CCIH Monthly Bulletin

November 2006

1. CCIH AND MEMBER NEWS

CCIH STAFF AND MEMBERS ATTEND CONFERENCES

The first full week of November found CCIH Executive Director Ray Martin and Program Associate Sharon Franzén traveling first to Boston, MA for the annual conference of the American Public Health Association (http://www.apha.org/meetings/) and then to Louisville, KY for the Global Missions Health Conference (GMHC - https://www.medicalmissions.com/home). Their mission was two-fold: to gather information which might assist CCIH and to represent CCIH through participation in events and through an exhibit booth.

In Boston Ray, Sharon, CCIH Board member Jacqui Patterson and CCIH member (and tireless volunteer) Connie Gates of Jamkhed International (http://www.jamkhed.org) spent a lot of time promoting the work of Christian organizations in the health arena. Many people who stopped by the CCIH booth were pleased, if not a little surprised, to see a Christian networking organization represented at a secular venue. There was keen interest in what CCIH and its member and affiliate organizations are doing. We emphasized the fact that Christian organizations have been involved in health work overseas for decades and that they are uniquely capable of reaching even the most isolated and resource poor areas due to their long-term presence and their connection and commitment to local communities. Young health professionals and students were particularly encouraged by the fact that it was possible to combine their professional skills and their faith. Contacts were made, materials were distributed (thanks to all who sent information for display) and some debates occurred over the relationship of health work and faith and over HIV prevention methods. During the conference Ray represented the Faith and Global Health Caucus of the Global Health Council at a meeting of those interested in faith and health exploring interest in starting a similar caucus within the International Section of the APHA.

The GMHC in Louisville was a gathering of persons who did not have to be convinced that the Christian faith and international health could be combined. CCIH is one of the partners, or co-sponsors, of the GMHC, which is the largest conference of its kind in the U.S.

CCIH held a fairly unique position amongst the exhibitors, however, as a connecting organization rather than a programming one. So even here, CCIH attracted interest. Many attendees who stopped by the CCIH booth were students or recent graduates who were exploring the idea of overseas work. Being able to access so much information in one place was exciting. One of our members, Doug Fountain of Uganda Christian University (http://www.ucu.ac.ug), arranged to meet with some interested students in order to discuss possible internships in Uganda. We were very pleased to be the catalyst for such a meeting and would hope in the future to be able to do more of this "connecting." CCIH members participated in the conference as conference/pre-conference organizers, presenters, plenary speakers and attendees. It was very exciting to experience the breadth and depth of the talents, knowledge, commitment and faith of our members.

Attending both conferences also gave us the opportunity to distribute copies of CCIH's new book, The ABC Approach to Preventing the Sexual Transmission of HIV: Common Questions and Answers. Nearly 200 books were given away and about 30 people requested a copy once more were printed.

CCIH WELCOMES NEW MEMBER GLASSES FOR MISSIONS, INC.

Glasses for Missions, Inc. (GFMI) trains local volunteers and missionaries to produce easy to make, low cost reading glasses. These glasses meet several needs: a supply of inexpensive glasses for distribution in poor communities through hospitals, clinics and other agencies; enabling poor Christians to read their Bible; promoting self-sufficiency for pastors and other church members through micro-enterprise production and sale of the glasses; and enabling community members to attend literacy and other educational/training opportunities. The process of making the glasses involves bending wire and using some simple hand tools.

GFMI was formed in 2002 and already has glasses workstations in 47 countries around the world including the Philippines, Haiti, Bolivia, India, Chile and several countries in Africa. The current glasses design is a modification of an original idea by optometrist Eugene Koning. Eugene became acquainted with CCIH on the first day of the Global Missions Health Conference in Louisville (November 9) and immediately decided that GFMI should become a member organization. CCIH is grateful for his enthusiasm and faith in the value of membership! For more information on Glasses for Missions, go to the website at http://www.glassesformissions.org or contact Eugene at gekoning@juno.com.

FOUNDATION FOR HOSPICES IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SUPPORTS AND ADVOCATES FOR PALLIATIVE CARE

The mission of CCIH Affiliate organization the Foundation for Hospices in Sub-Saharan Africa (FHSSA – http://www.fhssa.org) is to support organizations in their development and provision of hospice and palliative care initiatives in sub-Saharan Africa. Its vision is for all people who are affected by HIV/AIDS to have access to and to receive quality palliative and end-of-life care. While not a faith-based organization itself, it does work with a lot of FBOs because people typically look to religious institutions for help in end-of-life matters. FHSSA was incorporated in 1999 to help generate resources and technical support for hospice organizations in sub-Saharan Africa. Its early efforts centered around establishing the Partnership Initiative (matching U.S. hospices with individual African hospice programs) and raising money to provide direct grants to hospices in Africa. In August 2004 FHSSA joined with the NHPCO (National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization - http://www.nhpco.org) and moved its offices to Alexandria, Virginia. FHSSA’s work centers around four main programs:

Partnership Initiative - drawing public attention to the AIDS crisis regarding end-of-life care, developing more partnerships, and engaging American communities in active support of the partnerships;
Advocacy and Outreach - calling for the inclusion of hospice and palliative care at every stage of HIV/AIDS treatment, rather than focusing almost entirely on treating patients using anti retroviral therapy, with insufficient emphasis on palliation that includes relieving physical, emotional and spiritual pain, alleviating distressing symptoms and supporting patients and their caregivers;
Resource Development; and
Technical Assistance - currently compiling a list of possible candidates to be entered into a Loan Technical Expert Roster for short-term assignments in Africa.

FHSSA recently produced A Clinical Guide to Supportive and Palliative Care for HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa, which addresses the many aspects of palliative care that are key in caring for the person living with HIV/AIDS from an African perspective. It covers not only medical treatment, symptom management, and psychosocial/spiritual care, but also traditional care and the social issues that are part of the HIV pandemic in Africa, such as poverty alleviation, food security, and planning care for orphans and vulnerable children. An entire section is devoted to pediatric HIV/AIDS. Another section addresses the public health aspects of palliative care, including care models appropriate to Africa, training and policy development, and availability of essential medicines including opioid analgesics. The Guide is written by and for health care workers (HCWs) in sub-Saharan Africa. It was adapted from the 2003 edition of A Clinical Guide to Supportive and Palliative Care for HIV/AIDS (available at http://hab.hrsa.gov) through an international collaboration. Development of the African version was funded by the U.S. Government through the HIV/AIDS Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration and the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO – http://www.nhpco.org). The Web-based version of the guide (found at http://www.fhssa.org/i4a/pages/Index.cfm?pageID=3359) is designed so that all African palliative care organizations can access it.

WORLD CONCERN: CARING FOR ORPHANS AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN

CCIH member World Concern (http://www.worldconcern.org) began in the 1950s as Medicine for Missions, an organization that distributed medicines to hospitals and clinics in the developing world. By the 1970s it had joined Crista Ministries and began to respond to disasters and then became involved in long-term development. Today World Concern and its partners offer life, opportunity and hope to people in more than 32 countries who are struggling with extreme poverty, HIV/AIDS, malnutrition, hunger, drought, natural disasters, war and disease. A particular emphasis of World Concern's programs is breaking the chains of illiteracy and poverty among women and children, especially girls.

