online at the CCIH website. As a service to our members who may not be on the listservs, we will be listing the most recent messages every month in the bulletin. An archive of messages sent from each listserv is accessible through the links listed below.

CCIH-News - http://www.ccih.org/pipermail/news_ccih.org

February

  • CCIH Monthly Prayer Calendar
  • New landmark WHO report documents major role of FBOs in addressing AIDS
  • Executive summary of landmark WHO report on the contribution of religion in AIDS
  • Argument that culture including religion are key to successful development
  • Intriguing concept of "healthworld" seeks to tie religion and health together

January

  • Employment Announcement - Samaritan's Purse
  • Employment Announcement - MAP International
  • 5 CCIH members nominated for million dollar 2007 Gates Award for Global Health

CCIH-AIDS -http://www.ccih.org/pipermail/aids_ccih.org

February

  • Educating students about HIV prevention, ABC, and the role of the church
  • New landmark WHO report documents major role of FBOs in addressing AIDS
  • Executive summary of landmark WHO report on the contribution of religion in AIDS

January

  • CMMB's Faith-Based Response to HIV in So. Africa: the Choose to Care Initiative
  • The Financial Times reporting on importance of behavioral change in HIV prevention
  • Seeking information about a "Positive Living" curriculum for HIV positives

CCIH-ABCplus - http://www.ccih.org/pipermail/abcplus_ccih.org

January

  • The Financial Times reporting on importance of behavioral change in HIV prevention

CCIH-Hospitals - http://www.ccih.org/pipermail/hospitals_ccih.org

 

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE CCIH COMMUNITY

As a service to CCIH Organizational and Individual Members and to CCIH Affiliates, we provide a section in our monthly informational dispatches devoted to publicizing jobs. Organizations are welcome to announce positions for which they are recruiting and individuals seeking jobs are invited to publicize their availability. Notices should be short – only one or two paragraphs – and provide appropriate contact information such as mailing address, email address, website, and/or phone number. Please send announcements to Sharon Franzén at sfranzen@ccih.org.

Recruiting:

Family Health International

Family Health International (FHI) is dedicated to improving lives, knowledge, and understanding worldwide through a highly diversified program of research, education, and services in HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment, reproductive health, and infectious diseases. FHI has a competitive compensation package. For an extensive list of positions available with FHI, go to http://www.fhi.org/en/AboutFHI/Employment/index.htm. Interested persons should submit cover letter and resume, including salary requirements, by e-mail to: humanresources@fhi.org. Please indicate that you saw the announcement in the CCIH Bulletin.

Technical Advisor, Strategic Information

Based in Arlington, VA, the Technical Advisor, Strategic Information will provide leadership in the day to day operations of data processing, in-depth data analysis, including be-variate and multi-variate, regressions analysis for article writing, biostatistics, proposal development, dissemination, advocacy, program design and improvement and presentations to various audiences. Requirements include: BS/BA and 9-11 years experience; or MS/MA/MPH and 7-9 years experience; or PhD, MD or similar degree with 5-7 years experience. Relevant experience must be in HIV/AIDS or reproductive health with international development programs and with proven strong data management and robust data analysis experience and skills. Overseas experience is required. In addition, must have at least 5 professional publications in respected journals or other fora.

Country Director, NEPAL

Nepal Country Director will provide leadership and management oversight for all FHI's portfolio and activities of FHI/Nepal country office, oversees operation and as the primary FHI country representative, will ensure strong collaboration between FHI and local Government, donors an sponsors. The CD will also represent FHI to external donors/sponsors and lead FHI business and resource development efforts in country. Also will serve as project director or chief of party (COP) on designated FHI project/s. Requirements include: BS/BA in public health or related field, and 11-13 years relevant experience in international development programs; or MS/MA/MPH and 9 - 11 years relevant experience; or PhD, MD or equivalent degree with 7 - 9 years relevant experience. 5-7 years supervisory experience required. Overseas field experience required. English and Nepali language skills required.

Senior Technical Officer, Monitoring and Evaluation (Asia Pacific Region)

This position is based in Bangkok, Thailand. The Senior Technical Officer, Monitoring and Evaluation will, in collaboration with FHI/USA, provide leadership and capacity building in monitoring, evaluation, and quality assurance/quality improvement (QA/QI) to FHI/s public health programs in the Asia Pacific Region. Requirements include: BS/BA in public health or related field, and 7-9 years relevant experience in HIV/AIDS, infectious disease or family planning with international development programs; or MS/MA/MPH in public health or related field, and 5 - 7 years relevant experience; or PhD, MD or similar degree with 3 - 5 years relevant experience. Overseas field experience required.

 

World Hope International

World Hope International (WHI - http://www.worldhope.org) is a rapidly growing 10 year old faith-based relief and development organization directly operating in 15 countries and working in an additional ten through indigenous program partners. With a focus on local leadership and staff—backed by committed and skilled technical expertise in the US headquarters—WHI is effectively engaging the ravages of poverty, disease, exploitation, and natural disaster with hope, opportunity and dignity.

Program Manager – Haitian Partners for Health

The Haitian Partners for Health (HPH) program is expected to be World Hope’s single largest international development initiative. The program is an innovative, holistic approach to help alleviate the scourge of HIV/AIDS in Haiti. World Hope is partnering with USAID, through a grant from the PEPFAR’s New Partners Initiative, to help finance, monitor, and evaluate this program and seven indigenous partner organizations in Haiti will work with World Hope to deliver the grassroots HIV/AIDS programming of the HPH. The overall program will work in four primary areas: promoting preventative approaches to reduce the incidence of new HIV/AIDS infection; care for orphans and vulnerable children; counseling and testing; and palliative care.

The HPH Program Manager is responsible for the implementation of the HPH Program. It will involve management of a team of WHI staff in Haiti, coordinating the activities of the program’s seven partner indigenous organizations, coordinating the involvement of other WHI technical staff and volunteers, and reporting to WHI’s executive team and to USAID. The responsibilities of this job will initially be focused on setting in motion the HPH program, ensuring that the HPH team is staffed, properly equipped and trained and that procedures are developed for working with the indigenous partners. Thereafter the job will involve providing strong administrative leadership and to develop the management and administrative capacity of HPH staff and the partner organizations in Haiti.

Requirements include: excellent skills and experience in management and administration; a solid understanding of HIV/AIDS programs; exceptional communication skills (both written and verbal); French language skills/aptitude; experience working in cross-cultural contexts; exemplary personal, professional and ethical standards; demonstrated initiative and sound work ethic; and, demonstrable success in the primary responsibilities detailed above.

To apply, please send resume and cover letter to the attention of Ann Karl. E-mail: AnnKarl@worldhope.net; Fax: 703-923-9418 or mail to: World Hope International, 625 Slaters Lane – Suite 100, Alexandria, VA 22314.

 

Catholic Relief Services

Catholic Relief Services is searching for an external consultant to carry out the mid-term evaluation for a tuberculosis project in the Philippines.

Interested consultants, please send your Curriculum Vitae to Elena McEwan at emcewan@crs.org.

 

Other Job Opportunities: CCIH maintains a list of the best sources of information on jobs and internships in international health. It includes links to literally hundreds of organizations, Christian and secular, that employ people both internationally and domestically in health. Some of them include jobs in other sectors as well. This rich list is online at http://www.ccih.org/resources/jobs/index.htm. Also, see Bruce Carr’s work at http://www.helpingoverseasdirectory.org. In addition, many CCIH member and affiliate organizations advertise employment, intern and volunteer opportunities on their websites. Still another source of job information is available from the Philanthropy News Digest at http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/jobs.

 

CCIH MONTHLY PRAYER CALENDAR

CCIH recognizes that prayer is vital to our work and ministry and to the work and ministry of our members as well as all those working in international health. We invite you to use this monthly prayer calendar (which lists a prayer for every day of the month) to pray with us about our work, the work of our members and the needs of the world. Please copy and distribute it freely. The Prayer Calendar is also available on the CCIH homepage (http://www.ccih.org) from the first day of every month. We encourage suggestions for prayer points for next month's prayer calendar. Please contact Sharon Franzén.

Click here to view the February 2007 Prayer Calendar.

 

2. WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION STUDY ON THE CONTRIBUTION OF RELIGION TO UNIVERSAL ACCESS IN AFRICA

WHO LANDMARK STUDY DOCUMENTS THAT 30 - 70 PERCENT OF HEALTH SERVICES ARE PROVIDED BY FBOs IN AFRICAN COUNTRIES

At a February 8 symposium sponsored by the World Health Organization at the Washington National Cathedral, the WHO presented the findings of a major pioneering study on the prominence of religious institutions in health infrastructure. CCIH was involved in this study in a small way and received $10,000 in funding for it. We feel that this study and its conclusions are so important to the faith-based community that it warrants a separate section of this month’s bulletin. Here you will find several articles about the study as well as links to sites on the Internet that explain, illustrate and comment upon the WHO study.

The title of the 132-page report unveiled on February 8 by WHO is Appreciating Assets: The Contribution of Religion to Universal Access in Africa: Mapping, Understanding, Translating and Engaging Religious Health Assets in Zambia and Lesotho in Support of Universal Access to HIV/AIDS Treatment, Care and Prevention. This WHO research was conducted by the African Religious Health Assets Programme (ARHAP), http://www.arhap.uct.ac.za, a collaboration between the Interfaith Health Program at Emory University, http://www.ihpnet.org, and several African universities and partners. The report can be downloaded in its entirety at http://www.arhap.uct.ac.za/publications.php or by individual chapters at http://www.arhap.uct.ac.za/research_who.php. The executive summary, which lists the six key findings and the four main recommendations of the study, can be downloaded at http://www.who.int/hiv/mediacentre/executivesummaryARHAP.pdf.

