CCIH Monthly Bulletin

December 2006

 

1. CCIH AND MEMBER NEWS

CCIH BOARD OF DIRECTORS HELD FINAL MEETING OF 2006

On December 15 the Board of Directors held its final meeting of the year at the offices of World Vision in Washington, DC. The Board reviewed the work of CCIH in 2006 and confirmed plans for 2007. Among the topics discussed were:

  • The Executive Director’s Report: Ray informed the Board concerning CCIH activities since its last meeting in early October. As always, there was an impressive list of meetings, conferences (3), networking opportunities and other activities.
  • The Board approved the applications of three new organizational members (highlighted in #_ below): Identity, Merge and Action (AIM) from Pakistan, Glasses for Missions, Inc and World Hope International. This brings the total organizational membership to 81, with 11 affiliates.
  • The Board continued to discuss the establishment of working groups. Several are poised to begin within the next month and may be able to lead some workshops at the Annual Conference.
  • Budget: the Board approved an ambitious budget for 2007 which includes provisions for a modest salary for the Executive Director (who has served voluntarily until now) and for two new staff positions. The budget may be viewed at http://www.ccih.org/bulletin/1206files/CCIH.Budget.2007.Dec06.pdf.

The Board will meet again in March 2007 in the Washington, DC area.

 

CCIH ANNUAL FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN

During December CCIH mailed or emailed a fundraising letter to each individual member and to others who have expressed interest in CCIH in the past. We have also been busy contacting organizational members and affiliates to request payment of their annual dues. We do hope that you will continue to support CCIH by renewing your membership and that you will consider offering an additional donation to enable us to move forward with our work. If you have any questions concerning your membership, please contact us at ccih@ccih.org.

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.)

 

UPDATING MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION

Keeping track of our ever expanding database of members and friends is a continual process. Our recent mailings demonstrated this as envelopes that could not be delivered were returned and emails bounced back to us. We regret it when we lose track of even one single person who has accompanied us on our journey as Christians interested in international health. So please, remember to keep us informed of any changes in your postal and electronic addresses.

Of equal importance is updated information on who you are, what you are doing, where you are and what you are interested in. We like nothing better than getting an email or a letter, from both individuals and organizations, telling us about their work, successes, partners, struggles and prayer requests. We also encourage you to share information with us about resources and tools that you have developed or discovered, trip reports that will help us understand more about you, exciting plans for the future, etc. Finally, we sincerely appreciate any comments that we get regarding the services that CCIH offers to its members and affiliates and the work that it does in promoting the Christian voice in the field of international health. Your comments and suggestions help to better meet your needs.

Please contact Sharon at sfranzen@ccih.org or send information by post to CCIH at 1817 Rupert Street, McLean, VA 22101. We look forward to hearing from you!

 

ADONAI MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL CALLS FOR PRAYERS AND ASSISTANCE FOR VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE IN THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

Edet George Offong, International Director for CCIH member Adonai Missions International (AMI), based in Bangui, Central African Republic (CAR), has sent an appeal to respond to the current situation in the northeastern part of the country where fighting between rebels and government forces have forced thousands of residents from their homes and caused the deaths of many. One of the casualties was a valued staff member of AMI, missionary Edmond Gaya, who worked for six years near Kaga Bandoro. Edmond leaves behind a widow and four children who are now living in Bangui.

Those who fled their villages cannot return as everything has been carried away or burned. The displaced are either living in the bush without food, shelter or supplies, or are making their way south to Bangui. In addition to the reports coming directly from Edet, news reports tell of the struggles in this area of the CAR: http://allafrica.com/stories/200612110072.html; http://allafrica.com/stories/200612190487.html; http://allafrica.com/stories/200612190362.html.

Edet is requesting assistance to help with necessities for the displaced with children. First and foremost he is asking for prayers for the people and for the ability of AMI to respond to their needs. Basic necessities are needed including school supplies, medical fees, medicines, cooking utensils, mattresses and blankets. Food also is needed and, as it is in short supply (with farmers displaced and crops ruined), the prices have risen sharply. AMI will also need to replace equipment and transport which has been destroyed. And they are taking care of the family of Edmond Gaya. Edet estimates that they will need about $250,000 to pay for everything. Anyone who is able to assist Edet should contact him by email at edet_george@yahoo.com.

 

CCIH CO-SPONSORS WORLD AIDS DAY EVENT ON FAITH-BASED COMMUNITIES, HIV AND VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

On December 1, World AIDS Day, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the Global Coalition on Women and AIDS hosted a meeting entitled The Role of Faith-based Communities in Stopping Violence Against Women & Fighting AIDS (see http://www.ccih.org/bulletin/1206files/UNAIDS.WorldAIDSDay-Flyer-2006.pdf and http://womenandaids.unaids.org/documents/WAD2006Overview_en.pdf ). CCIH and four of its members, Balm in Gilead, Church World Service, United Methodist Church (Board of Church and Society) and World Vision, co-sponsored this interfaith event at the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, DC. Other co-sponsors included 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. The meeting brought together a very diverse group of participants and speakers to bring the issue of violence against women out of the shadows so that it can be recognized and eliminated. The event was moderated by CCIH member, Pauline Muchina, Senior Women and AIDS Advocacy Officer at UNAIDS. A webcast of the event is available from the Kaiser Family Foundation at http://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/hcast_index.cfm?display=detail&hc=1981.

