Innovative Community-based Ecosystem Management Interventions

Innovative Community-based Ecosystem Management Interventions for Improved Dengue and Chagas Disease Prevention in Latin America and the Caribbean

A TDR/IDRC Research Initiative
DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF CONCEPT NOTES: Wednesday, 15 April 2009
Website: http://www.who.int/tdr/svc/grants/calls/innovative-ecosystem-management
English: Call for concept notes [PDF: 169Kb, 6 pages]

Spanish: Convocatoria para la presentación de notas conceptuales en catalán [PDF: 75Kb, 6 páginas]

French: Demande de notes de synthèse en français [PDF: 140Kb, 5 pages]
The UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), in collaboration with the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), invites concept notes for research projects on innovative community-based ecosystem management approaches to dengue and Chagas disease prevention in low and middle-income countries of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). It is expected that projects funded under this initiative will:
· lead to a better understanding of the interaction between ecological, biological, social and economic ("eco-bio-social") determinants of dengue and Chagas disease transmission in Latin America and the Caribbean;
· contribute to the development of inter-sectoral ecosystem management interventions for dengue and Chagas disease prevention; and
· contribute to innovation and application in public health policy and practice regarding ecosystem management interventions for communicable disease prevention.

Manager Innovative Ecosystem Management and Community Directed Interventions for Dengue and Chagas Disease Control
Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR)
World Health Organization
1211 Geneva 27 Switzerland
Tel: (+41-22) 791-3954, 3365 and 3398 Fax: (+41-22) 791-4854
Contact Dr Johannes Sommerfeld Please also send a copy of the application to Dr Olaf Horstick

Dr Johannes Sommerfeld Scientist, Research Manager Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR)
E-mail: sommerfeldj@who.int World Health Organization
20, avenue Appia CH-1211 Geneva 27 tel: +41 22 791 2111 fax: +41 22 791 3111