One issue that receives a lot of attention in World Concern is the need to help orphans and vulnerable children (OVC - http://www.worldconcern.org/NETCOMMUNITY/Page.aspx?&pid=529&srcid=430.) World Concern is the lead agency for OVC programs within the AERDO HIV/AIDS Alliance (AHA). (AERDO is the Association of Evangelical Relief and Development Organizations - http://www.aerdo.net.) This also means that they are the lead agency for the Hope for Children Affectd by HIV/AIDS Project which is funded by the President's Emergency Fund for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) through USAID and some private donations. World Concern, and the other agencies implementing the program, work with faith-based and community-based organizations and churches in order to develop sustainable OVC support programs within local communities. The goals of the project are to strengthen local capacity to meet the needs of orphans and vulnerable children and to promote awareness of those needs. Some of the activities include providing links to essential health and social services; start up funds for income generation activities (particularly for child-headed families); training and mentoring older children in agriculture and animal husbandry; enabling community and religious leaders to articulate the needs of OVC; and preventive HIV education. The 5 year project began in 2004 and is on target to meet its goals. Currently over 17,000 caregivers have been strengthed to meet the needs of over 75,000 orphans and vulnerable children. For a more detailed description of the project go to http://www.ccih.org/bulletin/1106files/WorldConcern.HopeForChildrenAffectedByHIV.pdf.

World Concern is currently looking for dedicated persons to assist with their programs overseas. For more information see #9 below.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH JOINS FORCES WITH OTHERS ON BEDNET INITIATIVE

The United Methodist Church, a CCIH member, has added to its current malaria programs by becoming a founding partner of the Nothing But Nets campaign of the UN Foundation (http://www.unfoundation.org), the goal of which is to raise funds to eradicate malaria. CCIH member The United Methodist Board of Global Ministries (http://new.gbgm-umc.org) and United Methodist Communications (http://www.umcom.org) are coordinating the church's participation in the campaign, which will include a major initiative for youth groups (http://new.gbgm-umc.org/umcor/newsroom/releases/archives06/20061002). Other partners in the campaign include Sports Illustrated, the National Basketball Association, Millennium Promise and the Measles Initiative.

The idea for Nothing But Nets (http://www.nothingbutnets.net/about-the-campaign) came from Sports Illustrated columnist Rick Reilly, who encouraged readers in May 2006 to donate money to the U.N. Foundation after he learned that 1 million children die from malaria each year and that bed nets could save lives. In just a few months, more than 17,000 people sent $1.2 million. The U.N. Foundation asked the United Methodist Church to join Nothing But Nets because of its community health work, including the new Community-Based Primary Health Care Program of the Board of Global Ministries (http://hbs.gbgm-umc.org/umcor/work/health/malaria/#burden#malaria; http://new.gbgm-umc.org/umcor/work/health/malaria/?search=MALARIA ). The most recent project, started in Sierra Leone last December, focuses on community-based primary health care, education and creating a "net culture." Through its own page on the Nothing But Nets website, the church is able to address its involvement with the campaign but also to create awareness about its own initiatives (http://www.nothingbutnets.net/partners/united-methodist-church ). "We're excited about our involvement in this campaign. The People of the United Methodist Church have been in mission across Africa for more than 160 years," said United Methodist Bishop Thomas J. Bickerton of Pittsburgh. "Our work in the area of malaria prevention made Nothing But Nets a natural partner for us. There are many ways to stop the spread of malaria, but buying a bed net for a family in Africa is something that almost everyone can do. We hope that everyone will join us and our other partners in support of this effort." (http://www.wnem.com/Global/story.asp?S=5677807&nav=7k78).

CCIH MEMBER WORLD VISION: THE AIDS EVANGELISTS

World Vision (http://www.worldvision.org) was the subject of a recent article in the Seattle Weekly (http://www.seattleweekly.com/news/0646/worldvision.php) which gives an overview of the history of the organization (founded by Bob Pierce in 1950) and "one of its most important challenges: waking Christians to the fight against AIDS." World Vision has evolved over the years from a response by Pierce to the poverty and suffering he encountered as a missionary to the current budget of $2 billion with 22,000 employees; from a focus on "aggressive" evangelism to a culturally sensitive approach. World Vision President Rich Stearns says, "We operate in very different situations and we do it with class and dignity and respect for other cultures," staying away from expressing its religious beliefs in non-Christian countries, but expressing them in countries where it feels it is culturally acceptable, and where its work is conducted by pastors.

World Vision's AIDS message grew out of a survey it commissioned in 2001 on the attitudes of US Christian and others on the AIDS epidemic which found that "only 8 percent said they were definitely willing to donate for international AIDS prevention and education. Among evangelicals, World Vision's base and source of financial support, the number was an even lower 3 percent." Since then, WV has steadily partnered with Christians and non-Christians, evangelicals and rock stars and with local churches in the US and overseas to raise awareness and compassion about AIDS and to promote support and funding for its AIDS programs.

The article discusses the difficulties that World Vision has encountered in gaining interest for a disease that was largely seen at first by the church as a result of behavior that was not sanctioned by the community: homosexuality and promiscuous sex. It traces the WV response to this and the struggles it has encountered over the years. The attention given to the AIDS epidemic by prominent evangelicals such as Franklin Graham and Rick Warren as well as rock star Bono and others has helped. But WV's focus on AIDS has put it in the middle of the abstinence vs condoms debate, a debate which it prefers to stay out of. The response to AIDS should match the need; every approach is needed in order to stop the disease. And World Vision will continue to do what it can to respond.

CCIH PLANNING FOR ANNUAL FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN

CCIH will soon be sending its annual fundraising letter to members and friends. CCIH does not have a policy of frequently asking members and friends for financial support but for several years has sent an end-of-year letter seeking contributions. The CCIH Board is concerned about the lack of a strong financial footing to assure the continuation and expansion of its information sharing and networking functions within the Christian international health community. The growing interest in the general development community in partnering with faith-based organizations presents many new opportunities for Christian ministry to CCIH, many of which unfortunately cannot be pursued for lack of resources to expand staff.

Most of CCIH work is done by volunteers. Ray Martin, Executive Director, works fulltime for CCIH, primarily on a volunteer basis, receiving only a token payment for his work. Sharon Franzén, Program Associate, is the only staff person who is regularly compensated financially for her work. The Board of Directors would like to recruit a Program Manager and a part-time student activities coordinator if the resources became available.

The Board would welcome suggestions from CCIH members on ways that it might strengthen its financial base in order to expand its services to members and the overall international health community. Please contact Ray at martinrs@aol.com or any Board member (addresses can be found at http://www.ccih.org/about/board.htm.)

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

November

November Prayer Calendar

October

Definitions of PROSELYTISM and EVANGELISM – confusion and controversy

Evangelical missionaries integrating health care with religious goals

Increased mixing of US foreign aid and evangelical Christianity

Tensions from Christian medical work in Muslim communities, and US foreign aid

The changing relationship between the US Government and funding churches and FBOs

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

October

Article suggests Bush administration favors conservative FBOs for AIDS funding

Does our manner of addressing AIDS contribute unintentionally to stigmatization?

Evidence that Swaziland “secret lovers” campaign has had an impact

New books on AIDS Counseling and clinical AIDS studies written by CCIH members

Recommendations for more effective AIDS partnerships between donors and churches

Secret lover campaign forces Swazis to confront how freewheeling sex fuels AIDS

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

November

US Government promoting abstinence message domestically for up to 29 year olds

October

Article suggests Bush administration favors conservative FBOs for AIDS funding

Evidence that Swaziland “secret lovers” campaign has had an impact

Secret lover campaign forces Swazis to confront how freewheeling sex fuels AIDS

Uganda Ministry of Health survey shows substantial & rising levels of abstinence

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

October

Does our manner of addressing AIDS contribute unintentionally to stigmatization?

