[FOSS_health] Request for proposals to create centres to counter chronic disease in developing countries

[Molly Cheah]

Anybody interested?
http://www.oxha.org/memberarea/ovations-chronic-disease-initiative-rfp
Request for proposals to create centres to counter chronic disease in 
developing countries

> One major barrier to countering chronic disease in the developing 
> world at the moment is lack of capacity and leadership. There are too 
> few leaders, individuals, and institutions adequately equipped to 
> counter chronic disease. This situation has led Ovations, a US health 
> and wellbeing company, to develop a programme to build such capacities.
>
> The creation of centres has been a successful strategy for building 
> capacity in areas such as infectious disease. Ovations plans to 
> replicate this success. Centres will be expected to train and develop 
> individuals who will become leaders and be ready to capitalise on the 
> large flow of funds that is likely soon to be available for countering 
> chronic disease in the developing world.
>
> Ovations is devoting $15 million in funds and kind over five years to 
> the programme and wants not just to fund centres but also to work with 
> them. Ovations plans to partner with other organisations and raise 
> more funds. It has already partnered with Oxford Health Alliance and 
> the National Institutes of Health.
>

Molly