Although there has been a vague awareness of the important contribution of Christian and other FBOs to health and AIDS in Africa, this has not been well documented. The role of FBOs has typically been under-appreciated by the international development community. This new report documents in great detail the FBO role based on in depth surveys, GIS, and participatory mapping in Zambia and Lesotho. In these areas, the proportion of services attributed to FBOs ranges from 30% to as high as 70%. The FBO community can now use the information gathered and reported through this study to confidently march forward, knowing that it can finally present documentation to support what it has known: that faith plays a major role in both the provision and the acceptance of healthcare and that faith-based organizations are right to demand the respect and attention that has often been denied them as key players in the world of global health.

The implications for CCIH and its members are great. There has been acknowledgement, sometimes reluctant, in recent years that the faith-based community can play a unique role in the global health arena. CCIH has worked hard to be present at various forums to continually bring this point of view to light. This study gives us a more concrete foundation on which to stand. Additionally, the ARHAP research relates to CCIH’s ongoing effort to document Christian health programs in our Global Religious Health Assets Mapping project (GRHAM). See http://www.ccih.org/grham for the initial postings of what we hope will grow into an extensive database on Christian and church hospitals, clinics, and a whole range of health activities.

 

SUMMARY OF THE KEY FINDINGS OF THE REPORT

  • Religion is ubiquitous in Zambia and Lesotho , yet often hidden from Western view. Given this, an engagement with religiously informed healthworlds (see #18 below for an explantion of this term) is vital for the shaping of public health policy in southern Africa.
  • Religion, health and wellbeing are locally and contextually driven. For those seeking to engage RHAs, religion cannot be viewed as a single, simple cultural “variable” - no “one size fits all.”
  • Religious involvement in health and HIV/AIDS is increasing - particularly since 2000 - and religious entities have expressed a strong local commitment and desire to be more effective in the area of HIV/AIDS. Interfaith engagement and dialogue require further exploration.
  • Religious entities are perceived as contributing to health, wellbeing and the struggle against HIV/AIDS through tangible and intangible means. It is this combination that distinguishes them and gives them strength. Leading tangible factors comprise compassionate care, material support and health provision; leading intangibles are spiritual encouragement, knowledge giving and moral formation.
  • Certain religious entities are acknowledged as “Exemplars” in the community and these demonstrate exceptional programmatic, operational and associative characteristics.
  • An Assets-Based Approach to research and implementation of religion and health initiatives and HIV/AIDS scale up offers the potential for more rapid, sustainable and effective capacity-building and action.

 

CCIH BRINGS NEWS OF THE WHO STUDY TO A WIDE AUDIENCE

As part of its commitment to the ARHAP project, CCIH has promoted the project and its findings. At the Annual Conference in 2006, Frank Baer held a workshop which introduced the ARHAP and related it to other religious mapping efforts (see http://www.ccih.org/bulletin/0207files/Health_Assets_Mapping_Baer_CCIH2006.ppt), including CCIH's GRHAM (http://www.ccih.org/grham). CCIH was acknowledged at the February 8 event for its efforts to promote ARHAP and other health mapping programs. CCIH also posted messages on its NEWS and AIDS listservs about the WHO study:

 

WHO PRESS RELEASE: FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS PLAY A MAJOR ROLE IN HIV/AIDS CARE AND TREATMENT IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

February 8, 2007 (http://www.who.int/hiv/mediacentre/news66/en)

WASHINGTON, DC -- According to an important study released today by the World Health Organization (WHO) at the National Cathedral in Washington DC, efforts are needed to encourage greater collaboration between public health agencies and faith-based organizations (FBOs), if progress is to be made towards the goal of universal access towards HIV prevention, treatment, care and support by 2010.

The report, Appreciating assets: mapping, understanding, translating and engaging religious health assets in Zambia and Lesotho, estimates that between 30% and 70% of the health infrastructure in Africa is currently owned by faith-based organizations yet there is often little cooperation between these organizations and mainstream public health programmes.

The study focused on Lesotho and Zambia, which had HIV prevalence rates of 23.2% and 17% respectively in 2005. It found that Christian hospitals and health centres are providing about 40% of HIV care and treatment services in Lesotho and almost a third of the HIV/AIDS treatment facilities in Zambia are run by FBOs.

Greater role than recognized

According to the report, FBOs play much a greater role in HIV/AIDS care and treatment in sub-Saharan Africa than previously recognized. The report concludes that greater coordination and better communication are urgently needed between organizations of different faiths and the private and public health sectors.

"Faith-based organizations are a vital part of civil society," said Dr Kevin De Cock, Director of WHO's Department of HIV/AIDS. "Since they provide a substantial portion of care in developing countries, often reaching vulnerable populations living under adverse conditions, FBOs must be recognized as essential contributors towards universal access efforts."

The pilot study was undertaken by partners in the African Religious Health Assets Programme (ARHAP) at the Universities of Cape Town, KwaZulu-Natal, and Witwatersrand in South Africa, and researchers from the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University in Atlanta, USA. Researchers are confident that their efforts have yielded the first credible data capturing the extent to which FBOs are providing HIV/AIDS care in Lesotho and Zambia.

"The findings are trustworthy because they are validated by those who are experiencing the services," said Gary Gunderson, Director of the Interfaith Health Program at Emory University. "The alignment of religious health assets with public systems through participatory techniques opens a basic pathway towards health that should apply widely across cultures."

Role of religion, culture in health

The researchers argue that health, religion and cultural norms and values define the health-seeking strategies of many Africans. The failure of health policy makers to understand the overarching influence of religion - and the important role of FBOs in HIV treatment and care - could seriously undermine efforts to scale up health services.

"WHO has done a great service in quantifying the role of the faith community in providing HIV/AIDS care and treatment in sub-Saharan Africa," said the Reverend Canon John L. Peterson, Director of the Center for Global Justice and Reconciliation (CGJR), Washington Cathedral. "Pastors, imams, and volunteers who minister to those who are suffering from deadly diseases are fully aware of their constituents' needs, and have responded with care on the front lines. This report provides great encouragement to the faith community to continue to expand its role and to work in close partnership with governments and NGOs,” he added.

The report calls for greater dialogue and action between religious and public health leaders in the following areas:

• Developing religious and public health literacy: Formal courses, joint training and shared materials to improve understanding between FBOs and public health agencies;

• Respectful engagement: Expanding community workshops (as used in this study) to engage more FBOs in community health work; and bringing together religious and public health leaders in “Executive Sessions" to encourage long-term collaboration in policy-making and project implementation;

• Coordinating religious and health systems: Extending the use of health mapping to identify FBOs that could help in scaling up services; strengthening community support groups and further linking them to nearby state-run hospitals, clinics, and dispensaries; and

• Further collaborative research: Extending the participatory mapping used in this study to other African countries and low- and middle-income regions of the world; and further examining the nature of intangible (spiritual encouragement, knowledge, etc) health assets revealed in this report.

"This data demands that we continue to explore and expand the field. This is the first serious study of FBO engagement in HIV/AIDS, but it cannot be the last. We have only scratched the surface of what is happening and it is already clear that there is so much more to learn," said Ted Karpf, Partnerships Officer in WHO's Department of HIV/AIDS. "Donors and health-care funders need to take the role of FBOs into account. Without the FBOs, the hope of universal access to prevention, treatment and care is lost."

As the directing and coordinating authority on international health work, WHO takes the lead within the UN system in the global health sector's response to HIV/AIDS. WHO provides technical, evidence-based support to Member States to help strengthen health systems to provide a comprehensive and sustainable response to HIV/AIDS including treatment, care, support and prevention services through the health sector.

For interviews or more detailed information, please contact: USA: Ted Karpf, WHO, Telephone: +1 214 287 7294, E-mail: karpft@who.int; Switzerland: Iqbal Nandra, WHO Geneva, Telephone: +41 22 791 5589, E-mail: nandrai@who.int.

 

SOUTH AFRICAN THEOLOGIAN DEVELOPS CONCEPT OF “HEALTHWORLDS” TO FOCUS ATTENTION ON SIGNIFICANCE OF WORLDVIEW TO HEALTH AND HEALING

In scientific and Western cultures, there is a tendency to think of sickness and health in technical terms, reducing the subject to anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, microbes, and drugs. To draw attention to the important cultural and spiritual dimensions of individual and community health and disease, South African theologian, Professor James Cochrane, has developed the concept of “healthworlds.” He is Director of the Research Institute on Christianity and Society in Africa at the University of Cape Town and a key collaborator in the African Religious Health Assets Programme, (ARHAP), http://www.arhap.uct.ac.za, which implemented the WHO-funded study on religious health assets. He can be reached at Jim.Cochrane@uct.ac.za.

He argues that understanding the relationship between religion and public health is important to understanding the relationship between the more narrowly defined practices of clinical medicine and the more widely defined health-seeking choices people actually make. This understanding can contribute to the success and the sustainability of health interventions.

Key points of his paper, which was presented at the February 8 WHO symposium presenting findings of the Lesotho/Zambia ARHAP study on religious health assets at the Washington National Cathedral, include:

1. People tactically alter their responses to health challenges or crises through a strategic negotiation of the actualities that govern their situation and the possibilities they see in it. They do so in accordance with a weighing up of the cultural-religious resources available to them, in relation to any technical-scientific resources that may be on offer.

2. People turn willy-nilly to biomedical, African traditional, and faith-healing remedies for their condition, mixing them simultaneously or sequentially, and with little concern for what others might see as the contradictions between them.

3. The strengthening of health systems depends just as much upon understanding healthworlds well, and taking them seriously wherever possible, as on any other particular institutional intervention – managerial, financial or scientific.

4. The healthworlds of people who are the targets of intervention are central to the way in which that intervention is received. It is also clear that too many interventions fail to take account of the healthworlds of the recipients, in this case, people living with HIV and AIDS. Or they impose the norms of externally derived healthworlds – scientific or religious or any other as it may be – on recipients.

Clinical and managerial science focusing on technological solutions risks failure due to, in the words of a British army officer writing about the Iraq War, “An over-estimation of what technology in the hands of a command-based organization can achieve, allied to a correlative under-estimation of the importance of culture and human society.”

