NIHR Global Health Policy and Systems Research - Development Awards Funding Committee minutes

Global Health Policy and Systems Research (HPSR) Funding Committee

Minutes of the November 2019 Meeting

Date:   29 November 2019
Place:  Alpha House Conference Room, NETSCC, Southampton, UK

Present members

Chair

Professor Anne Mills

Deputy Chair

Core Committee Members

Dr Mary Eyram Ashinyo
Professor Shah Ebrahim (remote)
Professor Tim Ensor (remote)
Professor Paula Griffiths
Professor Jo Rycroft-Malone (remote)
Dr Gina Teddy (remote – joined after 11am experienced significant internet connection problems preventing participation – not counted as voting member)
Dr Corinne Merle (remote)
Dr Kui Muraya (remote – joined after 11am)

NETSCC - HPSR Secretariat 

Apologies 

Observers 

Quoracy Information 

Development Award Applications  

129840    Denison – University of Edinburgh (UK) and Ssekitoleko – Makerere University (Uganda)

129848    Pearse – Queen Mary University of London (UK) and Biccard – University of Cape Town (South Africa)

Perioperative health systems to support surgical treatment: Establishing a world leading global health collaboration to deliver innovative solutions promoting safety and quality of care for surgical patients

130018    Mandrik – University of Sheffield (UK) and Murillo – Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia

130281   Mayston – Kings College London (UK) and Etim –  Gede Foundation (Nigeria)

Participatory Research for Improving Mental Health & HIV care for Female Sex Workers in Abuja, Nigeria

129915    McShane – Queens University Belfast (UK) and Jigjidsuren – National Cancer Center of Mongolia (Mongolia)

129930    Batchelor – University of Southampton (UK) and Langdon – University of Cape Town (South Africa)

Evidence & Engagement to Strengthen and Improve Health Systems and Policy to Benefit Civilians Affected by Blast Injuries in LMICs.

130037   Adab – University of Birmingham (UK) and Ristovska – Association of Family Medicine Specialists (Macedonia)

Exploration of the feasibility of implementing integrated chronic care health models for people with chronic respiratory disease in the Balkans

129996 Hinrichs-Krapels – Kings College London (UK) and Abdullah – South African Medical Research Council (South Africa)

130041 Green – University of Essex (UK) and Cooper – University of the Western Cape (South Africa)

Collaborative partnerships addressing the effects of urban violence on youth access to health services in South Africa and Brazil

130217 Trivedy – Queen Mary University of London (UK) and Andheria – Wildlife Conservation Trust, (India)

Capacity building for delivering a sustainable model of health care for population-groups living and working in tiger reserves in the Central Indian landscape

130275 Gadsby – University of Kent (UK) and Omondi – AMREF International University (Kenya)

Consortium for Health Research in Africa (CoHRA) – Partnership Development to support sustained health improvement through transdisciplinary research for policy, practice and innovation.

130335 Ameh – Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (UK) and Qureshi – University of Nairobi (Kenya)

Improving the quality of intrapartum care and Caesarean sections through research capacity development and research uptake in Kenya

130360 Bick – University of Warwick (UK) and Oladeji – University of Ibadan (Nigeria)

Improving Perinatal Mental Health Care in Nigeria

130078 Balen – University of Sheffield (UK) and Jaiteh – MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM (The Gambia)

Outbreak preparedness and response capacity in West Africa: harnessing health policy and systems research for improved management of emerging/re-emerging infectious diseases

130086 Nolte – London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (UK) and Xu – Sun Yat-sen University Global Health Institute (China)

130222 Garner – Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (UK) and Ochodo – Stellenbosch University (South Africa)

Essential diagnostics: developing methods, guidelines and capacity for effective national programmes

130051 Ziebland – University of Oxford (UK) and de Barros – University of Campinas (Brazil)

Establishing a consortium to explore whether qualitative, narrative research to understand the health experiences of patients, including the poorest poor, in Brazil could be used to improve how services are delivered, staff are trained and patients informed and supported

130103 Rushton – University of Sheffield (UK) and Baidya – PHASE (Nepal)

Living in the city: Building collaborations to strengthen health systems to respond to the needs of newly urbanised populations in Africa and Asia

130285 Griffiths – University of Loughborough (UK) and Kimani-Murage – African Population & Health Research Center (Kenya)

Kenya-UK development award to support the design of a whole system approach to facilitate the functioning of the baby friendly community initiative within the Kenyan health system

129995 Russo – Queen Mary University of London (UK) and Blaauw – University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa)

Learning from South Africa’s experience of dealing with the dual practice of doctors; a partnership to develop a regulatory intervention for low- and middle-income countries

130170 Preston – Lancaster University (UK) and Salins – Manipal University (India)

The development of a socio-culturally sensitive approach to integrated palliative care services in India

130165 Howard – London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (UK) and Pun – Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital(Nepal)

Identifying local priorities to inform responsive health policy addressing threats from emerging zoonotic diseases in marginalised communities in Nepal.