Tensions from Christian medical work in Muslim communities, and US foreign aid

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.

SEEKING EMPLOYMENT:

Douglas Cressman - Qualified Canadian health care administrator with extensive experience in hospitals and public health seeks employment with international organization in provision of health care programs. Recently returned from 5yr assignment as hospital administrator and redevelopment coordinator of 200 bed mission hospital. HIV/AIDS experience. Looking for position that has split between time overseas and time at a US or Canada base. Available on short notice. Please contact: dougcressman@hotmail.com or call 204 997-2045.

RECRUITING:

World Concern:

World Concern is an international Christian disaster response and devlopment organization. It is part of CRISTA Ministries, which serves families in Seattle, the Pacific Northwest and around the world. World Concern implements specific community development programs in agriculture, micro-lending, project management, education, vocational training and primary health care. It also responds to sudden natural disasters and humanitarian emergencies around the world. A complete listing of current and future positions is available at http://www.worldconcern.org/NETCOMMUNITY/Page.aspx?&pid=427&srcid=397. Please note that unless positions are noted as paid, they will require you to raise 100% of your own financial support, with the assistance of World Concern staff. World Concern provides fundraising training, materials and coaching along with an excellent benefits package.

HIV/AIDS Manager

World Concern, an international Christian disaster response and development organization, seeks an individual to grow World Concern’s funding for international HIV/AIDS work by cultivating and maintaining relationships with domestic and international donors. This individual will also develop and oversee current HIV/AIDS programs, including grants of $11 million for Orphans and Vulnerable Children, prevention and palliative care. The HIV/AIDS Manager liaises with donors, organizational partners, government officials, Country Directors and Program Managers to implement effective programming, and oversees the timely coordination of project plans, budgets and reporting from grant sub-partners and internal staff. The position is based in Seattle and will include 25-30% travel in US and overseas.

Qualifications include demonstrated experience procuring large scale funding, preferably including USAID. A Bachelors degree in a related field and minimum two years management level work experience in HIV/AIDS or community based development programs. Self-directed with organizational, collaborative, leadership and interpersonal skills. Cross-cultural experience that includes support of both expatriate and indigenous program staff. Strong working knowledge of Excel, Outlook and Word, technical writing skills, and history of living and working in a developing country. Go to http://www.crista.org/hr/index.cfm?pageID=42&jobObject=1135 to apply.

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 November 2006 Prayer Calendar.

2. WORLD AIDS DAY RESPONSES, RESOURCES AND EVENTS

World AIDS Day has been observed every year on December 1 since 1988 to raise awareness of the AIDS epidemic and support efforts to fight against it. This year's theme promotes the idea of accountability. The events on and around this special day are myriad. Below please find an attempt to highlight some World AIDS Day events, ideas and resources with particular emphasis on CCIH and other Christian organizations. This is by no means an exhaustive list. If you have a World AIDS Day response that you would like your fellow members to know about, please contact Sharon Franzén (sfranzen@ccih.org) by November 28. We will try to incorporate this information into an email message before December 1. To find information about events and resources in your area, other than the ones that may be listed below, contact your local church organizations, government or news services. A quick search on a search engine such as Google may also reward you with some information. We encourage you to do what you can to contribute to raising awareness of HIV and AIDS and to support efforts, particularly within the faith-based community, to "Stop AIDS. Keep the Promise".

CCIH AND MEMBERS/AFFILIATES: WORLD AIDS DAY RESPONSES

The Role of the Faith-based Community in Stopping Violence Against Women and Fighting AIDS (Dec 1, 12:30-2:30) This Capitol Hill briefing in Washington, DC will be hosted by UNAIDS/The Global Coalition on Women and AIDS. CCIH is among the co-sponsors of this inter-faith event, along with CCIH members Balm in Gilead, World Vision, Church World Service and the United Methodist Church (General Board of Church and Society). Other co-sponsors include American Jewish World Service, Center for Women's Global Leadership, International Center for Research on Women, Lott Carey International, Muslim Women’s Coalition and National Minority AIDS Council. There is a significant link between violence against women and HIV. Not only is AIDS disproportionately affecting women, but the feminization of the AIDS epidemic is also linked to another epidemic – that of violence against women and girls. Numerous studies have shown that women living with HIV are more likely to have experienced violence, and women who have experienced violence are at greater risk for HIV infection. The faith-based community can make a critical contribution in helping to stop violence against women and its links with HIV. For more information, go to http://www.ccih.org/bulletin/1106files/UNAIDS.WorldAIDSDay-Flyer-2006.pdf. For a fact sheet on the relationship between violence against women and HIV, go to http://www.ccih.org/bulletin/1106files/StopViolenceAgainstWomen.FightAIDS.pdf.

United Methodist Church: General Board of Global Ministries & General Board of Church and Society The UMC sees World AIDS Day as “a time for special programs on HIV/AIDS education and religious worship services that focus on intercessory and healing prayer, hope in God, and love and compassion in the midst of the HIV/AIDS pandemic.” The GBCS & GBCS web pages (http://new.gbgm-umc.org/umcor/work/health/hivaids; http://new.gbgm-umc.org/resources/annual/worldaidsday; http://www.umc-gbcs.org/site/pp.asp?c=fsJNK0PKJrH&b=1152055&auid=2103048; http://www.umc-gbcs.org/site/apps/nl/content.asp?c=fsJNK0PKJrH&b=2252807&content_id={AE0EE294-9A0A-4EDE-8095-DDA9C67EBB90}¬oc=1&tr=y&auid=2161130) provide information, links and resources on AIDS and World AIDS Day, including worship examples, ideas for church awareness and involvement and information about ways to contribute financially to AIDS-related programs of the church.

World Vision World Vision offers "12 ways you can join the fight against AIDS", including increasing your own awareness, participating in advocacy, joining a prayer chain and taking part in any of the World AIDS Day events highlighted here. Go to http://www.worldvision.org/get_involved.nsf/child/worldaidsday_2006?Open&lid=wad_orangetext&lpos=subf3. Another page offers some other suggestions (http://www.worldvision.org/about_us.nsf/child/enews_aids_200611?Open&campaign=12653916&cmp=EMC-12653916&ppi=&enver=p1).

Adventist Development and Relief Agency ADRA's website offers program and discussion guides for youth and adults, posters and ribbons and various other resources. Go to http://www.adra.org/site/PageServer?pagename=rsrc_worldaids.

Catholic Relief Services The CRS website offers resources, prayers, facts, maps, lesson plans and activities. It even offers quotes from church leaders on the crisis. Go to http://www.crs.org/worldaidsday.

OTHER WEBSITES AND RESOURCES

Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance The EAA offers a variety of faith-based ideas from different countries on worship, liturgies, prayers, sermons, etc as well as factual information on the HIV epidemic and opportunities for advocacy. Go to http://www.e-alliance.ch/hivaids.jsp and http://www.e-alliance.ch/wad.jsp.