Similarly, religious leaders and others who place too much emphasis on faith, culture or healthworlds, risk failure due to “An under-estimation of what technology and a command-based organization can achieve, and a correlative over-estimation of culture and human society.” For example, speaking of AIDS treatment programs, Cochrane argues that it “is critical that religious leaders and institutions recognize that treatment, even if it is not their primary function, is something they can introduce, mediate and promote as life-sustaining, stigma-reducing and integral to comprehensive care and compassion.”

The full paper can be downloaded at http://www.ccih.org/pipermail/news_ccih.org/2007-February/000093.html.

 

3. CONFERENCES AND EVENTS

MARCH 27-29, 2007: THE 5th AFRICAN CONFERENCE ON CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT - HIV/AIDS AND CHILDREN: THE CHALLENGES OF CARE FOR AND PROTECTION OF CHILDREN IN AFRICA (KAMPALA, UGANDA)

This conference is being organized by the African Network for Prevention and Protection against Child Abuse and Neglect (ANPPCAN) Uganda Chapter in conjunction with ANPPCAN Head Office-Nairobi and the International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN). The conference will feature researchers, academicians, practitioners and children sharing ideas, experiences, good practices and research findings on the care for and protection of children in the face of HIV/AIDS in Africa. In addition, the delegates will also explore strategies for developing and scaling up effective and sustainable responses towards protection of children infected and affected by HIV/AIDS. The conference organizers are encouraging the submission of abstracts. For more information, go to http://www.anppcanug.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=37&Itemid=76.

 

MARCH 29, 2007: GLOBAL CONNECTIONS HEALTHCARE MISSIONS FORUM (LONDON, UK)

This spring's Global Connections Healthcare Mission Forum will look at the empowerment and transformation model for Community Health. It is hoped that Martin Goldsmith will share some biblical reflections. Practical aspects of Community Health will be presented by Ian Campbell and Ted Lankester (of CCIH members Salvation Army and Community Health Global Network, respectively) and others. For more information, contact Steve Fouch at steve.fouch@CMF.ORG.UK.

 

APRIL 14-15, 2007: UNITE FOR SIGHT'S 4th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL HEALTH CONFERENCE: INNOVATION, ADVANCEMENT AND BEST PRACTICES TO ACHIEVE GLOBAL GOALS (STANFORD UNIVERSITY, PALO ALTO, CA)

Unite For Sight's Fourth Annual International Health Conference will convene more than 1,500 people from throughout the world who are interested in international service, global health, public health, international development, eye care, health policy and advocacy, entrepreneurship, microfinance, bioethics, and medicine. This empowering, energizing conference brings together students, doctors, nurses, Peace Corps volunteers, public health, business and nonprofit professionals, anthropologists, policy makers, and others. The conference's goal is to exchange ideas across disciplines about best practices to achieve global goals in health and development. Registration for the conference is now open. For more information, visit the conference website at http://www.uniteforsight.org/2007_annual_conference.php.

 

MAY 11-12, 2007: INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL MEDICINE (INMED) EXPLORING MEDICAL MISSIONS CONFERENCE (UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI)

INMED held its first conference in May 2006 with over 200 participants. This year's conference will focus on HIV intervention. The Conference will also provide physicians, nurses, students, pharmacists, therapists and other health professionals with an understanding of international health issues, diseases of poverty, cross-cultural skills, and health leadership. Participants will have ample chance to network with medical mission organizations about opportunities to serve. More information about the conference and about INMED can be found at http://www.inmed.us.

 

MAY 26-28, 2007: CCIH ANNUAL CONFERENCE - PARTNERSHIPS FOR HEALTH AND WHOLENESS (BISHOP CLAGGETT CENTER, FREDERICK, MD)

We look forward to meeting many of you at the Annual Conference this year! We will be returning to the Bishop Claggett Center (http://www.claggett.ang-md.org), which has been updated with a new conference facility. The new building will allow us to hold all of our meetings/workshops in one place and will include a chapel/meditation room (creatively built within the old farm silo!) and a spacious dining area with beautiful views over the valley toward Sugarloaf Mountain.

The conference theme is Partnerships for Health and Wholeness. The draft program for the conference may be viewed at http://www.ccih.org/conferences/May%202007/Conference_Draft_ProgramSchedule_02.07.htm. To download a more colorful version, click here. Our goal for the conference is to explore, discuss and learn about various types of partnerships. Some of the questions we will focus on are: What defines true partnership? How do we promote good partnerships? What pitfalls should we avoid? What are some examples of effective and fulfilling collaborative efforts?

The conference will begin on Saturday morning, May 26, with two pre-conferences: Monitoring and Evaluation and Christian Leadership Strategies for Health System Reform. The main conference begins at 12 noon and will run through Monday evening, May 28. Accommodation and meals will be available on the campus from Saturday through Tuesday morning, May 29. A limited number of beds will also be available for Friday night, May 25. Logistical details will be available soon.

We sincerely encourage you to join us at the Claggett Center for this conference. It is always a special time of fellowship, networking and personal and professional growth with a wonderful and diverse group of participants, all coming together with a common purpose of exploring how to combine our faith with our passion for international health care. We look forward to seeing you there!

Information on the conference will be posted at our website, http://www.ccih.org, as it becomes available. Please feel free to contact Sharon (sfranzen@ccih.org) for further information.

 

MAY 29-JUNE 1, 2007: 34th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GLOBAL HEALTH - PARTNERSHIPS: WORKING TOGETHER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH (OMNI SHOREHAM HOTEL, WASHINGTON, DC)

How can we best use our collective experiences, resources, expertise, passion and humanity to help change the fundamentals of global health? Not alone in narrow disciplines, but through partnerships that draw on differing perspectives, differing knowledge and experience, and differing priorities. All of us need to understand better how to mobilize such partnerships, how to make them most effective, and where to turn for experience and help.

The Global Health Council’s 34th Annual International Conference is dedicated to exploring these relationships: how they are built, what they have and can deliver, and how those living in poverty and disease can best benefit. All of these joint efforts are means to our common end: to tackle complex health problems and find solutions to these problems at all levels, and in so doing, improve the health of the world.

For more information, go to http://www.globalhealth.org/conference.

 

JUNE 21-24, 2007: LEVERAGING CHANGE: THE POLITICS AND ECONOMICS OF GLOBAL POVERTY and HEALTH CARE (HIRAM COLLEGE, HIRAM, OHIO)

This international summer symposium is sponsored by the Hiram College Center for Literature, Medicine, and Biomedical Humanities and co-sponsored by The Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence at Case Western Reserve University. The symposium will address critical topics in international health care and issues of disparity within the U.S. health care system, paying attention to the political and economic forces that contribute to these health care disparities/inequalities. It will focus on potential solutions to the many problems that exist and how humanities, especially literature and the arts, might contribute to those solutions. Participants will engage with researchers, health care professionals, humanities and social science scholars, and artists on such issues as health care inequality, social justice, poverty and professional motivation. For more information on the course and on the Hiram College Center, go to http://litmed.hiram.edu/Sumsem.html. An intensive four-hour graduate course connected to the symposium will begin on June 18 at Hiram. It will conclude June 24. For more information, contact mais@hiram.edu or call 330-569-6111.

There is a call for papers to be presented at the symposium. Paper Proposals will be due no later than April 15 with notification sent within two weeks (no later than May 1) of receipt of the proposal. Also invited are proposals from artists, writers, musicians, dramatists about works appropriate to the symposium.

 

JULY 4-7, 2007: PRISON FELLOWSHIP INTERNATIONAL CONVOCATION 2007: WHERE LOVE AND JUSTICE MEET (TORONTO, CANADA)

The international convocation of Prison Fellowship International, the organization founded by Chuck Colson and now working in 110 countries with Christian ministry to prisoners, is organized every four years. PFI brings together judges and former prisoners, chaplains and volunteers, politicians and prison. PFI’s Global Assistance Program mobilizes short-term voluntary medical and technical assistance in response to needs in prisons through national Prison Fellowship organizations. AIDS prevention is an important focus in some countries. For details and to register online, go to http://www.pfi.org.

 

JULY 4-7, 2007: INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S SUMMIT: WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP MAKING A DIFFERENCE ON HIV AND AIDS (NAIROBI, KENYA)

This International Women's Summit is actually part of the larger World YWCA Council involving a series of events (see http://www.worldywca.info/index.php/ywca/world_council_07/overview), hosted by World YWCA and YWCA of Kenya. The International Women's Summit (IWS) is organized in collaboration with partner organizations, and is open to participants from other organizations and sectors, including Women living with HIV/AIDS, Community and grassroots leaders, NGO Activists, UN and other multilateral agencies, Government representatives and other policy makers, Private sector representatives, Researchers, Advocates and other stakeholders active in the field of HIV and AIDS.

The Summit commences with a one day Positive Women’s Forum on July 4, 2007, and is followed by three days of intensive discussion and debate, training and networking, as well as fun and inspiration. During the Summit there will be workshops organized around the topics of: Women’s Leadership in response to HIV and AIDS; Policy and Advocacy – moving into action; Intensifying prevention, treatment, care and support for women and girls; Lessons learnt from changing communities; and Positive Living.

The goals of the summit are

  • To highlight the difference women’s leadership is making in response to HIV and AIDS by making visible African and young women’s leadership, at grassroots and community levels, including national, regional and international levels.
  • To build the capacity of leaders and their organizations in undertaking sustainable programs that address cutting-edge issues
  • To raise awareness and mobilize the women’s movement on HIV and AIDS and crosscutting issues and produce the evidence required to affect change at all levels in society
  • To provide the space for networking and the building of strategic partnerships that will broaden the impact of responses to HIV and AIDS at all levels.

Registration for the IWS has already begun. Regular registration rates apply until January 31, 2007. For further information on the summit go to http://www.worldywca.info/index.php/ywca/world_council_07/iws_women_s_summit.