Chair:       Grace Irimu 
Conflicts:  Anne Mills and Shah Ebrahim declared a conflict and left the meeting
ODA compliant: Yes   
Outcome: Decline

130180 Smythe – London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (UK) and Louw – Stellenbosch University (South Africa)

Strengthening health systems in South Africa to achieve universal health coverage for people with stroke through research, partnership, capability building and stakeholder engagement.

130201 Balabanova – London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (UK) and Karim – Institute for Health Systems Research (Malaysia)

Accelerating the development of Health Policy and Systems Research (HPSR) capacity in Western Pacific Region (WPR) for health system strengthening

130315 Bascaran – London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (UK) and Mwangi – College of Ophthalmology of Eastern Central and Southern Africa (Kenya)

Equity and Access to Eye Health in the ECSA region: including eye health into national and regional policy.

Chair:      K. Srinath Reddy
Conflicts: Anne Mills and Shah Ebrahim declared a conflict and left the meeting
ODA compliant: Yes   
Outcome: Decline

130136 Millett – Imperial College London (UK) and Rocha – Instituto de Estudos para Políticas de Saúde (Brazil)

Addressing Health System Fragmentation to Advance Universal Health Coverage (UHC) for Low Income Populations in Latin America

130248 Bloom – Institute of Development Studies (UK) and Balasubramaniam – Public Health Foundation of India (India)

Innovation for Universal Health Coverage: testing strategies for incorporating technological innovations into primary health care services at scale

Chair:      Anne Mills 
Conflicts: K. Srinath Reddy declared a conflict and left the meeting
ODA compliant: Yes   
Outcome: Decline

130203 Hinton – University of Oxford (UK) and Nambiar – The George Institute for Global Health (India)

Achieving universal health coverage for India's urban poor: action-research-policy partnerships for inclusion

130307 Meghji – Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (UK) and Zulu – African Institute for Development Policy (Kenya and Malawi)

Post-tuberculosis lung damage amongst pulmonary tuberculosis survivors in East Africa: health system challenges and research priorities.

130033 Ensor – University of Leeds (UK) and Inamdar – IPSU Health Foundation (India)

Evidence Gap map on cross-sector governance and stewardship on One Health to tackle Antimicrobial Resistance in Low Middle Income countries

130219 Mirzoev – University of Leeds (UK) and Koduah – University of Ghana (Ghana)

Improving equitable access to essential medicines in Ghana through bridging the gaps in implementing medicines pricing policy

129837 Head – University of Southampton (UK) and Boateng – Ghana Health Service (Ghana)

Building partnerships with Ghana and Togo - priorities in digital health and provision of near real-time data for policymakers

130266 Bertone – Queen Mary University of London (UK) and Dossou – Centre de Recherche en Reproduction Humaine et en Démographie (Benin)

The political economy of universal health coverage reforms: building capacity and engagement of francophone West Africa

130250 Iwuji – Brighton & Sussex Medical School (UK) and Mullick – Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute (South Africa)

Integrating HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis and diagnostic STI care: an individualised public health approach (iPreP-STI)

130036 Davies – University of Birmingham (UK) and Byiringiro – University of Rwanda (Rwanda)

130125 Hellowell – University of Edinburgh (UK) and Edem-Hotah – College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences (Sierra Leone)

Re_Emerge: Research to accelerate progress on emergency preparedness and universal health coverage in four Ebola-affected countries

130299 Mathai – Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (UK) and Ramanathan – Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (India)

Developing a framework for prioritising health systems research on sexual and reproductive health of marginalised women in India using participatory approaches with equity and social determinants perspectives

130304 Aminu – Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (UK) and Abdulkadir – Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (Nigeria)

Reducing intrapartum stillbirths: A preliminary study to explore the use of standards-based audit to improve service delivery and perinatal outcomes in two states in Nigeria

130278 Pareek – University of Leicester (UK) and Hugo – University of Pretoria (South Africa)

Building a partnership to develop a sustainable community platform for research to support integrated care for communicable and non-communicable multimorbidity in Pretoria, South Africa

129877 Mytton – University of West of England (UK) and Joshi – Kathmandu Medical College (Nepal)

Identification of research priorities for a safe systems approach to road safety in Nepal.

Review and Close

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