Objective "Countries striving to provide universal health care coverage and achieve the Millennium Development Goals are increasingly implementing close-to-community (CTC) health services. There is a need for health systems to understand the context and conditions in which these services operate in order to realise their potential. Working with some of the most respected and widely quoted close-to-community services we will identify how CTC services can best be delivered and document generic lessons for system development and strengthening. Building on a strong and exciting partnership, we aim to maximize the equity, effectiveness and efficiency of CTC services in rural and urban slum areas of six countries: Indonesia, Bangladesh, Mozambique, Ethiopia, Kenya and Malawi. We will conduct a situation analysis to guide development of research frameworks. This will be adapted and applied to produce a comprehensive inventory of potential constraints for CTC services. This baseline will guide cycles of interventions for service improvement. We will build capacity on three levels: at practitioner level to enable improved service to be delivered; at researcher level to empower the next generation of researchers in health systems; at policy level to enable transfer of research experience into policy, planning and practice. The interventions will be assessed using the framework to find out what works, in which context and why and what can be improved. Our impact on equity, efficiency and effectiveness will be evaluated using a combination of outcome and process indicators and multiple methods. Analyses will include community and policy maker perspectives and elaboration of CTC providers’ voices in health planning. Through conducting a robust inter-country analysis we will build much needed transferable policy and practice recommendations to strengthen CTC services and empower providers, researchers and policy makers." Programme(s) FP7-HEALTH - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Health Topic(s) HEALTH.2012.3.4-1 - Research on health systems and services in low- and middle-income countries Call for proposal FP7-HEALTH-2012-INNOVATION-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP-FP-SICA - Small/medium-scale focused research project for specific cooperation actions dedicated to international cooperation partner countries(SICA) Coordinator LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE Address Pembroke place L35QA Liverpool 3 United Kingdom See on map Region North West (England) Merseyside Liverpool Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Miriam Taegtmeyer (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 1 392 485,10 Participants (8) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all HET KONINKLIJK INSTITUUT VOOR DE TROPEN Netherlands EU contribution € 786 009,40 Address Mauritskade 63 1092 AD Amsterdam See on map Region West-Nederland Noord-Holland Groot-Amsterdam Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Korrie De Koning (Mrs.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window BRAC UNIVERSITY Bangladesh EU contribution € 645 440,00 Address Mohakhali 66 c a 1212 Dhaka See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Sabina Faiz Rashid (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window "LIVERPOOL VCT, CARE AND TREATMENT ASSOCIATION" Kenya EU contribution € 604 334,80 Address Argwings kodhek road 00202 Nairobi See on map Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Joshua Olang (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window UNIVERSIDADE EDUARDO MONDLANE Mozambique EU contribution € 568 464,00 Address Reitoria da universidade, praca 25 de junho 257 00200 Maputo See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Mohsin Sidat (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window THE REGISTERED TRUSTEES OF THE RESEARCH FOR EQUITY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH TRUST Malawi EU contribution € 598 439,75 Address Po box 1597 Lilongwe See on map Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Ireen Namakhoma (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window MINISTRY OF HEALTH Participation ended Ethiopia EU contribution € 0,00 Address Addis ababa See on map Activity type Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Daniel Datiko (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EIJKMAN INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR BIOLOGY Indonesia EU contribution € 561 896,80 Address Jalan diponegoro 69 10430 Jakarta See on map Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Alvius Nimin Darma (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window HIDASE HULENTENAWI AGELEGLOT YEBEGOADRAGOT MAHIBER NON PROFIT ORGANIZITION Ethiopia EU contribution € 517 608,40 Address Po box 303 303 Hawassa See on map Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Nigatuwa Alako (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window