 

JULY 9-27, 2007: INTERNATIONAL HEALTH IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD: CLINICAL AND COMMUNITY CARE (UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, TUCSON, ARIZONA)

This yearly summer course, begun in 1982 and revised annually, is a multidisciplinary, case-based, problem-solving course preparing fourth-year North American medical students and residents for health care experiences in developing countries. Other health professionals with clinical experience in any medical or public health field may apply as well, but acceptance is limited to the availability of space. Enrollment in the course is limited to 30 (selected by approximately May 1, 2007.) This number allows case-based teaching in 3 groups of 10 students.

This is a full-time (90 class hours), interactive course, with two optional weekend field trips. Faculty are all experienced clinicians from several departments. Visiting medical students receive up to four weeks' elective credit at their home school (which must also arrange the actual overseas preceptorship). The course is designed for students who are actively planning a student or professional experience overseas. Students should be able to document acceptance (pending or final) by an appropriate clinical or community health facility in a developing country. For further information on the summer course and on other global health educational opportunities at the University of Arizona, go to http://www.globalhealth.arizona.edu or contact Dr. Ron Pust at rpust@u.arizona.edu. Dr. Pust is a CCIH member who is happy to share this opportunity with students and professionals motivated by their faith to work overseas.

 

AUGUST 2, 2007 - RESTORING WHOLENESS TO TRAUMATIZED AT-RISK CHILDREN (FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, PASADENA, CA)

This is a pre-conference to the West Coast Healthcare Missions and Ministry Conference. This one-day event sheds light on the world of the at-risk child - children who are homeless, orphaned, sold into the sex trade or are soldiers of war.  Learn what the church's response to the needs of children and learn what you can do to make a difference. For more information, go to http://www.healthcaremissions.org.

 

AUGUST 3 – 4, 2007 –THE 2007 WEST COAST HEALTHCARE MISSIONS AND MINISTRY CONFERENCE - FROM THE WHOLE CHURCH TO THE WHOLE WORLD: GLOBAL AND LOCAL HEALTH (FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, PASADENA, CA)

The 2007 conference combines two Southern California conferences which were held in 2006, the Urban Health Ministry Conference (sponsored by World Impact LA) and the Healthcare Ministry and Missions Conference at Fuller Theological Seminary.  The new conference is geared towards meeting the educational needs of Christian physicians, dentists, nurses, psychologists, psychiatrists, pharmacists, physical therapists, public health workers, mission pastors, parachurch workers, students and all other healthcare professionals, who are interested in global and/or urban healthcare (medical) missions. For more information, go to http://www.healthcaremissions.org.

 

NOVEMBER 4 – 7, 2007 – AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING (WASHINGTON, DC) www.apha.org/meetings

NOVEMBER 8 – 10, 2007 – GLOBAL MISSIONS HEALTH CONFERENCE (SOUTHEAST CHRISTIAN CHURCH, LOUISVILLE, KY) www.medicalmissions.com

NOVEMBER 28 - 30, 2007 – GLOBAL SUMMIT ON AIDS AND THE CHURCH (SADDLEBACK CHURCH, LAKE FOREST, CA) www.purposedriven.com/hiv

 

ADDITIONAL CONFERENCES AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES

For an extensive list of conferences of interest to or about medical missions (or to give notice about an upcoming conference) visit the website of CCIH Affiliate, Medical Mission Exchange, at http://www.mmex.org/conferences.aspx.

King College Center for Global Health Care, a CCIH member, operates the Peeke School of Christian Mission which offers workshops all year round on a variety of topics in health and Christian missions. For information on upcoming workshops go to http://www.king.edu/Academics/Schools/pscm/cghc/workshops.asp.

For lists of other upcoming public health conferences (both secular and faith-based):

- Subscribe to the Friday letter, a weekly report from the Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH) by sending an email to FridayLetter@asph.org. Many other resources, including funding opportunities for both faculty and students, can be found on their website, http://www.asph.org.

- Refer to the website of the Kaiser Family Foundation at http://www.kaisernetwork.org/calendar/calendar.cfm.

- The Global Health Council operates a calendar of general events with a filter just for conferences at http://www.globalhealth.org/calendar.php.

- The American Public Health Association website has a calendar of events at http://www.apha.org/calendar/. They are also willing to post notices about other conferences.

 

4. OTHER NEWS AND RESOURCES

STUDENT CONFERENCES ATTRACT A GENERATION EAGER TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE

February was the month to get Christian students involved: three conferences were held which attracted young people interested in learning how to use their skills, interests and faith to make an impact on the lives of their brothers and sisters in need.

February 1-3: Faith and International Development Conference at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan (http://www.calvin.edu/academic/ids/conference). 2007 marks the second year for this student-run conference which is co-sponsored by CCIH and by members World Vision (http://www.worldvision.org), Christian Reformed World Relief Committee (http://www.crwrc.org) and Mennonite Central Committee (http://www.mcc.org) and others. Aiming to “help students figure out how to connect their minds, their hearts and their hands in an international context under the Lordship of Jesus Christ”, this year’s conference centered around a practical theology of development, especially as it relates to four vital arenas in our contemporary context: peace building and reconciliation, global health, environmental care and economic justice.  Speakers discussed the ways that Christianity helps to answer difficult ethical issues that involvement in development often raises.  Speakers, breakout sessions leaders and development organizations from the main North American Christian traditions explored with students the richness of those theological traditions for how they inform and guide Christians in their efforts to promote human development around the world.  CCIH Executive Director Ray Martin and Board President Milton Amayun were among the conference speakers as were members Will Story of CRWRC and Sarah Adams of MCC.

February 15-18: Acting on AIDS 2nd Student Leadership Summit: Seek Justice, Love Mercy and Walk Humbly with Your God at Trinity Christian College in Palos Heights, Illinois (http://www.worldvision.org/aoa.nsf/aids/home). Acting on AIDS (AoA), sponsored by CCIH member World Vision (http://www.worldvision.org), is a student movement aimed at creating awareness of and promoting activism concerning HIV and AIDS (see #36 below). For the second year AoA has gathered student leaders from across the nation to share their experiences, improve their leadership skills, gather information, develop networks and friendships, and nurture their inner strength. About 250 students and many supporters and speakers braved the winter elements to meet at the summit. Speakers included Saddleback Church's Kay Warren and former Congressman/Ambassador and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Tony Hall. Participants were exposed to a variety of issues during the summit including hunger, the impact of HIV/AIDS on the African American community, personal and spiritual growth, leadership, and the conflict in northern Uganda. CCIH Executive Director Ray Martin, Allison Herling, and Hannington Muyenje (operator of a Christian radio station in Uganda) conducted two workshops on " Strategies for an AIDS free world: HIV prevention, ABC, and why students and the church should be involved." Ray also counseled students on careers in international health. For an update on the conference go to http://www.worldvision.org/aoa.nsf/aids/events_student_summit_2007_update.

February 22-24: International Rural Development Conference: Finding our Role in the Two-thirds World at Messiah College in Grantham, Pennsylvania (http://www.messiah.edu/irdc). This student-led conference focused on the interrelation between faith, cultural issues, public policy, economic development, appropriate technology, and international health. It was initiated by students who were inspired to present international development issues on their campus after attending the 2006 Calvin College conference. The event supported a growing interest on the Messiah campus for students to reach out beyond their immediate environment. The purpose of the conference was to motivate college students to pursue faith-filled international service, give them a solid understanding of how they personally can make a difference with their individual skills, and network them with other individuals and organizations who are involved in international work. Plenary speakers included CCIH Board President Milton Amayun and Kent Hill, Assistant Administrator for the Bureau of Global Health at USAID. CCIH was also represented among breakout speakers by former Board member Henry Mosley and by Kim Cutler and Mark Kaech of Food for the Hungry (http://www.fh.org.)

 

AWARENESS AND ADVOCACY OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS

Acting on AIDS - http://www.worldvision.org/aoa.nsf/aids/home

Acting on AIDS is a program started by Christian college students to create awareness and activism of the global AIDS pandemic at colleges and universities across the nation. With the support of CCIH member World Vision, Christian college students have formed a network of Acting on AIDS chapters which seek to change hearts on campuses, create awareness in communities, invest in community development in areas hard-hit by HIV/AIDS, and advocate for those impacted by the global AIDS pandemic. The AoA goal is to create a movement, not merely an organization or club, that encourages a campus- wide movement that leads individuals to a lifestyle of activism. This movement consists of a growing network of chapters (more than 100 to date) – as either an independent campus chapter, part of an existing campus ministry, or as a church ministry. AoA assists interested students to organize new campus chapters.

Acting on AIDS equips student leaders with the resources and tools necessary to organize activities and mobilize their peers to take action against HIV/AIDS. AoA provides students with encouragement, resources, awareness training, advocacy opportunities, leadership training, and even methods of working through their local churches. One way of supporting campus organizers is through the annual Student Leadership Summit where students gather to build their capacity to continue their work. The 2007 summit was held recently at Trinity Christian College in Palos Heights, Illinois. (See #35 above.) AoA is also helping students follow on from interest about HIV and AIDS that was developed at the Urbana Conference in St. Louis in December 2006 by assisting with promoting "Advance the Movement" regional gatherings on their campuses. AoA will promote the event as well as provide a speaker, resources, toolkits, and books. For more information on this, go to http://www.worldvision.org/aoa.nsf/aids/events_advance_the_movement.

 

University Coalitions for Global Health - http://www.ucgh.org

Hosted by the Global Health Council, the University Coalitions for Global Health Resource Group (UCGH) is a national collaboration among health-focused organizations with a university presence. Established in the fall of 2004, the UCGH Resource Group currently includes the UNICEF Campus Initiative, the Student Global AIDS Campaign, the Student Campaign for Child Survival, Student National Medical Association, Students Partnership Worldwide and the Global Health Council University Program. Other collaborating organizations include the American Medical Student Association, the American Public Health Association and Universities Allied for Essential Medicines.

UCGH promotes awareness and advocacy efforts on college and university campuses through the support of campus groups. It brings together undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and campus administrations around the country to address global health issues. It provides resources and links to national efforts through its campus campaigns. Currently there are three campaigns: HIV/AIDS; Global Health-Care Workers Campaign; and Treatment Access. UCGH also assists campus groups through “how-to” trainings, focusing on building the leadership skills of campus organizers. For more information about UCGH and to join its listserv, go to the website.

