REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS ANNOUNCEMENT
Hypertension/High Blood Pressure: Reducing the Global Burden of Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke
Grand Challenges Canada, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the International Development Research Centre, and the Canadian Stroke Network are pleased to have recently announced a Request for Proposals on Implementation Research on Hypertension in Low- and Middle-Income Countries as part of an all-Canadian approach to address the global burden of cardiovascular disease and stroke.
Non-communicable diseases, like cardiovascular disease, are increasingly the focus of attention in global health. In September of this year, the United Nations will host a high-level meeting on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases.
For the Request for Proposals, please click HERE
The Request for Proposals emphasizes implementation science and focuses on high blood pressure prevention and control applicable to populations in low- and middle-income countries and aboriginal communities within Canada and abroad.
This program on hypertension is part of the first cycle of research funding from the Global Alliance for Chronic Disease, which is a partnership among the six largest national health research funding agencies.
The McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health is proud that the Chair of the Global Alliance for Chronic Disease is Dr. Abdallah S. Daar, the Centre’s Director of Ethics and Commercialization. Indeed, the Global Alliance was born as a result of a prioritization exercise in non-communicable disease led by Dr. Daar, and published in Nature in November 2007 [The article can be viewed HERE].