Other websites

http://worldaidsday.nih.gov/worldaidsday/december1.htm In recognition of World AIDS Day, December 1, 2001, and to honor all those who have helped advance HIV/AIDS research during the last 20 years, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) unveils this comprehensive World AIDS Day Web page, which provides information on the diverse array of HIV/AIDS research activities being sponsored by NIH.

http://www.unaids.org

http://www.pepfar.gov/75522.htm

http://www.worldaidscampaign.info/index.php/en/wac/keep_the_promise/wad_2006_events_calendar World AIDS Campaign based in the UK; lists WAD events all over the world; for events in the US go to http://www.worldaidscampaign.info/index.php/en/content/view/full/2467//(offset)/120#U)

3. CONFERENCES AND EVENTS

NOVEMBER 29-DECEMBER 1, 2006: RACE AGAINST TIME - 2006 PURPOSE DRIVEN AIDS CONFERENCE (SADDLEBACK CHURCH, LAKE FOREST, CA)

Around the world people are running a desperate race – a life-or-death race against time. They’re racing to stop the HIV/AIDS pandemic. More than 25 million people have already died and about 40 million are currently living with the disease. And the epidemic continues to outpace the global response. Plan to attend this conference to find out the latest information about HIV/AIDS and how the church can and should respond to the pandemic. This conference is being hosted by Rick and Kay Warren, who will be speaking at two plenary sessions. Many CCIH members and member organizations are supporting and/or speaking at the conference, including Dr. Ted Green, CCIH Board member Laura Van Vuuren, Rich Stearns (President, World Vision), Wess Stafford (President, Compassion International), Franklin Graham (President, Samaritan's Purse), Sammy Mah (President & CEO, World Relief), Rolando Figuerera (Catholic Relief Services, El Salvador), and Bruce Sonnenberg (He Intends Victory). CCIH Executive Director Ray Martin will be attending the conference. The recent CCIH publication, The "ABC Approach to Preventing the Sexual Transmission of HIV: Common Questions and Answers", will be available at the conference.

Online registration will close after November 28. For more information on the conference, visit http://www.purposedriven.com/en-US/HIVAIDSCommunity/GlobalConference/Purpose_Driven_HIVAIDS_conference.htm.

DECEMBER 1, 2007: DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF NEW INVESTIGATORS IN GLOBAL HEALTH ABSTRACTS FOR GLOBAL HEALTH COUNCIL 2007 CONFERENCE

The 2007 Global Health Council International Conference will take place May 29-June 1 under the theme of "Partnerships: Working Together for Global Health". The GHC has called for abstracts to illustrate this theme. While the deadline for other types of abstracts has passed, abstracts will still be accepted for the New Investigators in Global Health (NIGH) Program until December 1. NIGH is designed to highlight exemplary research and projects of new and future leaders in global health in the fields of public health, public policy and public administration. This program is open to all students currently enrolled in a degree-seeking program in a health-related field OR new professionals within two years of achieving their terminal degree in a health-related field. The program includes a panel and poster session, with presentations selected from a competitive abstract process. For more information go to http://www.globalhealth.org/conference/view_top.php3?id=632 and http://www.globalhealth.org/conference/view_top.php3?id=643. Questions can be addressed to conference@globalhealth.org.

DECEMBER 27-31, 2006: URBANA 06 (ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI)

Urbana 06 is the 21st student missions convention planned, organized, and administered by InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA. Over 25,000 people will gather to worship God and hear how he is using people to accomplish his purposes throughout the world. Who should attend? Anyone who is wondering how they might use their education, skills, and resources to share the love of Christ with people around the world. Missions organizations are encouraged to exhibit at the convention. Thousands of students, recent graduates, pastors and others come to Urbana looking for God’s leading for their lives, and they look forward to the chance to interact with mission agency representatives. In addition, each organization that exhibits at Urbana is listed in the exhibitor handbook that is available at the convention, as well as the interactive mission/missionary matching service of MSearch on http://www.urbana.org. For more information about the convention go to http://www.urbana.org/_u2006.cfm.

FEBRUARY 1-3, 2007: CALVIN COLLEGE FAITH AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE (GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN)

Last year, the Faith and International Development Conference brought over 300 students from around the United States and Canada together to explore the impact that their faith has on the world. This conference was organized by students at Calvin College to address the challenges that Christian college students face when they try to work in the field of international development. While originally planned as a one-year event the incredibly positive response inspired the students to work to bring about the conference again. This year, the conference will be held February 1-3, 2007 at Calvin College and will center on the themes of peace building and reconciliation, global health, environmental sustainability and economic justice. The sessions and speakers will focus on the ethical issues that are raised when combining one's faith with development work as well as providing information on opportunities for futures in the field. We hope that will prayerfully consider joining us as we explore these issues. For more information go to http://www.calvin.edu/academic/ids/conference.

FEBRUARY 15-18, 2007: ACTING ON AIDS LEADERSHIP SUMMIT (TRINITY CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, PALOS HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS)

Acting on AIDS' first leadership conference in February 2006 was an overwhelming success, attracting more than 600 students eager to discuss issues surrounding HIV/AIDS and to gain the necessary tools to take their knowledge back to their peers at their own college campuses. AoA continues to expand and this year's conference promises to be just as exciting. Mark your calendars and keep checking the Acting on AIDS website at http://www.worldvision.org/aoa.nsf/aids/home for more information on the 2007 conference.

FEBRUARY 16-18, 2007: 5th ANNUAL WESTERN REGIONAL INTERNATIONAL HEALTH CONFERENCE: GLOBAL HEALTH THROUGH DIFFERENT LENSES: REFLECTIONS, PERSPECTIVES AND VISIONS FOR THE FUTURE (UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, SEATTLE)

Sponsored by the Puget Sound Partners for Global Health the 2007 conference seeks to critically examine the disparities in global health and explore approaches to eliminating them. Solutions to the increasingly complex problems of global inequities require an understanding of history, culture, religion, gender and the health sciences, and bring together diverse fields, such as technology, business and the arts. The theme, Global Health through Different Lens: Reflections, Perspectives, and Visions for the Future, offers the opportunity to readdress the importance of interdisciplinary perspectives in global health. The keynote speaker for the conference will be Harvard's Dr. Jim Yong Kim.

The conference talks, panels and workshops have been organized into six different tracks, chosen based on the local strengths at University of Washington and the Seattle community as well as current priority issues in global health. The tracks are: Global Health is Everyone’s Business; Panoramic View: New perspectives on Global Health Issues; Conflict and Refugee Health; Looking in the Mirror: Global Health in the US; Creative Angles: Arts, Media and Communications Technology; and One World, One Planet: Health, the Earth and Environment.

More information on the conference may be found at http://www.pspgh.org. To register, go to https://www.applyweb.com/public/contribute?s=UOFWCONT. For a poster on the conference go to http://www.ccih.org/bulletin/1106files/WesternRegionalConf07_poster.pdf.

FEBRUARY 22-24, 2007: INTERNATIONAL RURAL DEVELOPMENT: FINDING OUR ROLE IN THE TWO-THIRDS WORLD (MESSIAH COLLEGE, GRANTHAM, PA)

Messiah students attending the International Faith and Development Conference at Calvin College in February 2006 were so inspired by the energy and possibilities of such a gathering that they decided to plan their own conference in 2007 to cater to students on the East coast. The result is the 2007 conference International Rural Development: Finding our way in the two-thirds world. The aim of the conference is to motivate college students to pursue international service because of their faith, to provide information and encourage understanding of the needs that exist, to help them understand how they can personally make a difference in meeting these needs, and to provide opportunities to network with individuals and organizations involved in international work.

Workshops and keynote speakers will focus on the interrelation between cultural and policy issues, economic development, appropriate technology, and international health. Dr. Kent Hill, USAID Assistant Administrator for Global Health, will open the conference with a keynote address on globalization. For more information contact Matthew Miller at mm1284@messiah.edu.

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.