The fact that this meeting was organized on World AIDS Day is very significant: the linkages between Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and HIV are many. Violence is both a cause and a consequence of HIV/AIDS. Globally just under half of all people living with AIDS are female and women accounted for about two-thirds of new infections. GBV is a factor is many of these infections. Women and girls living with HIV are more likely to have experienced violence than those who are HIV negative, both prior to and after their infection. Violence or the threat of violence denies women the right to decide whether or not to have sex and to negotiate the use of preventive methods such as a condom. In addition, the physical trauma of sexual violence and coercion significantly increases the risk of HIV infection. And violence or the threat/fear of violence can prevent women from accessing HIV information concerning prevention, care and treatment; from being treated; from disclosing their HIV status; and from accessing services for themselves and their infants. Economic, social and cultural factors impact upon GBV and any attempt to address it and HIV and AIDS must involve a multi-faceted and integrated program. A few sources of information on HIV & AIDS and violence against can be found through the UNAIDS website (http://www.unaids.org) by running a search on violence and HIV. The website for The Global Coalition on Women and AIDS (http://womenandaids.unaids.org/default.html) also has many resources, including reference to the Capitol Hill event. USAID offers information and resources about GBV and its relationship to HIV & AIDS, PEPFAR programs that address the issue and other programs at http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/global_health/pop/techareas/gender/16days.html and http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNADH194.pdf. An editorial in the October 21 issue of The Lancet, entitled Tackling violence against women and children (http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673606695779/fulltext), is also a useful resource.

The World AIDS Day event on Capitol Hill specifically addressed what has been and should be the response of the faith-based community to the issues of GBV and HIV. Although speaking from different religious perspectives and traditions, the many speakers shared the same message: the faith-based community has a mandate and an obligation to address these issues. These faiths demand a response in favor of vulnerable populations such as women and children, the sick and poor, the abused and frightened. The necessary responses are myriad and include improving services; increasing access to services; empowering women socially, educationally and economically; promoting positive behavior change and change in male norms and roles; and tackling discriminatory policies, laws and legal practices. The faith-based community has an extraordinary capacity to participate in these responses and should be leaders in the fight against violence and HIV.

Ambassador Mark Dybul, the US Global AIDS Coordinator, spoke to the meeting participants, praising the efforts of the international community in the past few years to address the issues of HIV and AIDS. He noted that there were some signs of hope with declining prevalence in some countries. However, he said that often when the prevalence rate levels off the stumbling point is often related to gender issues. He encouraged the faith community to play a central role in teaching about equality between women and men in order to develop moral attitudes and values which value the rights and status of women.

Several CCIH members spoke at the December 1 event. The Rev. Dr. Susan Newman of Balm in Gilead led off with an inspirational exhortation for the faith communities to rise to the opportunity to address the issue of violence against women. Balm in Gilead strongly supports the involvement of the church in fighting HIV and the issues, like violence, that fuel it (http://www.balmingilead.org/resources/churchrole.asp). Rev. John McCullough, Executive Director and CEO of Church World Service (CWS), said that "faith communities are called to keep our promises and respond to the needs of people living with HIV" and to call attention to the linkage between gender based violence and HIV. (see http://www.churchworldservice.org/news/archives/2006/12/600.html) To that end CWS supports the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence, a yearly campaign by the Center for Women's Global Leadership (http://www.cwgl.rutgers.edu/16days/home.html). CWS fights against violence through projects that empower women. George Ward, Jr., Senior Vice President for International Programs for World Vision, also spoke to the group. World Vision also supports programs aimed at empowering women and tackling gender inequalities. WV encourages churches to become involved in AIDS issues both in the USA and abroad through its Hope Initiative and Church Partnerships (http://www.worldvision.org/worldvision/wvususfo.nsf/stable/ige_global?Open&lid=ch_global&lpos=main).

CCIH would be interested in hearing from other members regarding their ideas and programs, or those of other FBOs, which concern HIV/AIDS and violence. Contact Sharon or Ray with your responses.

 

CCIH MEMBERS INVOLVED IN HIGH-LEVEL SCIENTIFIC SYMPOSIUM ON AIDS IN UGANDA AND AFRICA

CCIH members Ted Green and Allison Herling were involved in the planning and procedures of a just-completed high-level meeting in Uganda sponsored by The Uganda AIDS Commission, Makerere University, The Church of Uganda, Harvard University and The Templeton Foundation. The meeting in Munyonyo, Uganda from December 17-20, 2006, brought together a unique group of scientific researchers, pioneers of the Uganda behavior-based approach, religious leaders, reproductive health specialists, historians, policymakers and government leaders to consider the latest research evidence from Africa that pertains to prevention of the sexual transmission of HIV, and related issues. The group committed itself to “a renewed emphasis on African-derived, evidence-based HIV prevention programmes, policies, and resource commitments.” It released a document revealing a summary of the evidence it considered and a list of resolutions and recommendations, focusing on the potential efficacy of behaviorally-based strategies of HIV prevention, and calls for more research on best practices of promoting ABC approaches, and endorses an expanded use of faith-based organizations. The full document may be viewed at http://ccih.org/bulletin/1206files/AfricanSuccessesInHIVPrevention.Dec06.doc.