 

THE COST-BENEFIT DEBATE ON BREASTFEEDING BY HIV POSITIVE MOTHERS

Should HIV positive mothers refrain from breastfeeding in order to avoid spreading the disease to their infants or is the risk of disease associated with bottle feeding higher? Scientists at the 14th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (http://www.retroconference.org/2007) revealed the findings of four studies conducted in Africa and funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Three of these studies, and another one conducted in Zambia, showed that infants of positive mothers who were weaned at four and six months faced a higher risk of contracting diarrheal disease requiring hospitalization and resulting in death than those who were breastfed for longer periods. The fourth study illustrated the risks of disease and malnutrition due to water contamination among bottle-fed infants.

The World Health Organization in October 2006 released a statement that recommends HIV-positive women breast-feed exclusively until an infant is six months old unless alternatives are "acceptable, feasible, affordable and safe for both the mother and infant." The statement also recognizes that there are many factors that affect decisions on feeding for HIV negative infants of HIV positive mothers.(To review the consensus statement go to http://www.who.int/child-adolescent-health/publications/NUTRITION/consensus_statement.htm.) The complexity of the issue may be lost in the sincere effort to reduce the transmission of HIV and some governments have recommended that mothers stop breastfeeding after six month out of fear of increased risk of transmission. However, some feel that, in countries with a high infant mortality rate, mothers should risk the chance of transmitting HIV to their infants rather than expose them to the possible disease through bottle-feeding. While UNAIDS estimates that 300,000 infants die each year from becoming infected through breast-feeding, Unicef estimates that 1.5 million infants die each year from mothers who avoided breast-feeding. One doctor, Hoosen Coovadia, a pediatrician at the University of KwaZulu Natal in South Africa, believes that the answer lies in more research on interventions that will decrease HIV transmission in breastmilk.

To review some articles on the on-going debate of the issue, go to http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=43176; http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSN2628917220070227; and http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/27/health/27hiv.html?_r=1&oref=slogin. WHO prepared a briefing note (http://www.who.int/hiv/mediacentre/Infantfeedingbriefingnote.pdf) and a power point presentation (http://www.who.int/hiv/mediacentre/infantfeedingpresentation.ppt) on the issue for the 14th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections.

 

CORE GROUP A VALUABLE PARTNER FOR MANY CCIH MEMBERS WORKING IN MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH

A valuable resource and partner for many CCIH members is the CORE Group, a membership association of 47 NGOs working to improve the health and well being of children and women in developing countries through collaborative NGO action and learning. These organizations work in more than 180 countries and have a combined annual revenue of approximately $9 billion.

Nearly a third of their members are also CCIH members or affiliates:

Adventist Development & Relief Agency International

Catholic Relief Services

Christian Reformed World Relief Committee

Food for the Hungry

Foundation of Compassionate American Samaritans (FOCAS)

Global Health Action

The Hesperian Foundation

Interchurch Medical Assistance

International Aid

MAP International

Medical Teams International

Salvation Army World Service Office (SAWSO)

World Relief

World Vision

CORE Group members emphasize community-based approaches that build support for primary health care, embrace partnership and encourage innovation. They work with local partners to deliver services to marginalized communities in developing and transitional countries in order to reach the most vulnerable women and children. As a network of NGOs, CORE enables its member organizations to work together to decrease duplication of effort and eliminate the need for each organization to “recreate the wheel” when implementing programs in child health and development.

Individual CORE members can participate in any of eight technically focused Working Groups, which develop activities and products to strengthen community-based interventions for child health: HIV/AIDS, IMCI, Malaria, M&E, Nutrition, Safe Motherhood and Reproductive Health, Social and Behavioral Change, and TB.

Organizations interested in joining must be U.S. non-profits that implement community-focused public health programs to improve maternal and child health in developing countries and are committed to the CORE Group values of collective capacity, openness, equity, local experience and knowledge, participation of civil society, and impact.

The current Chair of the CORE Group board is Tom Davis of CCIH member Food for the Hungry. The Vice Chair, Henry Perry, is also a CCIH member. Other CCIH members on the board are Will Story of the Christian Reformed World Relief Committee, Melanie Morrow of World Relief, Ndunge Kiiti of MAP International, and Jane Thompson of World Vision.

For more information about the CORE Group, visit their website at http://www.coregroup.org. To subscribe to their monthly e-newsletter, send an e-mail to: e-update@coregroup.org. For inquiries, send an email to contact@coregroup.org.

 

DEADLINE EXTENDED ON GLOBAL HEALTH COUNCIL ANNUAL PHOTO CONTEST

The Global Health Council's Annual Photography Contest is dedicated to drawing attention to health issues that have a global impact and to celebrate this year's conference theme, Partnerships: Working Together for Global Health. The GHC recognizes the ability of photography to convey great emotional depth and understanding of issues which are often difficult to discuss, and seeks to highlight the important contributions to understanding and action made by the winner of the award. And so, each year, it holds a photography contest inviting both amateurs and professionals to submit selections of their work which clearly illustrate the theme of the Council’s core issues of women’s health, child health, infectious diseases, HIV/AIDS and emerging health threats. The winner's work will be prominently displayed at the conference and will appear in Global Health Council publications with attribution. The deadline for submission has been extended to March 15, 2007. For more detailed information about submitting a photo for this contest go to http://www.globalhealth.org/conference/view_top.php3?id=642.

 

NEW HIV/AIDS RESOURCE AVAILABLE FOR FBOS TO SHARE WITH SECULAR ORGANIZATIONS

Scaling up effective partnerships: A guide to working with faith-based organisations in the response to HIV and AIDS is a guide that has been produced by Church World Service (http://www.churchworldservice.org, a CCIH member), Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance (http://www.e-alliance.ch), Norwegian Church Aid (http://english.nca.no), UNAIDS (http://www.unaids.org), and World Conference of Religions for Peace (http://www.wcrp.org). It provides background information and case studies, dispels myths, and gives practical guidance for United Nations staff, government officials, positive people's networks, non-governmental organizations, foundations, and the private sector who want to collaborate with faith-based organizations on joint projects related to HIV and AIDS. The guide reviews the relevant teachings and structures of five of the major world religions: Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. Examples of current responses, potential obstacles, terminology and case studies are intended to give practical advice for initiating or expanding collaboration at local and national levels. The manual is NOT designed for the direct use of faith-based organizations or religious leaders (for whom it would be obvious information) - but rather for others who wish to learn about collaborating with FBOs.

The need for the guide was highlighted in a number of workshops and studies over the past two years that identified lack of information and misinformation among staff of multilateral organizations, government agencies and embassies, and development partners as major factors inhibiting scaling up existing faith-based projects and developing joint initiatives.

The guide may be downloaded at http://www.e-alliance.ch/hiv_faith_guide.jsp. Printed copies in limited numbers may also be ordered from this site.

 

INTERNATIONAL HIV/AIDS ALLIANCE PUBLICATIONS AND RESOURCES

Building Blocks: Africa-wide briefing notes is a set of 8 booklets that provide issues and principles for guiding strategy on supporting orphans and other vulnerable children. They were developed through a participatory process involving more than 80 people across Africa. Titles in the series include: Overview, Education, Health & Nutrition, Economic, Psychosocial, Social inclusion, Older carers, Young children and HIV. Recently printed Young children and HIV is latest in the set. It can be used as a resource on its own or in conjunction with the other titles. It provides practical guidance on meeting the developmental needs of young children affected by HIV and the care and treatment needs of young children living with HIV. Focusing on children under eight years of age, it aims to help local organizations and service providers to strengthen family and community support for these children.

These and other very useful resources can be downloaded at http://www.aidsalliance.org/sw5698.asp. Or, if you prefer, you can order a CD-ROM, containing all Alliance publications, free of charge. Some resources are also available in hard copy.

 

5. GRANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

The following list of grants and other funding opportunities appears monthly. CCIH welcomes information leading to new and varied sources of funding to share with its membership. Please contact Sharon at sfranzen@ccih.org. Please note that the list is now divided between entries that have been newly identified this month and those which have been previously listed. We hope that this will assist you in sifting through the information.

NEW LISTINGS AND UPDATES

MALARIA COMMUNITIES PROGRAM (MCP) SMALL GRANTS PROGRAM UNDER PRESIDENT'S MALARIA INITIATIVE NEW

Funding Opportunity Number: To Be Announced

Estimated Total Program Funding: $30,000,000 over four years

Funding Instrument type: Small Grants Program

Closing Date for Applications: To Be Announced

President Bush announced in December (see http://www.ccih.org/bulletin/1206.htm#31 ) the establishment of this competitive fund to provide grants to new partners, meaning organizations that have received less than $5 million of total US funding during the previous five years. The focus will be on the 15 countries listed in #8 above. The purpose will be to increase local and indigenous capacity to undertake community-based malaria prevention and treatment activities, and to build local ownership of malaria control for long term, sustainable education and training to fight malaria. Assistance will be provided to potential applicants to prepare quality proposals.

For more information about the MCP, see http://www.fightingmalaria.gov/resources/mcp_factsheet.pdf. (Also, see the discussion above in #8). To learn when the deadline will be for proposals for the initial round of grant applications, monitor the website of the President's Malaria Initiative, which is http://www.pmi.gov.

 

PUBLIC WELFARE FOUNDATION: FUNDING PRIORITIES NEW

Funding Opportunity Number: CDC 2212

Closing Date for Applications: No deadline

The Foundation is most interested in organizations that address human needs, and take a particular interest in efforts that combine elements of service, advocacy and empowerment in their approach: service that solves specific problems; advocacy to address those needs in a more systemic way; and work to empower people in need so they play leading roles in achieving those remedies.
The Foundation is willing to take risks to help organizations with a sound idea, a reasonable plan for carrying it out, and a strong base in and commitment to their communities. While most of the grants are made to organizations in the United States, the Foundation has always had no geographic restrictions and has increased its efforts to work directly with organizations in other countries. The application process at the Public Welfare Foundation begins with a letter of inquiry and is followed by a request for proposals.