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

Plans are beginning to take shape for the 2007 Annual Conference. We will be returning to the Bishop Claggett Center (http://www.claggett.ang-md.org), which has been updated with a soon-to-be-opened modern conference facility. The new building will allow us to hold all of our meetings/workshops in one place and will include a 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 committee will be contacting you soon to ask you to contribute ideas for plenary and breakout sessions as well as for speakers and presenters. So, please begin thinking about the conference theme of partnerships. Mark your calendars and plan to join us May 26-28! Feel free to contact Sharon Franzén at sfranzen@ccih.org.

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.

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 effect 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.

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

COUNTDOWN FOR "THE RACE AGAINST TIME"

The Race Against Time, the 2006 Global AIDS Summit hosted by Rick and Kay Warren and the Purpose Driven Network, will take place November 30-December 1 at the Saddleback Church Campus in Lake Forest, California (http://www.purposedriven.com/en-US/HIVAIDSCommunity/GlobalConference/Purpose_Driven_HIVAIDS_conference.htm). The summit has now become an annual event surrounding World AIDS Day and is aimed at equipping churches and church leaders to respond to and fight against the global HIV and AIDS pandemic. In his invitation to the event, Pastor Warren states that the local church congregations form the largest grassroots network in the world and are necessary partners in the global fight. In fact, the "pandemic cannot be stopped without engaging and mobilizing the Church into action." It is the "only affordable solution" to the barriers (distribution, manpower and local acceptance) that threaten to derail efforts to end the spread of the disease and to care for those infected or affected by it. Teaching at the summit will revolve around two of Warren's ideas expressed as acrostics: P.E.A.C.E. (Planting churches, Equipping servant leaders, Assisting the poor, Caring for the sick and Educating the next generation) and C.H.U.R.C.H. (Care for and support the sick, Handle testing and counseling, Unleash volunteers, Remove the stigma, Champion healthy behavior, and Help with nutrition and medicines.) The Warrens have designed the conference to promote hope and action, replacing the worry and inaction that was the church's reaction to HIV for so long. In a recent Christian Post article (http://www.christianpost.com/article/20061103/23282.htm) Kay Warren is quoted as saying that “This is about pulling together the best and brightest minds of those people on the front lines engaging in solutions and shaping policy. As ministries, yes, we want to be compassionate; but equally important, we want to be effective.”

CCIH will be represented in many ways at the summit conference. Among the speakers and presenters are many CCIH members (see #14 above.) In addition, Executive Director Ray Martin will attend and will be taking with him copies of CCIH's new book "The ABC Approach to Preventing the Sexual Transmission of HIV: Common Questions and Answers". CCIH received funding to assist with the printing and distribution of the book from the Warren's AIDS foundation, Acts of Mercy. A second grant was received from CCIH Affiliate Family Health International (http://www.fhi.org.)

THE AFRICAN REGIONAL HEALTH REPORT: THE HEALTH OF THE PEOPLE

The World Health Organization released the African Regional Health Report (http://www.who.int/bulletin/africanhealth/en/index.html) on November 20 at the International Conference on Community Health in Addis Ababa and in Geneva (see the press release at http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2006/pr68/en/index.html.) The Health of the People is the first report to focus on the health of the 738 million people living in the African Region of the World Health Organization. While acknowledging that Africa confronts the world's most dramatic public health crisis, the report offers hope that over time the region can address the health challenges it faces, given sufficient international support. It provides a comprehensive analysis of key public health issues and progress made on them in the Africa Region. While drawing the world's attention to recent successes, the report offers a candid appraisal of major hurdles, such as the high rate of maternal and newborn mortality overall in the Region. Of the 20 countries with the highest maternal mortality ratios worldwide, 19 are in Africa; and the Region has the highest neonatal death rate in the world. Then there is the strain on African health systems imposed by the high burden of life-threatening communicable diseases coupled with increasing rates of noncommunicable diseases such as hypertension and coronary heart disease. Basic sanitation needs remain unmet for many: only 58% of people living in sub-Saharan Africa have access to safe water supplies. Noncommunicable diseases, such as hypertension, heart disease, diabetes and are on the rise; and injuries remain among the top causes of death in the Region. The report stresses that Africa can move forward on recent progress only by strengthening its fragile health systems.

NEW WEBSITE FOR PRESIDENT'S EMERGENCY PLAN FOR AIDS RELIEF

PEPFAR's website is now available at http://www.pepfar.gov. The website features profiles of PEPFAR's 15 focus countries, information on the plan's prevention, care and treatment programs, a monthly newsletter, documentaries and photographs, the latest fact sheets and news, public information, "stories of hope", World AIDS Day posters and links to related websites. PEPFAR is so important in the global response to AIDS that several advocacy groups have formed a network to monitor and critique PEPFAR policies and programs. See http://www.pepfarwatch.org.

PRESIDENT BUSH TO HOLD SUMMIT ON MALARIA IN DECEMBER

President and Mrs. Bush will hold a White House Summit on Malaria on December 14. The summit is intended to jump-start public-private efforts to control malaria; to educate Americans about the disease and to send a message globally about the need for governments, NGOs, corporations, and private citizens to join together to control malaria. Attendees of the summit will include international experts, multilateral institutions, corporations, foundations, African civic leaders, and representatives from NGOs, religious and service organizations. (http://kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=41033 ; http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/health/1500AP_Bush_Malaria_Summit.html.

KENYAN CATHOLIC CHURCH ISSUES COMPREHENSIVE NATIONAL POLICY ON HIV AND AIDS

The Kenya Episcopal Conference (KEC - http://www.kec.or.ke) has unveiled a policy document intended to guide the church's response to HIV and AIDS. Entitled This We Teach and Do: Catholic Church and AIDS in Kenya, the two-volume document was prepared by the Commission on Health and Family Life of the KEC and a special team, the Kenya Catholic HIV/Aids Taskforce (K-CHAT). Its guiding principles are capacity building, partnership and collaboration, mobilization of resources, involvement of infected people, promotion of fair and respectful relationships, and advocacy. Described by KEC chairman Archbishop John Njue as having a “robust tone, the clarity a bit shocking,” the policy answers four questions: (1) Where does the Church in Kenya stand regarding AIDS? (2) What is the Church committed to doing from now on? (3) What does the Church do, and how, throughout Kenya? (4) Who in the Church is doing what? The document and policy will be launched throughout the country in conjunction with a national Catholic AIDS conference in 2007. For an article on this topic, go to http://www.cisanewsafrica.org/story.asp?ID=1813.

FORMER ADVISOR AND SPEECHWRITER FOR PRESIDENT BUSH: RESPONSE TO GLOBAL HEALTH IS A MORAL TEST FOR AMERICA

CCIH has established a relationship with Michael Gerson, who was a senior policy advisor and speechwriter for President Bush, and now is a Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, writing for Newsweek and the Washington Post. He is writing a book on conservatism in the 21st century. In a November 20 meeting with CCIH Executive Director Ray Martin, he expressed interest in CCIH’s help in his planned research and writing on religion and global health.

In a Newsweek (November 13 issue) article entitled “A New Social Gospel,” Gerson asserts that many evangelicals are chafing at the narrowness of the religious right. Calling for a new faith-based agenda, he writes the following on the subject of global health, “This issue presents America with a moral test: we see the deadly prevalence of AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis and diabetes in the developing world, and we also possess the technologies and resources to prevent and treat those diseases. Our capabilities create responsibilities. Our indifference creates casualties. Confronting disease abroad is generally not ideologically controversial; it is a matter of political will. And evangelicals could provide something that American politics has lacked: a broad and vocal constituency for increased and effective foreign aid.”