The resolutions and recommendations center around the themes of General/Policy, Gender and Promotion of Mutual Faithfulness in Sexual Relationships, Abstinence, Condoms and Actor in HIV prevention. A renewed commitment to prevention is needed to combat complacency and disinhibition brought on by declines in prevalence and a corresponding weakening of the zero-grazing message, along with increased funding and emphasis on care and treatment. A balanced approach to prevention is needed, with the method used matching the needs of the target group. Programs should be based on the evidence of the African experience with an emphasis on involvement of all actors in the issue, including persons living with HIV and AIDS. Abstinence and be faithful programs need to be broad-based and innovative to encourage behavior change, mutual respect and a sense of social responsibility. Finally, there is a “call for greater involvement of faith-based organizations in AIDS prevention, recognizing their power and ubiquity in Africa, their long-established role in health care and education in Africa, even before governments provided these, and recognizing their comparative advantage in promoting marital faithfulness, abstinence and even targeted condom use if this does not conflict with doctrine.”

 

CCIH WELCOMES NEW ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERS

World Hope International is a faith based relief and development organization alleviating suffering and injustice through education, enterprise and community health. World Hope operates programs in four different areas: Community Health, provides health care services and education through locally designed programs; Hope Corps facilitates short-term outreach opportunities; Hope for Children is the child sponsorship arm assisting about 100 children; and Hope Enterprise promotes economic independence through skills training, small business loans and start up assistance. WHI lists its core values as :

  • Transformation - Individuals and communities are transformed into dignity and wholeness when the redemptive power of Jesus works in and through the local faith community to bring spiritual, social, economic, and physical change
  • Empowerment - Development occurs to the extent local communities, leaders, and individuals are empowered to affect change.
  • Sustainability - Creating locally sustainable programs is crucial to achieving a lasting impact.
  • Collaboration - Partnering with the local faith community, other like-minded organizations, and individuals demonstrates the means of development.

WHI was recently named as the lead agency in the $7.7 million Haitian Partners for Health Initiative, funded under PEPFAR's New Partners Initiative. WHI will assist seven indigenous Haitian organizations working on HIV/AIDS programs. The contact persons for WHI are Megan Nykyforchyn-Clark, HIV/AIDS Program Manager (Megan@worldhope.net) and Kristin Wiebe, Anti-Trafficking Director (KristinWiebe@worldhope.net). Kristin was a presenter at the 2006 CCIH Annual Conference. More information about WHI can be found on their website at http://www.worldhope.net.

Identity, Merge and Action (AIM) is based in Faisalabad, Pakistan's third largest city. It is a non-profit, non-governmental organization which grew out of the work of 6 community residents in 1991. It works at the grass-roots level on locally identified programs aimed to promote self-reliance. The major program sectors of AIM’s work are Education, Health, Skills Development, Youth Development and Agricultural Development. It also responds to other needs identified by the community, such as assisting with earthquake relief. Believing that change is successful and sustainable when it comes from within, AIM lists its developmental approach as:

  • The development of people rather the development of things
  • Situation analysis through empathy not through sympathy
  • Work with the people not for the people
  • Root causes of the problems are more important to tackle than their effects
  • Peoples’ projects make them more merged and self-reliant

CCIH is pleased that AIM has joined our network and we look forward to learning more about their work in Pakistan. We encourage everyone to visit AIM’s extensive, informative and interesting website at http://www.aimngo.org. And we encourage you to contact Anthony Matthew Gill, AIM Executive Secretary, at aimngo@brain.net.pk.

Glasses For Missions provides basic reading glasses to developing countries which are made in-country through a simple process primarily involving the bending of a stainless steel wire, using a simple jig and commonly used hand tools. These glasses are made by local volunteers and missionaries and 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.

LifeRise AIDS Resources has been a member of CCIH for a few months but has not been highlighted in the bulletin. The Director of LifeRise, Cynthia Calla, has been a member of CCIH for many years. She recently founded LifeRise to serve as an intermediary between donors and grassroots Christian organizations in developing countries working with HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment projects, carefully identifying and cultivating the most effective local partners. LifeRise will channel funding and will provide other resources such as information on best practices, program management, training, medical and technical consulting and ministry skills. LifeRise supports abstinence until marriage, partner faithfulness, HIV testing and education, prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV, access to antiretroviral treatment, compassionate care for the dying, care for orphans, reduction in stigma and advocacy for policy change and legal rights for persons affected by AIDS. Learn more about LifeRise through its brochure (http://www.ccih.org/bulletin/1206files/LifeRiseBrochure.pdf) or by contacting Cynthia at cynthia.calla@liferise.org.

 

RESOURCES AVAILABLE FROM GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

CCIH Affiliate, Georgetown University Institute for Reproductive Health, is dedicated to helping women and men around the world make informed choices about family planning and providing them with simple and effective Fertility Awareness-Based (FAB) methods. The goal of IRH is to expand options by making FAB methods, also known as natural methods, easier to use and more widely available. As part of Georgetown University’s School of Medicine, the Institute conducts research to develop natural methods of family planning and test them in different service delivery settings. For more information on the Institute, the Standard Days Method or the TwoDay Method, please visit www.irh.org.

