[afro-nets] Calls for Proposals - NEHSI

[Anne-Marie Schryer-Roy <aschryer-roy@idrc.ca>]

Calls for Full Proposals - the Nigerian Evidence-based Health
Systems Initiative (NEHSI)
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Please find below some information on two Calls for Full Propos-
als in the context of a new initiative of the International De-
velopment Research Centre (IDRC) and the Canadian International
Development Agency (CIDA), the Nigerian Evidence-based Health
Systems Initiative (NEHSI).

To view the full calls for proposals, please visit:
http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-92290-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html

Please note that a FAQs section has recently been added, and
that regular updates will be posted. We encourage interested ap-
plicants to visit the web site regularly for updates.


1) Call for Full Proposals: Development of a multi-stakeholder
information and monitoring system for the Nigerian Evidence-
based Health Systems Initiative (NEHSI).

Summary

The International Development Research Centre invites proposals
from teams interested in developing and establishing a multi-
stakeholder information and monitoring system in two states in
Nigeria: Bauchi and Cross River. This call for proposals is part
of the planning phase for a proposed multi-year CA $15 million
IDRC-CIDA collaborative initiative to support an evidence-based
primary health system in Nigeria, the Nigerian Evidence-based
Health Systems Initiative (NEHSI). This planning phase consists
of a number of initiatives to provide baseline evidence, build
local ownership and collaborative relationships among Nigerian
stakeholders, and begin to strengthen capacity for the implemen-
tation phase.

This one time grant is for a maximum of CA$ 210,000 to establish
a state-level baseline of key indicators and develop a proposal
for the implementation of a multi-stakeholder information and
monitoring system in Bauchi and Cross River, Nigeria. The work
must be initiated in March 2006 and completed by September 2006.
Successful applicants, after a review process of their implemen-
tation proposal for a multi-stakeholder information and monitor-
ing system, may be invited to continue with the implementation
for a five-year period.

The NEHSI envisions that all key stakeholders (individuals and
institutions) at federal, state and local levels progressively,
understand, contribute to, and use a health information system
that provides a neutral, transparent and reliable resource and
platform for diverse stakeholders to participate in evidence-
based planning, implementation and monitoring towards a more a
fair, effective and efficient primary health care system.

Deadline for applications is 3 February 2006.

For general questions about the initiative, please visit:
http://www.idrc.ca/geh or mailto:NEHSIgrant1@idrc.ca


2) Call for full proposals: Demographic surveillance population
monitoring system: feasibility and design study for the Nigerian
Evidence-based Health Systems Initiative (NEHSI).

Summary:

The International Development Research Centre invites proposals
from teams interested in designing a demographic surveillance
population monitoring system in two states in Nigeria: Bauchi
and Cross River. This call for proposals is part of the planning
phase for a proposed multi-year CA $15 million IDRC-CIDA col-
laborative initiative to support an evidence-based primary
health system in Nigeria, the Nigerian Evidence-based Health
Systems Initiative (NEHSI). This planning phase consists of a
number of initiatives to provide baseline evidence, build local
ownership and collaborative relationships among Nigerian stake-
holders, and begin to strengthen capacity for the implementation
phase.

This one time grant is to establish appropriate institutional
partnerships in order to examine the feasibility, design, loca-
tions, partnerships, costs and timeframe to establish two new
demographic surveillance systems to operate within the Nigerian
States of Bauchi and Cross River. These sites will be responsi-
ble for accurate "gold standard" longitudinal monitoring of
births, deaths, in-migrations and out-migrations within defined
households. The system will also undertake full analysis of the
data to translate it into an easily understood, robust evidence-
base that can be used as a key input into the health planning
processes of the community level upwards through local govern-
ment area (LGA), state and ultimately to the federal level. The
work must be initiated in March, 2006 and completed by May 2006.
Successful applicants, after a review process of their implemen-
tation proposal may be invited to continue with the implementa-
tion for a five-year period.

Deadline for applications is 3 February 2006.

For general questions about the initiative, please visit:
http://www.idrc.ca/geh or mailto:NEHSIgrant2@idrc.ca

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Anne-Marie Schryer-Roy
mailto:aschryer-roy@idrc.ca