Gerson argues for a new evangelicalism which should be distinctive for its tone. He writes, “The goal is not only to stand for Christianity's moral teachings but to emulate the manner of its Founder, who showed that kindness is not weakness, and had more tenderness for moral outcasts than for moral hypocrites.”

The full article is online at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15566389/site/newsweek.

PATHFINDER INTERNATIONAL RELEASES REPORT ON REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH IN INDIA

In September Pathfinder International published a new report entitled Reproductive Health of Young Adults in India: The Road to Public Health. The goal of the RHEYA Project was to promote change in the reproductive behavior of youth, specifically delaying marriage and the first child and spacing subsequent children. The project model was groundbreaking in India in recognizing the necessity to develop messages and means of intervention appropriate to the specific needs and interests of young people at different life stages. Over the life of the project RHEYA reached nearly 22,000 adolescents and 3,571 young couples. It has educated and sensitized more than 2,800 parents and other influential adults, and has reached nearly 23,000 other individuals through community activities. The article may be viewed and downloaded from the Pathfinder website at http://www.pathfind.org/Publications_RH_Resources_ASRH. Other publications are also available at this site. Hard copies of the RHEYA report are available by contacting tech-comm@pathfind.org.

DO OUR DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS IN AFRICA MAKE A DIFFERENCE? – SOME ENCOURAGING DATA FROM THE WORLD BANK

The just-released annual World Bank publication, African Development Indicators (ADI) 2006, acknowledges that nearly half the population on that continent lives below the poverty line of $1 per day but that there are some encouraging signs of progress:

16 African countries have had an annual economic growth rate of 4.5% or higher over the last decade
the number of violent conflicts in Africa has declined from 16 in 2002 to only five in 2005
the fertility rate has declined in every African country over the last two decades, with the greatest decline in Namibia from 5.9 children per woman in 1990 to 3.8 in 2004, and in Rwanda from 7.4 in 1990 to 5.5 in 2004
primary school enrollment rates, a common indicator of investment in the poor, have shot up to 93% in 2004 from 72% in 1990, contributing to a rise in literacy rates to 65% in 2002 from 50% in 1997
several African countries are on track to halve poverty rates by 2010, including Senegal, Mozambique, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Uganda, and Ghana.

The report also warns that the immense disease burden posed by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis, as well as by corruption, anemic aid, cascading tariffs barring made-in-Africa products from entering global markets and dwindling foreign direct investments pose a threat to gains in overall poverty alleviation. The World Bank report is available online at http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:21107847~pagePK:34370~piPK:34424~theSitePK:4607,00.html.

UNITED NATIONS: HIGH LEVEL PANEL OF REFORM ENDORSES NEW UN AGENCY FOR WOMEN

A high-level panel on U.N. reform endorsed, on November 9, a proposal by U.N. Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa Stephen Lewis to create a new U.N. agency focusing specifically on women. Lewis had called for such an agency several months ago after he saw first-hand in his travels in Africa that women were disproportionately infected and affected by HIV/AIDS. There is wide support for the need for a separate agency to consolidate the multiple project streams involving women which are currently spread out among several organizations and offices. The proposed new agency would be headed by an undersecretary and could command a high level of funding and attention. Advocates of the new agency plan to raise at least $1 billion to fund it. The panel’s report will now be sent to the UN General Assembly for approval, hopefully before the end of the term of current Secretary General Kofi Annan in December. (http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=40979; http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1163112610041&call_pageid=970599119419)

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

USAID RFA: MALARIA CONTROL IN MAINLAND TANZANIA AND ZANZIBAR NEW

Funding Opportunity Number: USAID-TANZANIA-07-001-RFA

Estimated Total program Funding: $3,282,000

Funding Instrument type: Cooperative Agreement

Closing Date for Applications: November 27, 2006

The purpose of this Request for Applications (RFA) is to enable USAID/Tanzania to obtain indoor residual spraying (IRS) and other related malaria control services for Mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar. All proposed goals, objectives and activities are to be done under the direction and with full collaboration of the National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP) in Mainland Tanzania and the Zanzibar Malaria Control Programme (ZMCP) as described in the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) Tanzania Malaria Operation Plan (MOP) which will be posted on the world wide web at http://www.fightingmalaria.gov/countries/tanzania. A total of $3,270,000 has been programmed in the Fiscal Year 2007 Tanzania MOP and $12,000 has been programmed through the USAID/Tanzania Democracy and Governance Office for these activities. Subject to availability of funds, and satisfactory completion of the activities in this RFA, the Cooperative Agreement may be extended to include additional time and related activities. Because of the need for continuation of ZMCP IRS activities, the successful applicant is expected to start functioning by January 2007.

For more information, go to http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=11326&mode=VIEW.

DORIS DUKE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: OPERATIONS RESEARCH ON AIDS CARE AND TREATMENT IN AFRICA (ORACTA) NEW

Proposals are due: December 19, 2006

Award Notification: March 15, 2007

Award Start Date: May 15, 2007

The purpose of ORACTA is to help improve the care and treatment of AIDS patients in resource poor settings, inform antiretroviral (ART) therapy policy and practice and improve outcomes of the roll-out and scale-up of ART in Africa. The foundation is particularly interested in receiving proposals that address three focus areas: HIV/TB co-infection, Adherence to treatment and Integration of scaled-up AIDS care and treatment into public healthcare systems, especially for women and children. Operations research directed toward other aspects of care and treatment will also be considered. Teams of investigators must include at least one Co-investigator who is African and is working at an African institution. The Principal investigator must be from a US institution or tax-exempt charitable organization.

For more information, go to http://www.ddcf.org/page.asp?pageId=486.

HHS FOA: MECHANISMS OF BEHAVIOR CHANGE IN THE TREATMENT OF ALCOHOL USE DISORDERS (R21) NEW

Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-AA-07-005

Estimated Total Program Funding: $3,000,000

Funding Instrument type: Grant

Closing Date for Applications: January 20, 2007

This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) solicits Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant applications from applicant organizations to investigate the underlying mechanisms that drive behavior change within the context of behavioral treatments for alcohol dependence. Mechanisms of behavior change refer to the underlying psychological, social, and neurophysiological processes through which therapeutic change occurs. Research proposals submitted under this FOA are encouraged to develop pilot projects that directly assess the causal relationship between mechanisms of behavior change and treatment outcome using the recommendations laid out by Kazdin and Nock (2003).

For more information go to http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=11355&mode=VIEW. For additional information, go to http://www.cdcnpin.org/scripts/locates/LocateFund.asp?SearchType=Simple and search for fund number 3203.

USAID APS (Advance Notice): HIV/AIDS PREVENTION, CARE AND SUPPORT NEW

Funding Opportunity Number: 690-07-001

Estimated Total Program Funding: $2,000,000

Funding Instrument type: Cooperative Agreement

Closing Date for Synopsis: January 31, 2007 (solicitation date will be posted on or before this date)

Advance Notice of USAID/MALAWI’s Intention to Issue an Annual Program Statement (APS) HIV/AIDS Prevention, Care And Support. Expressions of interest are particularly welcome from the NGO, CBO, and FBO communities in Malawi to support PEPFAR and USAID/Malawi goals and strategic objectives.

For more information, go to http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=11243&mode=VIEW.

PREVIOUS LISTINGS

NIH RFA: NIAID INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH IN INFECTIOUS DISEASES (IRID) PROGRAM R01

Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-AI-06-041

Estimated Total program Funding: $800,000

Funding Instrument type: Grant

Closing Date for Applications: November 28, 2006

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) encourages the submission of R01 applications from institutions in eligible foreign countries to conduct preliminary or pilot studies or to explore the feasibility of, and initiate the planning of, collaborative infectious diseases research among investigators and institutions at international sites where NIAID has significant investment in research and/or infrastructure. These grants will serve to build independent research capacity by providing direct funding to investigators who do not currently have NIAID funded grant awards for research projects. Collaborative projects involving investigators and institutions from international sites and the U.S. are particularly encouraged.