The Institute for Reproductive Health has announced the publication of New Approaches to Fertility Awareness-Based Methods: Incorporating the Standard Days and TwoDay Methods into Midwifery Practice. Published in the Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health, this publication discusses why these new, simple, and effective methods are in line with the midwifery model of care and how they address an unmet need for family planning. To access the pdf version of the article go to http://www.irh.org/resources/pdf/SDM/English/FAB%20Methods%20JMWH%20Nov%202006-1.pdf. To locate the article through the journal go to http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1526952306002261.

 

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

December

  • Monthly Prayer Calendar
  • Does the United Nations lack a strategy to understand and engage religion?
  • 23 New Partnership Initiative (NPI) Grants Announced in the Fight Against AIDS
  • Catholic Relief Services pioneers progressive workplace policies on HIV and AIDS
  • Uganda symposium cites success of behaviorally-based approach to HIV prevention

November

  • Monthly Prayer Calendar
  • Employment Announcement
  • Likely cuts in US assistance for child and maternal health - New York Times

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

December

  • 23 New Partnership Initiative (NPI) Grants Announced in the Fight Against AIDS
  • Catholic Relief Services pioneers progressive workplace policies on HIV and AIDS
  • Uganda symposium cites success of behaviorally-based approach to HIV prevention

November

  • Highlights of annual UNAIDS/WHO 2006 AIDS Epidemic Update
  • World AIDS Day - Christian resources

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

December

  • How do you deal with sexually active youth in a program emphasizing A and B
  • Lancet article lists shortcomings of abstinence & condoms; focus on "B" needed
  • Uganda symposium cites success of behaviorally-based approach to HIV prevention

November

  • US Government promoting abstinence message domestically for up to 29 year olds
  • Description of abstinence promoting PrimeTime program at Uganda University
  • Highlights of annual UNAIDS/WHO 2006 AIDS Epidemic

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

 

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE CCIH COMMUNITY

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

RECRUITING:

World Hope:

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

Program Manager: Haitian Partners for Health (HPH) Program

World Hope is partnering with USAID on the HPH program to help finance, monitor, and evaluate this program and seven indigenous partner organizations in Haiti will work with World Hope to deliver the grassroots HIV/AIDS programming of the HPH. The overall program will work in four primary areas: promoting preventative approaches to reduce the incidence of new HIV/AIDS infection; care for orphans and vulnerable children; counseling and testing; and palliative care.

The responsibilities of the Program Manager will initially be focused on setting in motion the HPH program, ensuring that the HPH team is staffed, properly equipped and trained and that procedures are developed for working with the indigenous partners, requiring strong administrative leadership to develop the management and administrative capacity of HPH staff and the partner organizations in Haiti. Desired qualifications include excellent administrative and managerial skills; a solid understanding of HIV/AIDS programs; exceptional communication skills (both written and verbal); French language skills/aptitude; experience working in cross-cultural contexts; exemplary personal, professional and ethical standards; and demonstrated initiative and sound work ethic.

The position will be based at the WHI headquarters in Alexandria, VA, but will require about 25% of the time in the field. A more complete job description may be found at http://www.ccih.org/bulletin/1206files/World.Hope.HPH.Prog.Mgr.job.description.doc. Interested persons should send a resume and cover letter. Attn: Ann Karl, to AnnKarl@worldhope.net or by fax to 703-923-9418.

 

World Vision:

World Vision (http://www.worldvision.org) is a Christian humanitarian organization dedicated to working with children, families, and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice.

Senior Technical Specialist- International Health: World Vision/US

This position is based in Washington, DC with up to 50% international travel, 30% travel typical.  Applicants must be in agreement with World Vision's Christian Statement of Faith. The person in this role will:

  • Serve as principal advisor and spokesperson for international health
    programming for World Vision United States;
  • Review and provide technical expertise for proposals which access US government grants in the international health field;
  • Organize capacity building sessions for field and support offices and
    look for opportunities for operations research and innovation for field implementation;
  • Encourage and facilitate the documentation of best practices, innovations, lessons learned and proven methodologies directed towards multiple audiences, both internal and external, targeting the influence of policy formation, disseminations of best practices and take part in national and international health meetings and workshops;
  • Keep WV staff informed of standards and opportunities in
    international health with a focus on maternal and child health and build strong partnerships and networks with donor agencies, peer NGOs, CORE and major universities.

Qualifications:  Must be a health care professional (RN, RM or MD w MPH)
with at least 7-10 years experience in the implementation of international
health care programs.  Must be familiar with USAID regulations and have
previous experience with the design and implementation of USAID health
supported programs.  Requires: excellent communication skills, both oral
and written, in English, and the ability to communicate cross culturally
and be sensitive to other cultures.  Excellent mentoring, problem solving
and team building skills.  Significant experience with planning, monitoring
and evaluation tools used by international cooperation agencies and working knowledge on the management of sub-grants to local institutions and of consulting contracts.  

Send resumes to: Clark Bowers, Executive Recruiter | Employment | Human Resources, at cbowers@worldvision.org.

 

World Concern:

World Concern is an international Christian disaster response and development 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 December 2006 Prayer Calendar.

 

2. CONFERENCES AND EVENTS

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.

