8 November 2020 – 13 research projects have been recommended for funding following a call for applications that aims to promote health research as a tool for national development programming, and to increase the use of evidence-based action and health planning for provision of equitable health care.
The focus for this round of the Special Grant for Research in Priority Areas of Public Health are the strategic directions identified in WHO’s strategy for the Eastern Mediterranean Region, 2020–2023 Turning Vision 2023 into action.
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Country |
Institution |
Project title |
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Somalia |
The University of Hargeisa |
Modalities and approaches for enhancing national health research systems |
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Somalia |
Puntland University for Science and Technology |
What are the practical methods of the health system’s governance to integrate forcibly displaced people in the health system of North Galkayo |
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United Arab Emirates |
National Rehabilitation Center, Abu Dhabi |
Studying the health effects of drug abuse and co-occurring infections and developing research programme at the national rehabilitation center |
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Egypt |
Specialist Federation of Health System Improvement NGOs |
Exploring resilience in the health system of Egypt: current status and future strengthening factors |
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Islamic Republic of Iran |
Isfahan University of Medical Sciences |
Designing an educational programme for promoting community participation in natural disasters based on needs of community-based health organizations and NGOs |
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Lebanon |
University of Balamand |
Environmental exposures in lebanese infants |
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Pakistan |
Aga Khan University, Karachi |
Factors associated with low-cost opportunistic breast cancer screening by mammography in resource constrained population of urban and rural areas of Sindh |
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Jordan |
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) |
Community-based cross-sectional study: the burden of non-communicable diseases and related-risk factors among pregnant women in Palestine refugee camps in Jordan |
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Syrian Arab Republic |
Al-Assad University Hospital |
Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of Helicobacter pylori strains in Syria and patient characteristics |
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Lebanon |
American University of Beirut |
Perceptions and objective understanding of front of package nutrition labels amongst university students in Lebanon: a mixed methods study |
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Egypt |
Cairo Association against Smoking, TB and Lung Diseases (CASTLE) |
Assessing knowledge, attitude and use of novel tobacco products among journalists in Egypt |
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Sudan |
Deanship of Scientific Research, Alneelain University, Khartoum |
Barriers of access and utilization of reproductive health services by adolescents in Khartoum State |
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Tunisia |
Razi Hospital, La Manouba |
Regional survey on the prevalence and associated factors of mood disorders |