For more information, go to http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=9984&mode=VIEW.

For additional information, go to http://www.cdcnpin.org/scripts/locates/LocateFund.asp?SearchType=Simple and search for fund number 3101.

WORLD LEARNING RFA: PHASE I OF FAMILY PLANNING INTEGRATION INTO PVO PROGRAMS

Estimated Total Program Funding: $250,000 to $1,200,000

Funding Instrument type: Cooperative Agreement, Sub-grant

Closing Date for Applications: Dec 14, 2006

World Learning announces a solicitation under the USAID funded Grants Solicitation and Management (GSM) mechanism. All grants awarded under this RFA will be sub-grants from the GSM and will be managed by World Learning on behalf of USAID/GH/PRH/SDI Flexible Fund. It is anticipated that the Phase I grants to U.S. registered PVOs will range from $100,000 to $500,000 annually for projects lasting up to 2 ½ years or 30 months for up to a total of $1.25 million. In Phase I recipients will create a replicable approach for systematically incorporating family planning into their on-going long-term development programs worldwide. Other activities may include strengthening organizational capacity and developing institutional systems to systematically address family planning across the organization. If the PVO successfully completes Phase I, it will be eligible to apply for Phase II. Initial support will be provided by the USAID/GH/PRH Flexible Fund and may be complemented with other sources of funds. A cost share minimum of 25% is required under this RFA.

For further information, go to http://www.worldlearning.org/gsm/.

NIH RFA: GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE AIDS RESEARCH (R24)

Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-HD-06-007

Estimated Total Program Funding: $4,000,000

Funding Instrument type: Grant

Closing Date for Applications: Dec 14, 2006

The initiative is designed to enhance capabilities for rigorous behavioral and social science research in relation to HIV/AIDS within these countries. Each of these grants will provide funding to strengthen the research infrastructure of local institutions and will also support a small portfolio [one to three studies] of relevant and innovative research. Research will be conducted with the leadership and involvement of local social and behavioral scientists in partnership with scientists in the U.S. and/or other developed countries. Research topics should address social and behavioral issues in the prevention, care, and/or treatment of HIV/AIDS. It is hoped that the investigators involved in these

grants will emerge as recognized leaders in the fields of behavioral and social sciences research related to HIV/AIDS.

For more information go to http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=9043&mode=VIEW.

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 Concept Papers: December 15, 2006

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.

JOHN M. LLOYD FOUNDATION

Funding Opportunity Number: CDC 2108

Fund Category: HIV/AIDS

Maximum Funding Available: $20,000

Closing Date for Next Cycle: December 15, 2006

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 FOA: CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE RESEARCH TO PREVENT HIV TRANSMISSION AND INFECTION IN YOUNG PEOPLE (R21 and R01)

Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-NR-07-002

Estimated Total Program Funding: $600,000

Award ceiling: $200,000

Funding Instrument type: Grant

Closing Date for Applications: Dec 21, 2006

Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-NR-07-003

Estimated Total Program Funding: $1,200,000

Funding Instrument type: Grant

Closing Date for Applications: Dec 22, 2006

This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) solicits Research Project (R01) grant applications from applicant organizations that invite research that incorporates an in-depth understanding of cultural appropriateness to HIV prevention research among young people in the United States or abroad. The overall purpose of the FOA is to develop theoretically grounded approaches to prevention of HIV infection and transmission in young people based upon a broad definition of culture.

For more information go to http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=10960&mode=VIEW and http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=10961&mode=VIEW. For additional information, go to http://www.cdcnpin.org/scripts/locates/LocateFund.asp?SearchType=Simple

and search for fund numbers 3169 and 3170.

NIH FOA: STRUCTURAL INTERVENTIONS, ALCOHOL USE AND RISK OF HIV/AIDS (R21)

Funding Opportunity Number: PA-07-005

Funding Instrument type: Grant

Closing Date for Applications: Multiple dates; next deadline is January 2, 2007

Archive date: November 1, 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?mode=VIEW&oppId=11144.

HHS FOA: MEN’S HETEROSEXUAL BEHAVIOR AND HIV INFECTION (R03) AND (R21)

Funding Opportunity Number: R03 - PA-06-354

Award Ceiling: $50,000

Funding Instrument type: Grant

Closing Date for Applications: Multiple deadlines; next deadline is January 2, 2007

Archive Date: February 2, 2008

Funding Opportunity Number: R21 - PA-06-353

Award Ceiling: $200,000

Funding Instrument type: Grant

Closing Date for Applications: Multiple deadlines; next deadline is January 2, 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=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 3079.

NIH PA: RECENT HIV INFECTION: NEW PREVENTION CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

Funding Opportunity Number: PA-05-164

Funding Instrument type: Grant

Closing Date for Applications: Multiple dates, next deadline is January 2, 2007

Archive Date: October 2, 2008

This Program Announcement solicits innovative basic or applied research applications 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). 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. This PA is intended to support basic and applied HIV prevention science research. Examples of possible research topics are research on the identification of, and referral for treatment and prevention services for, persons with recent HIV infection; studies to tailor brief, efficacious HIV risk reduction counseling to persons with acute IV infection, particularly those from severely affected communities or subgroups; and studies to interrupt mother to child transmission (MTCT) in persons with recent HIV infection.

For more information, go to http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=3181.

NIH/NIDA PA: INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH COLLABORATION ON DRUG ADDICTION (ROI)

Funding Opportunity Number: PA-06-050

Funding Instrument type: Grant

Closing Date for Applications: Multiple dates, next due date is January 2, 2007

Archive Date: January 3, 2009

This program announcement is part of The National Institute of Drug Addiction’s effort to encourage rigorous collaborative international research and will provide funding for projects conducted in whole or in part outside the U.S. The International Program extends the Institute mission internationally through programs that: 1) take advantage of unique opportunities to advance scientific knowledge through research, 2) address the global impact of addiction on public health through activities that build research capacity internationally, and 3) effectively disseminate and share the knowledge gained through NIDA-supported research to scientists, treatment providers, and policy makers around the world. The research must be conducted by U.S. investigators in collaboration with non-U.S.-based investigators. This is a broad call for innovative research and applications are encouraged in all areas of science addressing drug addiction including but not limited to prevention, basic science, epidemiology, treatment and health services. While the priorities will change from year to year, in FY06 priority areas include: linkages between HIV/AIDS and drug abuse, methamphetamine abuse, inhalant abuse, smoking during pregnancy, and drugs and driving.

For more information, go to http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=3186.