Online registration for the conference ends December 23. Walk-in registration will be available from December 27, beginning at 8 am. 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. Allison Herling and Ray Martin have been asked to present one session at the conference on ABC and HIV prevention, including the work of the church.

 

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 please contact ird@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.

 

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

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

 

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

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

 

MAY 26-28, 2007: CCIH ANNUAL CONFERENCE - PARTNERSHIPS 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 has solicited ideas from CCIH members regarding conference and pre-conference topics as well as for speakers and presenters. There is still time to send your suggestions to the committee through Sharon (sfranzen@ccih.org). Mark your calendars and plan to join us May 26-28!

 

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.

 

AUGUST 3 – 4, 2007 – HEALTHCARE MINISTRY AND MISSIONS CONFERENCE (FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, PASADENA, CA) http://fullerhealthcaremissions.info

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

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

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

 

ADDITIONAL CONFERENCES AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

3. OTHER NEWS AND RESOURCES

2006 GLOBAL SUMMIT ON AIDS AND THE CHURCH DRAWS HIGH LEVEL ATTENTION

The evangelical church in the U.S. has definitely discovered AIDS and has committed to respond. This was demonstrated by the November 30 to December 1 Global Summit on AIDS and the Church (http://www.purposedriven.com/en-US/HIVAIDSCommunity/GlobalConference/What_one_church_is_doing_after_the_Summit.htm) hosted by Rick and Kay Warren at their Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California. This high level evangelical interest in AIDS contrasts with the reality of only a few years ago, reflected in a survey conducted by World Vision that showed that fewer than 10% of evangelicals would contribute to persons affected by AIDS.

The Warrens were able to attract 60 prominent speakers for the 2000 participants. On the political front, Senators Barack Obama and Sam Brownback, both potential candidates for the 2008 US Presidential race, spoke about their concern for AIDS and their appreciation for the contribution of the church. Obama stated that one cannot deny that there is a moral and spiritual dimension to HIV prevention, but neither can one ignore that abstinence and fidelity behaviors, although ideal, are not always realistic in every circumstance. First Lady Laura Bush made a video presentation about her first hand look at AIDS on trips to Africa. Computer magnate Bill and Melinda Gates also presented by video. Of global AIDS program leaders, Richard Feachem, Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, said that $300 million has been committed to FBOs. Ambassador Mark Dybul, Global AIDS Coordinator for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, described their programs and emphasized their commitment to work through faith-based organizations. Kent Hill, head of the USAID Global Health Bureau, asserted that sexual behavioral change is necessary to stop the pandemic and that a Christian perspective on sexual morality is needed.

Prominent preachers presenting included Anglican Archbishop Emmanuel Kolini of Rwanda, Bishop Charles Blake, John Ortberg, and Eugene Rivers III, who described sexual promiscuity as a weapon of mass destruction. Heads of four major evangelical relief and development organizations, all CCIH members, spoke: Franklin Graham of Samaritan’s Purse (http://www.samaritanspurse.org), Sammy Mah of World Relief (http://www.wr.org), Richard Stearns of World Vision (http://www.worldvision.org), and Wess Stafford of Compassion International (http://www.compassion.com).

A number of active individuals in CCIH’s constituency were on the program. Debbie Dortzbach of World Relief, who guided Kay Warren on some of her Africa tours, and Ted Green of Harvard spoke during the session on Women and AIDS. Laura Van Vuuren of Northwest Medical Teams International, and a CCIH board member, gave a workshop entitled “Prevention Strategies for Your Church.” Bruce Sonnenberg of He Intends Victory gave a workshop on “Starting an HIV Support Group in Your Church.” Carl Stecker of Catholic Relief Services led a discussion on “Influencing Policy: Empowering Faith-based Groups.”

Rick and Kay Warren spoke several times with considerable knowledge of AIDS and with great passion. Rick outlined four reasons why Christian must care about AIDS:

1. because we are blessed, we can be a blessing to others,

2. because Jesus modeled care and compassion, especially for the sick, we must do the same,

3. because the magnitude of the AIDS problem demands a response. Rick said he’s tired of the church being known for what it’s against. It should be known for what it’s for.

4. because God commands it, citing Luke 6:36 – “You must be compassionate, just as your Father is compassionate.”

Warren also presented his famous acrostic, spelling the word “church:”

C care for people who are sick

H handle testing and counseling

U unleash a volunteer force of compassion

R remove the stigma

C champion health behaviors

H help with nutrition and treatment.

The end of the global summit does not signify the end of the work of the Warren’s Purpose Driven Network. It, and they, are committed to the HIV/AIDS issue until the virus no longer threatens the lives of millions around the world. What began in 2005 as a one-time event has now become yearly, with next year’s summit already scheduled for Wed.-Fri., Nov. 28-30, 2007. In the meantime the work of the church continues. More information about the network’s response to HIV can be found at http://www.purposedriven.com/en-US/HIVAIDSCommunity/HIV_homepage.htm.

A few of the news articles that covered the Global AIDS Summit are listed below. The list is by no means complete.