For more information, go to http://www.cdcnpin.org/scripts/locates/LocateFund.asp?SearchType=Simple and search for Fund Number 2212.

 

USAID (PAKISTAN) RFA: DIVERSIFICATION OF FAMILY PLANNING ACTIVITIES IN PAKISTAN (DFPAP) NEW

Funding Opportunity Number: 391-07-010

Estimated Total Program Funding: $60,000,000

Funding Instrument type: Cooperative Agreement

Closing Date for Applications: Mar 16, 2007

The purpose of this activity is to increase demand for family planning by increasing knowledge of the advantages of birth spacing through a concentrated mass media campaign as well as to increase utilization of family planning services by strengthened public and private sector facilities and clinicians who offer quality services. Further, this activity seeks to use a multi-faceted approach to reach women and men in a variety of outreach activities performed at different levels of society. Finally, this activity seeks to build partnerships between the public and private sectors for disbursement /sale of family planning commodities.

For more information, go to http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=12484&mode=VIEW.

 

USAID RFA: STRENGTHENING PHARMACEUTICAL SYSTEMS (SPS) NEW

Funding Opportunity Number: M-OAA-GH-HSR-07-082

Estimated Total Program Funding: $147,500,000

Funding Instrument type: Cooperative Agreement

Closing Date for Applications: March 23, 2007

The proposed program will build institutional and individual capacity within developing countries to effectively and efficiently manage pharmaceutical systems, protect the public health through improved governance in the pharmaceutical sector, and enable the increased use and successful implementation of Population, Health and Nutrition (PHN) priority services by improving the availability and use of medicines of assured quality. Pursuit of these goals will be coupled with concerted efforts on various fronts to combat a growing threat that can erode public health accomplishments – the more rapid spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The Applicant will work in partnership with USAID-supported and other development agency efforts in many countries and potentially in all four USAID regions.

For more information, go to http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=12713&mode=VIEW.

 

USAID RFA: MALARIA CONTROL IN MAINLAND TANZANIA NEW

Funding Opportunity Number: USAID-TANZANIA-07-003-RFA

Estimated Total Program Funding: $30,000,000

Funding Instrument type: Cooperative Agreement

Closing Date for Applications: March 24, 2007

This RFA seeks services for the procurement of an approved insecticide as ITKs/IRKs and eventually in bulk for distribution to the TNMs and/or for stand alone sales. Monitoring of use and quality assurance will also be part of these services. Additionally, coordination with the ITN Cell of NMCP, the LLIN Working Group of the NATNETS Steering Committee, the SMARTNET Project and the NetMark Project to facilitate TNMs to switch to factory pre-treatment will also be required. Insecticide for ITNs and related activities will be financed until all financial resources are used.

For more information, go to http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=12733&mode=VIEW.

 

USAID RFA: NUTRITION AND PREVENTION, CARE AND TREATMENT OF HIV/AIDS (RO1) NEW

Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-HD-06-012

Parallel RFAs: RFA-HD-07-001

Estimated Total Program Funding: $2,000,000

Funding Instrument type: Grant

Closing Date for Applications: March 28, 2007

This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) solicits Research Project Grant (R01) applications from organizations that propose to examine the impact of new programs/guidance intended to fully integrate food, in terms of provision of and recommendations to improve dietary intake of HIV-infected and -affected women infants and children, and nutrition, including assessment of nutritional status and its impact on prevention, care and treatment of HIV-infected and -affected women infants and children. This FOA is intended to stimulate and strengthen a multidisciplinary approach to a complex, under-researched area and to form a basis for future research and clinical care.

For more information, go to http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=12398&mode=VIEW. For additional information, go to http://www.cdcnpin.org/scripts/locates/LocateFund.asp?SearchType=Simple and search for fund number 3257.

 

USAID RFA: MALARIA DIAGNOSTICS ACTIVITY NEW

Funding Opportunity Number: USAID-M-OAA-GH-07-503

Estimated Total Program Funding: $8,000,000

Funding Instrument type: Cooperative Agreement

Closing Date for Applications: March 30, 2007

Support to the National Malaria Control Programs (NMCP) in the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) focus and non-focus countries in the area of strengthening laboratory diagnosis of malaria in national, provincial, and district-level health facilities.

For more information, go to http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=12556&mode=VIEW.

 

USAID APS: THE PRESIDENT'S EMERGENCY PLAN FOR AIDS RELIEF - NEW PARTNERS INITIATIVE DEADLINE EXTENDED

Funding Opportunity Number: M-OAA-GH-HSR-06-937

Estimated Total Program Funding: $200,000,000

Funding Instrument type: Cooperative Agreement

Next Concept Paper Review Date: March 30, 2007

Closing Date for Applications: May 14, 2007

The NPI is a $200 million allocation under PEPFAR specifically for faith and community based organizations. Eligible organizations are nongovernmental organizations, working in any of the fifteen Emergency Plan focus countries, with little or no experience working with the U.S. Government -- defined as no more than $5 million in U.S. Government funding during the preceding five years, excluding disaster or emergency assistance or funding as a subcontractor. NPI funding is for AIDS prevention and care activities but not for treatment. Concept papers may be submitted anytime up to May 14, 2007. Concept papers will be reviewed periodically until all funding in committed. The remaining scheduled reviews are on November 15, 2006, March 30, 2007 and May 14, 2007.

For more information go to http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=8637&mode=VIEW. General information is also available at http://www.pepfarnpi.gov/.

 

NIH FOA: THE INFLUENCE OF RELIGIOSITY AND SPIRITUALITY ON HEALTH RISK BEHAVIORS IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS (R01) NEW DEADLINE

Funding Opportunity Number: PA-07-181

Estimated Total Funding: varies

Funding Instrument type: Grant

Closing Date for Applications: Multiple dates, next deadline is June 5, 2007

Archive Date: August 5, 2009

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued by the National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD), the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), and the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), National Institutes of Health (NIH), solicits research studies that examine the mechanisms, mediators, and moderators by which religious and spiritual beliefs develop and are transmitted across generations, and whether and how these beliefs influence early sexual behaviors and alcohol or other drug use that may facilitate the transmission of HIV in children and adolescents. The focus of this FOA is on the positive and negative effects of religiosity and spirituality on health risk behaviors in children and adolescents.

For more information, go to http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=11941&mode=VIEW. For additional information, go to http://www.cdcnpin.org/scripts/locates/LocateFund.asp?SearchType=Simple and search for fund number 3241.

 

NIH FOA: CHRONIC ILLNESS SELF-MANAGEMENT IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS (R01) NEW DEADLINE

Funding Opportunity Number: PA-07-097

Parallel FOAs: PA-07-098 (R03); PA-07-099 (R21)

Estimated Total Funding: varies

Funding Instrument type: Grant

Closing Date for Applications: Multiple dates, next deadline is June 5, 2007

Archive Date: February 2, 2010

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to solicit research to improve self-management and quality of life in children and adolescents with chronic illnesses. Biobehavioral studies of children in the context of family and family-community dynamics are encouraged. Children diagnosed with a chronic illness and their families have a long-term responsibility for self-management. The child with the chronic illness will have a life-long responsibility to maintain and promote health and prevent complications. Research related to biological/ technological factors, as well as, sociocultural, environmental, and behavioral mechanisms that contribute to successful and ongoing self-management of chronic illnesses in children is also encouraged. This FOA is restricted to studies of chronic illnesses in children and adolescents ages 8 to 21.

For more information, go to http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=11716&mode=VIEW (R01), http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=11707&mode=VIEW(R03), and http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=11710&mode=VIEW (R21). For additional information, go to http://www.cdcnpin.org/scripts/locates/LocateFund.asp?SearchType=Simple and search for fund number 3229.

 

NIH PA: UNDERSTANDING MECHANISMS OF HEALTH RISK BEHAVIOR CHANGE IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS (R01) NEW DEADLINE

 

Funding Opportunity Number: PA-07-148

Parallel FOAs: PA-06-298 (R21)

Estimated Total Program Funding: varies

Funding Instrument type: Grant

Closing Date for Applications: Multiple Dates; next deadline is June 5, 2007

Archive Date: August 5, 2007

 

This program announcement invites research grant applications that will enhance understanding of the factors and mechanisms that determine changes in health risk behaviors during childhood and adolescence. Interdisciplinary research is sought to explore the biological, genetic, physiological, psychological, and social/environmental factors and mechanisms that influence health risk behavior change in children and adolescents.-The concept of health risk behavior change is used in this program announcement to encompass the evolution of specific health impairing behaviors. Of particular interest are factors and processes that influence the initiation, continuation, and/or cessation of one or more of the following health risk behaviors: (1) substance abuse, (2) inadequate exercise and poor dietary practices as they relate to being overweight or obese, and (3) intentional and unintentional injuries.

 

For more information, go to http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=11863&mode=VIEW and http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=8771&mode=VIEW.

 

NIH FOA: CLINICAL RESEARCH ON MENTAL ILLNESS IN OLDER ADULTS (R01) NEW DEADLINE

Funding Opportunity Number: PA-07-163

Parallel FOAs: PA-06-180, PA-06-181, and PA-06-248

Estimated Total Program Funding: varies

Funding Instrument type: Grant

Closing Date for Applications: Multiple Dates, next deadline is June 5, 2007

Archive Date: April 5, 2009

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), National Institutes of Health (NIH), is to invite grant applications for clinical research that will reduce the burden of mental illnesses on older adults. The NIMH has a long-standing commitment to studying mental illnesses in older individuals. The intent of this FOA is to intensify investigator-initiated research in this area, to attract new investigators to the field, and to enhance interdisciplinary approaches to research.

For more information, go to http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=11907&mode=VIEW.