HHS PA: HEARING IMPAIRMENT AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH HIV/AIDS (RO1)

Funding Opportunity Number: PA-06-251

Estimated Total Program Funding: Not available

Funding Instrument type: Grant

Closing Date for Applications: Multiple deadlines; the next deadline is January 2, 2007

Archive Date: February 2, 2009

The question of long term effects of HIV/AIDS and its treatment, such as the long term use of antiretroviral therapy, as it pertains to all the communication disorders remain unanswered. Further, as the perinatally exposed infants survive to their adolescent years, questions related to the effects of the infection, and the very early and long exposure to antiretroviral therapy, to the neurological development of areas that affect communication abilities need to be systematically studied. The limited knowledge base about communication disorders in persons living with HIV/AIDS is compounded by the current situation that U.S. national databases, such as those sponsored by the CDC, do not specifically collect information pertaining to communication disorders or difficulties experienced by this population. Research is needed to clarify the role of HIV, AIDS, and therapeutic agents used in the treatment of these diseases in the etiology and development of hearing loss and other communication disorders. Heretofore ignored deficits in hearing, voice, speech and language, balance, taste, and smell in persons living with HIV/AIDS, need to be identified, assessed, and treated, and this program announcement calls for research studies in all of these areas. Because the nature and scope of the proposed research will vary from application to application, it is anticipated

that the size and duration of each award will also vary. The total amount awarded and the number of awards will depend upon the quality, duration, and costs of the applications received.

For more information, go to http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=8572&mode=VIEW.

USAID RFA: FY-2007 CHILD SURVIVAL AND HEALTH GRANTS PROGRAM (CSHGP)

Funding Opportunity Number: M-OAA-GH-07-003

Award Ceiling: $22,000,000

Funding Instrument type: Cooperative Agreement

Closing Date for Applications: January 9, 2007

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Bureau for Global Health, Office of Health, Infectious Disease and Nutrition (GH/HIDN) is seeking applications from U.S. Private and Voluntary Organizations (PVOs) and Non-Profit, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), engaged in international health and development, to implement activities under the Child Survival and Health Grants Program (CSHGP).

For more information, go to http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=11168&mode=VIEW.

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

Funding Opportunity Number: RFA No.: PAR-06-070

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

Funding Instrument type: Planning Grant Application

Closing Date for Applications: the next deadline is January 12, 2007

Archive Date: January 13, 2009

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) are invited. 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

THE JONATHAN MANN AWARD FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS

Nomination Deadline: January 17, 2007

The Global Health Council invites nominations for the 2007 Jonathan Mann Award for Global Health and Human Rights. The Award was established in 1999 to honor Dr. Jonathan Mann and highlight the vital link between health and human rights. Sponsored by four founding organizations, Association François-Xavier Bagnoud; Doctors of the World; John Snow, Inc.; and the Global Health Council, the award is bestowed annually to a leading practitioner in health and human rights and comes with a substantial financial reward to allow its recipients a measure of freedom to pursue their work in the important area of global health and human rights.

For more information go to http://www.cdcnpin.org/scripts/locates/LocateFund.asp?SearchType=Simple and search for Fund Number 3149 or go to http://www.globalhealth.org/conference/view_top.php3?id=612.

USAID/TANZANIA APS: SCALING UP HIV/AIDS SERVICES

Funding Opportunity Number: USAID-TANZANIA-06-0007-APS

Estimated Total Program Funding: $2,000,000

Award Ceiling: $900,000

Funding Instrument type: Cooperative Agreement

Closing Date for Applications: January 18, 2007

The purpose of the APS is to publicize USG plans to fund a limited number of programs through USAID/Tanzania to scale up HIV/AIDS services. This APS provides prospective applicants with a fair opportunity to develop and submit applications to USAID for potential funding if funds become available. If awarded, partners will be supported to scale up and enhance their capacity to manage comprehensive HIV/AIDS activities. USAID/Tanzania anticipates making approximately four awards through this APS to successful applicants.

For more information, go to http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=10371&mode=VIEW.

HHS PA: PARENTING CAPACITIES AND HEALTH OUTCOMES IN YOUTHS AND ADOLESCENTS (R01 and R21)

Funding Opportunity Number: PA-06-097, PA-06-98

Estimated Total Program Funding: varies

Funding Instrument type: Cooperative Agreement

Closing Date for Applications: Multiple dates, next deadline is February 1, 2007

Archive Date: February 2, 2009

These program announcements solicit research aimed at increasing parenting capacities while simultaneously focusing on the reduction, elimination or prevention of one or more high-risk health behaviors or poor health habits in youth and adolescent children. Investigators responding to this announcement are required to target two or more ineffective parenting practices or behaviors (e.g., lack of appropriate parental monitoring, supervision, and communication, high family conflict and disorganization, parental stress and depression, lack of parent-child bonding and negative discipline methods), and two or more youth/adolescent high-risk behaviors (e.g., unhealthy dietary behaviors, inadequate physical activity, tobacco use, alcohol and other drug use, sexual behaviors, and unintentional (accidents) and intentional behaviors (firearm related injuries). These behaviors are frequently established during childhood and adolescent years and continue on to the adult years. These behaviors are potentially amenable to a variety of health promotion and prevention efforts.

For more information, go to http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=7366&mode=VIEW and http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=7367&mode=VIEW.

NIH PA: UNDERSTANDING MECHANISMS OF HEALTH RISK BEHAVIOR CHANGE IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS (R21)

Funding Opportunity Number: PA-06-298

Award Ceiling: $200,000

Funding Instrument type: Grant

Closing Date for Applications: Multiple dates, next deadline is February 1, 2007

Archive Date: March 31, 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=8771&mode=VIEW.

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

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: February 15, 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, February 15, 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/.

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

Funding Opportunity Number: PA-06-337

Estimated Award Ceiling: $200,000

Funding Instrument type: Grant

Closing Date for Applications: Multiple dates, next deadline is March 1, 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.

HHS/NIH PA: UNDERSTANDING MECHANISMS OF HEALTH RISK BEHAVIOR CHANGE IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS (R21)

Funding Opportunity Number: PA-06-298

Estimated Award Ceiling: $200,000

Funding Instrument type: Grant

Closing Date for Applications: Multiple dates, the final deadline is March 1, 2007

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 with particular emphasis on: (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=8771&mode=VIEW. For additional information, go to http://www.cdcnpin.org/scripts/locates/LocateFund.asp?SearchType=Simple and search for fund number 3123.

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 (R21)

Funding Opportunity Number: PAR-06-247; PAR-05-026

Estimated Total Program Funding: varies

Funding Instrument type: Grant

Closing Date for Letters of Intent: April 17, 2007

Closing Date for Applications: May 17/18, 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=8574&mode=VIEW and http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=3247&mode=VIEW. For additional information, go to http://www.cdcnpin.org/scripts/locates/LocateFund.asp?SearchType=Simple and search for Fund Number 2702 and 3040.

HHS/NIH PAR: DISSEMINATION AND IMPLEMENTATION RESEARCH IN HEALTH

Funding Opportunity Number: PAR-06-039

Funding Instrument Type: Grant

Closing Date for Applications: Multiple deadlines, the next deadline is May 24, 2007

Archive Date: October 2, 2009

These program announcements (PAR) encourage investigators to submit research grant applications that will identify, develop, and refine effective and efficient methods, structures, and strategies that test models to disseminate and implement research-tested health behavior change interventions and evidence-based prevention, early detection, diagnostic, treatment, and quality of life improvement services into public health and clinical practice settings. Programs should support innovative approaches to overcoming barriers to the adoption of evidence-based interventions that previous efficacy or effectiveness research has shown to be effective, but where adoption to date has been

limited or significantly delayed.

For more information see http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=3305. For additional information, go to http://www.cdcnpin.org/scripts/locates/LocateFund.asp?SearchType=Simple and search for Fund Number 2942.

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

Funding Opportunity Number: PA-06-114

Funding Instrument type: Grant

Closing Date for Application: Next due date is September 1, 2007

Archive Date: September 1, 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?mode=VIEW&oppId=7466. For additional information, go to http://www.cdcnpin.org/scripts/locates/LocateFund.asp?SearchType=Simple and search for Fund Number 2982.

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.

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.

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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