- http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061201/daf023.html?.v=67

- http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=24509

- http://www.christianpost.com/article/20061202/23821.htm

- http://www.christianpost.com/article/20061201/23782.htm

- http://www.christianpost.com/article/20061202/23805.htm

- http://www.christianpost.com/article/20061129/23742.htm

- http://www.pastors.com/article.asp?ArtID=10059

- http://www.purposedriven.com/en-US/HIVAIDSCommunity/GlobalConference/What_one_church_is_doing_after_the_Summit.htm

- http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=53168

- http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/politics/4371093.html

- http://www.alrnewskitchen.com/press_releases/06-12-01_rw_wrap.htm

 

AFRICAN VISITORS HOLD BRIEFING IN WASHINGTON DC ON GRASSROOTS CHURCHES RESPONSE TO AIDS IN AFRICA

Two key leaders of the Pan African Christian AIDS Network (PACANet, https://www.pacanet.net/) on a mission to the U.S., briefed members of the faith and development communities in Washington, DC, at a December 4th session at the Global Health Council headquarters. The meeting, attended by representatives from many major organizations involved in AIDS, was sponsored, in addition to PACANet, by CCIH and the Faith and Global Health Caucus of the Global Health Council.

The title of the session was Grassroots Churches Respond to HIV and AIDS in Africa: Exploring Opportunities for Partnership with US Organizations.  The speakers were Dr. Fulgence Binagwa, PACANet Director of Programmes, and Dr. Rose Nesbitt, PACANet Research Director.  They gave an overview of the work of PACANet and the findings of a recently conducted Situational Analyses of select countries. They discussed the implications of these findings including the need for partnerships focusing on institutional development, training of health care workers, caring for caregivers, as well as clergy training and sensitization.

PACANet is a network of African churches, Christian organizations, and Christian networks formed to enhance their HIV/AIDS responses by sharing resources, ideas, skills, experiences and to stimulate strategic partnerships.  Its goal is to positively engage and position the Church in Africa as an active key player in the fight against HIV/AIDS. PACANet aims to improve and scale up the current Christian response to propel the Church to a deeper and more vigorous level of engagement proportional to its comparative advantage and position in African society.

PACANet is interested in expanding collaboration with CCIH.  Drs. Binagwa and Nesbitt met several times with CCIH executive director Ray Martin and CCIH board member and former PACANet board member Jacqui Patterson to explore concrete initiatives to link American churches with the African church response to AIDS.

 

DR. BIANGTUNG LANGKHAM IS INAUGURAL WINNER OF DIGNITY AND RIGHT TO HEALTH AWARD

The HIV Initiative of the International Christian Medical and Dental Association (http://www.icmdahivinitiative.org) has announced that Dr. Biangtung Langkham is the winner of its inaugural Dignity and Right to Health Award. The International Christian Medical and Dental Association (ICMDA – http://www.icdma.net) is an association of more than fifty national Christian medical, dental and health worker societies, and interested individuals, reaching out to Christian doctors, dentists, health workers and students around the globe. Dr. Michael Burke, Chair of the ICMDA HIV Initiative said “The Dignity and Right to Health Award is an international symbol of the global response to HIV. The award provides an essential opportunity to recognize, support and publicize the most outstanding role models and champions acting to stop this global epidemic. It is well positioned to become an important symbol for ensuring that voices from diverse communities and countries are acknowledged and championed.”

Dr Biangtung Langkham has been involved in early responses to the twin epidemics of drug use and HIV in his hometown of Churachandpur, Manipur, India since the early 1990s. The award recognizes Dr Langkham's major contribution in mobilizing Christian communities to respond compassionately to individuals excluded by society (HIV infected drug users and sex workers) on a scale that has the opportunity of bringing the epidemic under control. Dr. Langkham is currently based in New Delhi as Regional Director for Emmanuel Hospital Association (EHA) North East and Coordinator for HIV/AIDS services of EHA. EHA (http://www.eha-health.org) is a CCIH member. For a detailed review of Dr. Langkham’s achievements please visit http://www.icmdahivinitiative.org/pages/inaugural-winner---dignity-and.php.

 

WHITE HOUSE HOSTS SUMMIT ON MALARIA

On December 14 the White House hosted a Summit on Malaria, bringing together international experts, multilateral institutions, corporations and foundations, African civic leaders, NGOs and faith-based and service organizations. The purposes of the summit were: to jump-start an ambitious public-private effort to control malaria; to educate the American public about malaria, a largely preventable and treatable disease; and to send a message globally about the need for governments, NGOs, corporations, and private citizens to join together to control malaria. Invited groups included the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, ExxonMobil, the Global Fund, Malaria No More and Saddleback Church. Highlighted was Malaria No More (http://www.malarianomore.org), a non-profit organization created to mobilize the private and non-profit sectors in the fight against malaria, encouraging them to coordinate their efforts with the governmental and international organizations already working in the field. Discussions at the summit centered around three themes: The Challenge Of Malaria In Africa, The Power Of Public-Private Partnerships, and Growing The Grassroots.

The White House used the opportunity of the summit on malaria to announce the final eight target countries to be included in the President's Malaria Initiative (http://www.fightingmalaria.gov): Benin, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali and Zambia which join the countries already part of the program: Angola , Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania and Uganda. The summit also provided the opportunity for the White House to launch/announce several new initiatives:

  • The Malaria Communities Program, a $30 million initiative to provide grants to African and American NGOs, as well as civic and religious groups, to support their malaria-control work. The Communities Program, which is intended to encourage more charitable organizations to become involved in malaria programs, complements the efforts of African governments by creating independent, sustainable malaria-control programs.
  • The Volunteers for Prosperity Program for Malaria will connect skilled professionals with organizations that are involved in the President’s Malaria Initiative. These organizations can receive grants to allow these volunteers to offer their assistance.