 

NIH FOA: EARLY IDENTIFICATION AND TREATMENT OF MENTAL DISORDERS IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS (R01) NEW DEADLINE

Funding Opportunity Number: PA-07-158

Parallel FOAs: PA-06-180, PA-06-181, and PAR-06-248

Estimated Total Program Funding: varies

Funding Instrument type: Grant

Closing Date for Applications: Multiple Dates, next deadline is June 5, 2007

Archive Date: April 5, 2009

 

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), National Institutes of Health (NIH), invites investigator-initiated research grant applications for studies focused on the early identification and treatment of mental disorders in children and adolescents. Assessment methods may include behavioral, neuropsychological, neuroimaging, and other physiological measures or markers. Intervention strategies to be studied may include pharmacological, psychosocial, and rehabilitative interventions, separately or in combination.

 

For more information, go to http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=11895&mode=VIEW.

 

NIH FOA: BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL RESEARCH ON DISASTERS AND HEALTH (R01) NEW DEADLINE

Funding Opportunity Number: PA-07-141

Parallel FOAs: PA-06-453, PA-06-452

Estimated Total Program Funding: varies

Funding Instrument type: Grant

Closing Date for Applications: Multiple Dates, next deadline is June 5, 2007

Archive Date: June 1, 2009

 

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) seeks to stimulate research in the behavioral and social sciences on the consequences of natural and man-made disasters for the health of children, the elderly and vulnerable groups, with an ultimate goal of preventing or mitigating harmful consequences. Examples of disasters include severe weather-related events, earthquakes, large-scale attacks on civilian populations, technological catastrophes or perceived catastrophes, and influenza pandemics. Three National Institutes of Health (NIH) Institutes are sponsoring this FOA: the National Institute on Aging, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the National Institute of Nursing Research.

For more information go to http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=11844&mode=VIEW.

 

HHS FOA: DECISION MAKING IN HEALTH: BEHAVIOR MAINTENANCE (R21) NEW DEADLINE

Funding Opportunity Number: PA-06-337

Estimated Award Ceiling: $200,000

Funding Instrument type: Grant

Closing Date for Applications: Multiple dates, next deadline is June 16, 2007

Archive Date: February 2, 2008

The purpose of this initiative is to invite applications for research projects that will expand our knowledge of basic decision-making processes underlying initiation and long-term maintenance of healthy lifestyle behaviors that may reduce one's risk of cancer and other chronic diseases, such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and addiction. Collaborations are encouraged between basic judgment and decision-making researchers, and applied cancer control or addiction researchers that will elucidate the basic cognitive and affective processes involved in decisions that are made repeatedly over time, such as adhering to weight-loss programs or smoking cessation programs.

For more information, go to http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=8934&mode=VIEW. For additional information, go to http://www.cdcnpin.org/scripts/locates/LocateFund.asp?SearchType=Simple and search for fund number 3122.

 

PREVIOUS LISTINGS

NIH RFA: INTEGRATION OF FOOD AND NUTRITION INTO PREVENTION, CARE, AND TREATMENT OF HIV INFECTION AND AIDS (R03)

Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-HD-07-001

Estimated Total Funding: $400,000

Award Ceiling: $50,000

Funding Instrument type: Grant

Closing Date for Applications: March 30, 2007

Archive Date: April 29, 2007

 

This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) solicits Small Grant (R03) applications from applicant organizations that propose to examine the impact of new programs/guidance intended to fully integrate food, both in terms of provision of and recommendations to improve dietary intake of HIV infected and affected women infants and children, and nutrition including assessment of nutritional status and its impact on prevention, care and treatment of HIV infected and affected women infants and children. This FOA is intended to stimulate and strengthen a multidisciplinary approach to a complex, under-researched area and to form a basis for future research and clinical care.

 

For more information, go to http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=12063&mode=VIEW. For additional information, go to http://www.cdcnpin.org/scripts/locates/LocateFund.asp?SearchType=Simple and search for fund number 3251.

 

INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES: SMALL GRANTS PROGRAM

Funding Opportunity: up to 5 grants are awarded annually for up to $6000

Closing date for Applications: various, next cycle is April 1, 2007

 

The Small Grants Program is designed to fund pilot research projects by young investigators in developing countries. The goal is to support and foster the professional development of young individuals in the field of infectious diseases research by helping them to acquire additional skills and data to apply for other grants. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to investigations of the epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis or treatment of infectious diseases, the epidemiology and control of hospital-acquired infections, and modeling of cost effective interventions. Upon completion of the project, a written report of the project must be sent to the Society.

 

For information, go to the Society website at http://www.isid.org/programs/prog_smgrants.shtml.

 

 

 

USAID/NIGERIA APS: SUPPORT TO CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS/FAITH BASED ORGANIZATIONS NETWORK TO PROVIDE HIV/AIDS PREVENTION, CARE AND TREATMENT SERVICES

 

Funding Opportunity Number: APS-620-06-002

Estimated Total Program Funding: $20,000,000

Funding Instrument type: Cooperative Agreement

Closing Date for Applications: April 12, 2007

 

The purpose of this Annual Program Statement (APS) is to solicit applications for funding from prospective new partners to support implementation of the United States Government’s President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (Emergency Plan) in Nigeria. The United States Government, through USAID/Nigeria, is seeking, from prospective partners, concept papers to be followed by full applications (if concept papers are selected), to implement activities in support of the US Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief goals. USAID/Nigeria anticipates awarding one or more cooperative agreements (hereafter called Agreements) for a period of up to three years, to fund successful applications submitted in response to this APS. The total amount of awards is expected to be about $20 million for a period of up to 3 years.

For more information, go to http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=9021&mode=VIEW.


NIH PAR: COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN RESEARCH (R01 and R21)

Funding Opportunity Number: PAR-07-283, PAR-06-247

Estimated Total Program Funding: varies

Funding Instrument type: Grant

Closing Date for Letters of Intent: April 17, 2007

Closing Date for Applications: May 18, 2007

The ultimate goal of this program is to support research on health promotion, disease prevention, and health disparities that is jointly conducted by communities and researchers. Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is defined as scientific inquiry conducted in communities and in partnership with researchers. The process of scientific inquiry is such that community members, persons affected by the health condition, disability or issue under study, or other key stakeholders in the community's health have the opportunity to be full participants in each phase of the work (from conception, design, conduct, analysis, interpretation, conclusions, communication of results). CBPR is characterized by substantial community input in the development of the grant application.

For more information, go to http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=12185&mode=VIEW (R01) and http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=8574&mode=VIEW (R212). For additional information, go to http://www.cdcnpin.org/scripts/locates/LocateFund.asp?SearchType=Simple and search for Fund Number 3040.

 

NIH FOA: RECENT HIV INFECTION: NEW PREVENTION CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES (R01)

Funding Opportunity Number: PA-07-087

Parallel FOAs: PA-06-180 and PA-06-181

Estimated Total Program Funding: varies

Funding Instrument type: Grant

Closing Date for Applications: Multiple Dates, next deadline is May 1, 2007

Archive Date: October 2, 2008

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), and the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), National Institutes of Health (NIH), solicits applications from institutions/organizations that propose innovative basic or applied research that will advance prevention opportunities to reduce transmission risk or minimize neuro-cognitive impairment in persons with recent HIV infection (i.e., 0 - 6 months post-exposure). Project Directors/Principal Investigators are urged to develop new research that extends knowledge of the basic biological processes of acute and early HIV disease to address the specific prevention needs of highly infectious, newly infected persons who may account for a disproportionate share of secondary HIV transmissions.

For more information, go to http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=11635&mode=VIEW.

 

HHS FOA: MEN’S HETEROSEXUAL BEHAVIOR AND HIV INFECTION (R01)

Funding Opportunity Number: PA-07-147

Parallel FOAs: PA-06-353 (R21), PA-06-354 (R03)

Estimated Total Program Funding: varies

Funding Instrument type: Grant

Closing Date for Applications: multiple deadlines, next deadline is May 1, 2007

Archive Date: February 2, 2008

 

This Funding Opportunity Announcement calls for basic social and behavioral science studies on the

determinants of the sexual behavior of adult heterosexual men. Improved information on their behaviors can suggest ways to increase men's active participation in preventing the spread of HIV infection and provide program designers with information to improve interventions and prevention strategies. Researchers are asked to focus on social and cultural determinants of heterosexual men's sexual behavior. The PA also invites research exploring how gender is interwoven with biology and psychological and social structural factors (including the economic, institutional, and policy contexts) in influencing heterosexual men's behavior.

 

For more information, go to http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=11862&mode=VIEW (R01), http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=9037&mode=VIEW (R03) and http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=9035&mode=VIEW (R21). For additional

information, go to http://www.cdcnpin.org/scripts/locates/LocateFund.asp?SearchType=Simple

and search for fund number 3238.

 

NIH FOA: STRUCTURAL INTERVENTIONS, ALCOHOL USE AND RISK OF HIV/AIDS (R01)

Funding Opportunity Number: PA-07-036

Parallel FOAs: PA-07-005 (R21) and PA-07-006 (R03),

Estimated Total Program Funding: varies

Funding Instrument type: Grant

Closing Date for Applications: Multiple Dates, next deadline is May 1, 2007

Archive Date: October 2, 2008

 

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), National Institutes of Health, solicits Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant (R21) applications from institutions/ organizations that propose to investigate the effectiveness of structural interventions that reduce the risk of HIV/AIDS transmission by changing the environment of alcohol use. Although a variety of structural and environmental interventions have been employed successfully to reduce other drinking-related problems, there has been little research that extends such efforts into the realm of HIV/AIDS risk reduction.

For more information, go to http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=11591&mode=VIEW (R01), http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=11144 (R21) and http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=11147&mode=VIEW (R03).

 

NIH FOA: RESEARCH ON PATHWAYS LINKING ENVIRONMENTS, BEHAVIORS AND HIV/AIDS (R01)

 

Funding Opportunity Number: PAR-07-143 (formerly PAR-06-114)

Funding Instrument type: Grant

Closing Date for Application: Multiple Dates, Next due date is May 1, 2007

Archive Date: October 2, 2008

 

This announcement seeks to stimulate innovative approaches to understanding the complex mechanisms involved in the spread of HIV and its consequences in a variety of populations across the globe. Research is invited on the interrelationships among, and pathways linking, social, economic, cultural, and institutional environments; prevalence and patterning of individual behaviors related to HIV risk and prevention; and the prevalence, patterning, and spread of HIV infection in a population. 

