Deadline- 15 September 2013
Proposals are accepted for Polio Eradication & Endgame Strategic Plan 2013-2018 which will be funded under recommendation to the Polio Research Committee (PRC). The goal of this program is to support two main areas-
- Detection and interruption of all polio virus transmission
- Assess the feasibility and impact of IPV use in campaigns in infected and endemic areas
- Enhance monitoring of quality of polio vaccination campaigns in security compromised areas
- Evaluate innovative methods for enhancing AFP/environmental surveillance in high risk areas for poliovirus importation
- Assess innovative methods to increase community acceptance of polio vaccination
- Strengthening of immunization systems and withdrawal of oral polio vaccine
- Explore communication strategies for IPV introduction into routine immunization
- Develop affordable IPV options (i.e. intradermal IPV administration techniques, adjuvants, new noninfectious IPV strains)
Objectives-
The overall objective of the research project is to understand reasons for low vaccination coverage and to produce information that can be directly used to design education and communication campaigns to increase overall vaccination compliance.
Eligibility-
This call for proposals is open to research institutions and private companies. Successful applicants will be required to conclude an agreement with WHO setting forth the terms applicable to the funding by WHO of the research activities. This agreement will require any intellectual property rights arising out of the project to be exploited in a manner consistent with public interest. In particular, WHO seeks to ensure that any products arising out of projects funded by it are made widely available, including to the public health sector of developing countries on preferential terms.
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