The role of faith-based organizations in the fight against malaria and other diseases was once again affirmed. The United Methodist Church General Board of Global Ministries (UMC-BGM, a CCIH member - http://new.gbgm-umc.org) and the Episcopal Relief and Development of the Episcopal Church (ERD - http://er-d.org) were invited to attend the summit, as was Rick Warren of Saddleback Church. UMC-GBGM was recognized for its malaria initiative "Nothing But Nets", which was highlighted in the November CCIH bulletin (http://www.ccih.org/bulletin/1106.htm#5). For further information, see http://gbgm-umc.org/global_news/pr.cfm?articleid=4328 and http://www.christianpost.com/article/20061217/24288.htm.

Web coverage of the summit, with related links, is available at http://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/hcast_index.cfm?display=detail&hc=1995. For more information, see also http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/malaria, http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/12/14/whitehouse.malaria.ap, and http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061212/hl_afp/healthusafricadisease_061212223439.

 

STUDY SAYS MALARIA HELPS SPREAD HIV

A recently released study by the University of Washington shows a direct link between Malaria and HIV. The study, published in the journal Science in its December 8 issue, shows that a person with HIV has a higher viral load - up to seven times higher - during an incident of malaria, particularly with high fever, which can last for up to eight weeks. A higher viral load increases the chance of passing on the virus. The study also pointed out that the reduced immune system of a person infected with HIV means that they are more susceptible to suffering bouts of malaria. Using this information and a mathematical model, researchers studied health records in Kisumu, Kenya, where they estimated that since 1980 the interaction between the two diseases may have been responsible for over 8500 HIV infections and over 980,000 cases of malaria. This study supports what scientists and health workers have long noted: an integrated approach to heathcare is needed. Diseases do not occur in isolation and so should not be treated in isolation. An AP report of the study was widely circulated (see http://www.christianpost.com/article/20061207/23934.htm). In addition, the research report (Dual Infection with HIV and Malaria Fuels the Spread of Both Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa) may be viewed in Science at http://www.sciencemag.org/content/vol314/issue5805/sindex.dtl#EPIDEMIOLOGY. Non-members of AAAS may purchase a 24-hour access to the article for $10.00.

 

4. GRANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

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

NEW LISTINGS AND UPDATES

WORLD LEARNING REQUEST FOR CONCEPT PAPERS: FAMILY PLANNING IN NEPAL NEW

Estimated Total Program Funding: $600,000

Funding Instrument type: Cooperative Agreement, Sub-grant

Concept Papers due by: January 3, 2007  

On behalf of USAID/Nepal, World Learning under the USAID funded Grants Solicitation and Management (GSM) program announces this solicitation for the Concept Papers that would increase quality family planning use and reproductive health practices among poor and marginalized communities in Nepal. This call for Concept Paper is targeted to US PVOs registered with USAID and currently having presence in Nepal, in particular implementing health programs. Short-listed applicants will be requested to submit a full application as part of this competitive solicitation. Through this process, World Learning anticipates making an award to commence in March 2007 with duration of three years.

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

 

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

Funding Opportunity Number: PA-07-005

Funding Instrument type: Grant

Closing Date for Applications: January 3, 2007

Archive date: February 3, 2007

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 PA: HEARING IMPAIRMENT AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH HIV/AIDS (RO1) UPDATE ON CLOSING AND ARCHIVE DATES

 

Funding Opportunity Number: PA-06-251

Estimated Total Program Funding: Not available

Funding Instrument type: Grant

Closing Date for Applications: January 3, 2007

Archive Date: February 3, 2007

 

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.

 

NIH PA: RECENT HIV INFECTION: NEW PREVENTION CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES UPDATE ON ARCHIVE DATE

Funding Opportunity Number: PA-05-164

Funding Instrument type: Grant

Closing Date for Applications: January 3, 2007

Archive Date: February 3, 2007

 

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.

 

 

HHS PA: PARENTING CAPACITIES AND HEALTH OUTCOMES IN YOUTHS AND ADOLESCENTS (R01) UPDATE ON CLOSING AND ARCHIVE DATE

Funding Opportunity Number: PA-06-097

Estimated Total Program Funding: varies

Funding Instrument type: Cooperative Agreement

Closing Date for Applications: January 3, 2007

Archive Date R01: February 3, 2007

 

This program announcement solicits 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.

 

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

Funding Opportunity Number: PA-07-147

Parallel FOAs: PA-06-353, PA-06-354 (see below)

Estimated Total Program Funding: varies

Funding Instrument type: Grant

Closing Date for Applications: opening deadline is January 5, 2007

Archive Date: February 2, 2008

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH), invites basic social and behavioral science studies on the determinants of the sexual behavior of adult heterosexual men. Adult men who have sex with women play a major role in HIV transmission. 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.

For more information, go to http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=11862&mode=VIEW.