 

For more information, go to http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=11849&mode=VIEW.

For additional information, go to http://www.cdcnpin.org/scripts/locates/LocateFund.asp?SearchType=Simple and search for Fund Number 2982 (although it is still listed as PAR-06-114.)

 

NIH FOA: RESEARCH ON ALCOHOL AND HIV/AIDS (R01)

Funding Opportunity Number: PA-07-028

Estimated Total Program Funding: varies

Funding Instrument type: Grant

Closing Date for Applications: Multiple Dates, next deadline is May 1, 2007

Archive Date: February 10,2010

 

This Funding Opportunity Announcement solicits Research Project Grant (R01) applications from institutions/organizations that propose to identify and characterize the role of alcohol, drinking behaviors, and drinking environments in the epidemiology and natural history, pathogenesis, prevention, treatment, and control of HIV/AIDS. The goal is to encourage multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and collaborative studies that focus on a range of epidemiologic and intervention issues within HIV and alcohol.

 

For more information, go to http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=11569&mode=VIEW.

 

 

NIH FOA: HIV/AIDS, SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS AND HOMELESSNESS (R01)

Funding Opportunity Number: PA-07-090

Parallel FOAs: PA-06-180 (R03), PA-06-181 (R21), and PAR-06-248 (R34)

Estimated Total Program Funding: varies

Funding Instrument type: Grant

Closing Date for Applications: Multiple Dates, next deadline is May 1, 2007

Archive Date: February 2, 2010

The overall focus of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to refocus research on persons with severe mental illness (SMI), either before or after HIV infection, and to expand HIV-related research to homeless persons. This FOA solicits studies on the SMI population and/or homeless persons with special attention to the development, implementation, and evaluation of effective HIV- prevention interventions and their dissemination and adoption in public health service organizations and the community. An important objective of this FOA is to encourage integration both across and within the different research areas by establishing multidisciplinary research teams and collaborative alliances.

For more information, go to http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=11648&mode=VIEW (R01), http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=8239&mode=VIEW (R03), http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=8240&mode=VIEW (R21) and http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=8555&mode=VIEW (R34). For additional information, go to http://www.cdcnpin.org/scripts/locates/LocateFund.asp?SearchType=Simple and search for Fund Number 3225.

 

JOHN M. LLOYD FOUNDATION

Funding Opportunity Number: CDC 2108

Fund Category: HIV/AIDS

Maximum Funding Available: $20,000

Closing Date for Next Cycle: July 15, 2007

 

The Foundation supports enlightened public policy programs that advocate for improved access to HIV/AIDS care and services, relevant research efforts, effective prevention programs, and successful education initiatives worldwide. The Foundation also funds pioneering programs that promote education, awareness, and compassion about HIV/AIDS worldwide; novel HIV prevention efforts aimed at men, women, and children worldwide; and medical research that focuses on the prevention

and treatment of HIV/AIDS. Recognizing however that resources are limited compared to the scope of research efforts in HIV/AIDS, the Foundation gives preference to seed grants and small workshops that stimulate new directions for research.

 

For additional information, go to http://www.cdcnpin.org/scripts/locates/LocateFund.asp?SearchType=Simple and search for Fund Number 2108.

 

HHS/NIH PA: GLOBAL INFECTIOUS DISEASE RESEARCH TRAINING PROGRAM AWARD

 

Funding Opportunity Number: PAR-05-128

Estimated Total Program Funding: $600,000 with an award ceiling of $207,000

Funding Instrument type: Grant

Closing Dates for Letters of Intent: August 13, 2007

Closing Dates for Applications: September 13, 2007

 

The purpose of this announcement is to invite applications for U.S. and developing country institutions for programs to provide non-HIV/AIDS infectious disease research training to scientists and health professionals in order to build sustainable research capacity at institutions in low- and middle-income endemic countries. Proposals are requested for innovative, collaborative research training programs that would contribute to the long-term goal of building sustainable research capacity in endemic infectious diseases at developing country institutions.

 

For more information, go to http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=3280&mode=VIEW or go to http://www.cdcnpin.org/scripts/locates/LocateFund.asp?SearchType=Simple and search for Fund Number 2850.

 

USAID APS: IN SUPPORT OF THE US PRESIDENT’S EMERGENCY PLAN FOR AIDS RELIEF (PEPFAR) IN SOUTH AFRICA

Funding Opportunity Number: 674-07-001-APS

Estimated Total Program Funding: $160,000,000

Award Ceiling: $40,000,000

Funding Instrument type: Cooperative Agreement

Closing Date for Applications: October 5, 2007  

 

Applications for HIV/AIDS treatment and other related service components will be accepted in the form of a formal concept paper, followed by full proposals for the organizations invited to do so. Agreements will be not less than $3 million and not more than $30 million.

The full announcement is available from USAID Pretoria at http://www.usaid.gov/missions/sa/usaidsa/pepfar67407001.pdf. For further information, go to http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=11148&mode=VIEW.

 

HHS PA: AIDS INTERNATIONAL TRAINING AND RESEARCH PROGRAM

Funding Number: PA-05-140

Estimated Total Program Funding: $5,600,000.00

Closing Date for Letter of Intent: November 21, 2007

Closing Date for Applications: December 21, 2007

 

The purpose of this announcement is to invite applications from eligible institutions for innovative, collaborative training programs that would contribute to the long-term goal of building sustainable research capacity in HIV/AIDS and HIV-related conditions at institutions with which they have ongoing research collaborations, in low- and middle-income countries. These research-training programs will strengthen scientific knowledge and skills to enhance prevention of, and treatment and care for, HIV/AIDS and HIV-related conditions in these countries.

For more information, go to http://www.cdcnpin.org/scripts/locates/LocateFund.asp?SearchType=Simple and search for Fund Number 2862.

 

HHS/NIH RFA: PLANNING GRANTS FOR INTERNATIONAL MALARIA CLINICAL, OPERATIONAL AND HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH TRAINING PROGRAMS (D71)

 

Funding Opportunity Number: PAR-06-070

Estimated Total Program Funding: $150,000 with an award ceiling of $23,000

Funding Instrument type: Grant

Closing Date for Applications: January 14, 2008

Archive Date: January 13, 2009

This is an invitation for planning grant applications for malaria research training programs in clinical, operational and public health services for clinical, public health and social scientists and health care professionals in the countries targeted by the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI). The Fogarty International Center expects to provide a total of $75,000 to $150,000 total costs (direct and F & A) per year to fund three to six new planning grant awards each year FY06-FY08.

For more information, go to http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=3316.

 

ELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION

 

Funding Opportunity Number: CDC 2252

Fund category: HIV/AIDS

Closing Date for Applications: There is no deadline

 

The mission of the Elton John AIDS Foundation is to provide funding for educational programs targeted at HIV/AIDS prevention and/or the elimination of prejudice and discrimination against HIV/AIDS-affected individuals, and for programs that provide services to people living with or at risk for HIV/AIDS. The Foundation funds nonprofit organizations providing direct care for persons with HIV/AIDS or prevention education programs directed towards persons practicing high risk behavior.

 

For additional information, go to http://www.cdcnpin.org/scripts/locates/LocateFund.asp?SearchType=Simple and search for Fund Number 2252.

 

 

 

W.K. KELLOGG FOUNDATION

 

Funding Opportunity Number: CDC 2924

Fund Category: Other health-related

Closing Date for Applications: There is no deadline

 

The W.K. Kellogg Foundation is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to apply knowledge to solve the problems of people. Its founder W.K. Kellogg, the cereal industry pioneer, established the Foundation in 1930. Since its beginning the Foundation has continuously focused on building the capacity of individuals, communities, and institutions to solve their own problems. Grants are made in the four areas of: Health, Food Systems and Rural Development, Youth and Education, and Philanthropy and Volunteerism. Most grants are awarded in the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean, and seven southern Africa countries including Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe.

 

For more information, go to http://www.cdcnpin.org/scripts/locates/LocateFund.asp?SearchType=Simple and search for Fund Number 2924 or go to the Kellogg website at http://www.wkkf.org/Grants/.

 

 

MAC AIDS FUND: GLOBAL FOUNDATION GRANTS

Funding Opportunity Number: CDC 2228

Fund category: HIV/AIDS

Closing Date for Applications: Application dates are open ended; see below

 

The MAC AIDS Fund encourages charitable, non-profit organizations to submit applications now for funding in a number of HIV/AIDS related program areas. Typically the Fund supports organizations that provide basic needs, direct services, education, awareness and prevention programs to men, women and children affected by HIV/AIDS. Proposals need to be received at least three weeks prior to quarterly board meetings, usually held in March, June, September, and December.

 

For additional information, go to http://www.cdcnpin.org/scripts/locates/LocateFund.asp?SearchType=Simple and search for Fund Number 2228.

 

 

 

MILAGRO FOUNDATION

 

Funding Opportunity Number: CDC 2739

Fund Category: Other health-related

Estimated Total Program Funding: $2500 - $5000

Closing Date for Applications: There is no final deadline; see below

 

Milagro is a charitable foundation that supports children and youth in three areas: helping them to live healthy lives through education and prevention of disease; helping them live literate lives through learning; and helping them live culturally enriched lives through arts education. Grants are awarded to community-based, grass-roots organizations that work with children and youth, especially those at risk and disadvantaged due to factors as poor health, illiteracy or insufficient educational and cultural opportunities. There is no application deadline. The Board makes decisions on grants in February, June and October. Grant deadlines are usually at least two months prior to meetings.

 

For additional information, go to http://www.cdcnpin.org/scripts/locates/LocateFund.asp?SearchType=Simple and search for Fund Number 2739.

 

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