Research Announcements
Call for Nominations: Solutions for Global Health
The World Health Organization and the Special Unit for South-South Cooperation of the United Nations Development Program - UNDP
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This Call for nominations is looking for initiatives that provided an effective solution to a public health problem by succeeding on the basis of : Leadership, Innovation and Partnership
Who can participate?
Any public or private institution, group or project that have made significant contributions to human development in the global South and that have provided solutions to address Global Health that could be replicated, scaled up or adapted across developing countries.
The South Development Solution (SDS) could be a Southern-grown solution, a South–South partnership solution, a North-South-South triangular partnership solution, a South-South-Multilateral Organization solution,
a Public-Private partnership solution and/or combination of these.
Criteria for nomination submission
An independent committee will review all submissions to select the three South Development Initiatives that has provided an effective solution to:
Public Health problem by succeeding on the basis of leadership, innovation, and partnership.
Please be sure how these attributes apply to your initiative:
1. South priority/demand driven
2. South ownership
3. South leadership
4. Broad-based partnership
5. Innovation
6. Efficiency
7. Sustainability
8. Scalability
The selected solutions in Global Health will receive:
· An opportunity to exhibit the initiative at the Global South-South Development Expo in the World Bank Main Complex
· The possibility to interact with partners and donors interested to fund or replicate the initiative in other developing countries.
View more information here.
Posted Sep 28, 2009