 

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

 

Funding Opportunity Number: PAR-06-070

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

Funding Instrument type: Grant

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

Archive Date: January 13, 2009

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

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

 

USAID RFA: HIV/AIDS CLINICAL SERVICES PROGRAM IN RWANDA NEW

Funding Opportunity Number: USAID-RWANDA-696-A-07-001-RFA

Estimated Total Program Funding: $70,000,000

Funding Instrument type: Cooperative Agreement

Closing Date for Applications: January 22, 2007

 

The purpose of this RFA is to obtain applications from qualified U.S. organizations for Cooperative Agreements (CAs) intended to achieve the common objectives of the Government of Rwanda (GOR) and the U.S. Government (USG) for the Rwanda HIV/AIDS Clinical Services Program (HCSP): to build capacity in national and district-level Rwandan institutions to support and manage Rwanda’s health networks, and to expand HIV/AIDS clinical activities and clinical service capacity for patient care in selected District Health Networks.

For more information, go to http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=11787&mode=VIEW.

 

USAID RFA: FY-2007 CHILD SURVIVAL AND HEALTH GRANTS PROGRAM (CSHGP) UPDATE ON CLOSING AND ARCHIVE DATES

 

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

Award Ceiling: $22,000,000

Funding Instrument type: Cooperative Agreement

Closing Date for Applications: January 31, 2007

Archive Date: March 2, 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.

 

 

USAID RFI: HIV/AIDS PREVENTION, CARE AND SUPPORT UPDATE TO FUNDING OPPORTUNITY NUMBER

Funding Opportunity Number: USAID-MALAWI-HPN-07-001-RFI

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.

 

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

Funding Opportunity Number: PA-07-028

Estimated Total Program Funding: varies

Funding Instrument type: Grant

Closing Date for Applications: Multiple Dates; Opening date is January 3, 2007; next deadline is February 5, 2007

Archive Date: February 2, 2008

 

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

 

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

 

 

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

 

Funding Opportunity Number: PA-07-036

Parallel FOAs: PA-07-005 and PA-07-006,

Estimated Total Program Funding: varies

Funding Instrument type: Grant

Closing Date for Applications: Multiple Dates, Opening Date is January 5, 2007; next deadline is February 5, 2007

Archive Date: October 2, 2008

 

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), National Institutes of Health (NIH), solicits grant 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. Applicants are especially encouraged to examine the ramifications for HIV/AIDS risk of “naturally occurring” or already-announced changes in alcohol-related laws, regulations, programs or policies.

 

For more information, go to http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=11591&mode=VIEW.

 

 

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

Funding Opportunity Number: PA-07-141

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

Estimated Total Program Funding: varies

Funding Instrument type: Grant

Closing Date for Applications: Multiple Dates, Opening Date is January 5, 2007; next deadline is February 5, 2007

Archive Date: June 1, 2009

 

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

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

 

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

Funding Opportunity Number: PA-07-163

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

Estimated Total Program Funding: varies

Funding Instrument type: Grant

Closing Date for Applications: Multiple Dates, Opening Date is January 5, 2007; next deadline is February 5, 2007

Archive Date: April 5, 2009

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

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

 

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

Funding Opportunity Number: PA-07-158

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

Estimated Total Program Funding: varies

Funding Instrument type: Grant

Closing Date for Applications: Multiple Dates, Opening Date is January 5, 2007; next deadline is February 5, 2007

Archive Date: April 5, 2009

 

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

 

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

 

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

Funding Opportunity Number: PA-07-087

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

Estimated Total Program Funding: varies

Funding Instrument type: Grant

Closing Date for Applications: Multiple Dates, Opening Date is January 5, 2007; next deadline is February 5, 2007

Archive Date: October 2, 2008

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

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

 

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

 

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

Funding Instrument type: Grant

Closing Date for Application: Multiple Dates, Next due date is February 5,2007

Archive Date: October 2, 2008

 

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

 

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

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

 

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

Funding Opportunity Number: PA-07-148

Parallel FOAs: PA-06-298 (see below)

Estimated Total Program Funding: varies

Funding Instrument type: Grant

Closing Date for Applications: Multiple Dates; opening date is January 5, 2007; next deadline is February 5, 2007

Archive Date: August 5, 2007

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits research grant applications that will enhance our 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.

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

 

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

Funding Opportunity Number: PA-07-090

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

Estimated Total Program Funding: varies

Funding Instrument type: Grant

Closing Date for Applications: Multiple Dates; opening date is January 5, 2007; next deadline is February 5, 2007

Archive Date: February 2, 2010

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

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

 

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

Funding Opportunity Number: 674-07-001-APS

Estimated Total Program Funding: $160,000,000

Award Ceiling: $40,000,000

Funding Instrument type: Cooperative Agreement

Closing Date for Applications: October 5, 2007  

 

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

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

 

PREVIOUS LISTINGS

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/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.

 

 

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

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

 

JOHN M. LLOYD FOUNDATION

Funding Opportunity Number: CDC 2108

Fund Category: HIV/AIDS

Maximum Funding Available: $20,000

Closing Date for Next Cycle: July 15, 2007

 

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

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

 

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

 

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

 

Funding Opportunity Number: PAR-05-128

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

Funding Instrument type: Grant

Closing Dates for Letters of Intent: August 13, 2007

Closing Dates for Applications: September 13, 2007

 

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

 

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

 

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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