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Call for Proposals2010: Health Policy Action Fund

Call for Proposals


The International Health Partnership and related initiatives (IHP+) Initiatives related to the International Health Partnership include : the Harmonization for Health in Africa (AHA), the Catalytic Initiative, (CI), the Providing for Health (P4H) Initiative, GAVI’S Health System Strengthening (HSS), the Global Fund-National Strategy Applications, The Health Metrics Network, (HMN) , the Global Health Workforce Alliance (GHWA), and the MDG Africa Initiative has launched a Civil Society Health Policy Action Fund in 2010. This fund is open to support health organisations, networks and coalitions in 21 IHP countries over a one-year period. The countries are Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Togo, Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam, and Zambia.

The fund aims to support southern civil society organizations, networks and coalitions to become more effectively engaged in national health policy processes. Supported by the grants, recipients will engage in dialogue with key policy makers from national governments and global health initiatives Global health initiatives such as (but not limited to) PEPFAR and the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria They will monitor and analyse health policy implementation and hold governments and aid donors accountable to work towards universal and equitable access to health care, and the achievement of the health related Millennium Development Goals.

The Civil Society Health Policy Action Fund invites proposals for between $25,000 and $ 30,000 from the 21 countries. Interested applicants are requested to visit the Fund website at www.healthpolicyactionfund.org for the detailed Criteria for Selection and the application forms. The call for proposals opens 19 March 2010. The Final date for receiving applications is 21 April 2010.For more information visit http://www.healthpolicyactionfund.org/



 Appel à soumission de demande de subvention


Le Partenariat international pour la santé et les initiatives apparentées (IHP)1 a lancé, en 2010, un Fonds d’action pour les politiques de santé au profit de la société civile, destiné à apporter pendant un an, un soutien aux organisations, réseaux et coalitions du secteur de la santé dans 21 pays membres de l’IHP2. A savoir : le Bénin, le Burkina Faso, le Burundi, le Cambodge, Djibouti, l’Éthiopie, le Kenya, Madagascar, le Mali, le Mozambique, le Népal, le Niger, le Nigeria, l’Ouganda, la République démocratique du Congo, le Rwanda, le Sénégal, la Tanzanie, le Togo, le Vietnam et la Zambie.

Le fonds vise à aider les organisations de la société civile, les réseaux et les coalitions des pays du Sud à participer plus efficacement aux processus nationaux de politique de la santé. Grâce à ces subventions, les bénéficiaires engageront un dialogue avec les principaux décideurs nationaux et des initiatives mondiales pour la santé3. Ils procèderont au contrôle et à l’analyse de la mise en œuvre des politiques de santé, et veilleront à ce que les gouvernements et les donateurs œuvrent pour l’accès universel et équitable aux soins de santé, ainsi qu’à la réalisation des Objectifs du Millénaire pour le Développement dans le domaine de la santé.

Le Fonds d’action pour les politiques de santé au profit de la société civile lance un appel en vue de la soumission, à partir de ces 21 pays, de demandes de subvention pour un montant compris entre $25.000 et $30.000. Pour de plus amples informations sur les critères de sélection et les formulaires de demande, les organisations intéressées sont priées de consulter le site Web du Fonds à l’adresse suivante www.healthpolicyactionfund.org. La date limite de dépôt des dossiers est fixée au 21 avril 2010.

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