Awards for Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research (PEER) Health

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), in partnership with NIH, supports the Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research (PEER) Health, a competitive grants program directly supports developing country scientists working on research projects with NIH funded scientists. The projects are the first to be funded through an initiative designed to foster collaborative global research in critical areas of health and disease research.

Each PEER Health award is directly tied to an NIH funded scientist. View details of the related NIH award in NIH RePORTER.

2013 PEER Health Awards

• Reducing loss-to-follow-up among HIV-exposed infants in central Mozambique
  Beira Operations Research Center (CIOB) in Mozambique
  Related NIH Grant: Early ART Initiation among HIV-Positive Pregnant Women in Central Mozambique

• Optimization of SMC delivery and its effects on the acquisition of malaria immunity
  Malaria Research and Training Center, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry, University of Bamako in Mali
  Related NIH Grant: Malaria Immunology and Pathogenesis in Pregnant Women and Young Children

• Investigation of the effectiveness of national clean cookstoves program in Nepal in reducing Acute Respiratory Tract Infection in ≤ 5 children
  National Tuberculosis Center in Nepal
  Related NIH Grant: Investigation of Indoor Solid Fuel and Kerosene Use as Tuberculosis Risk Factors

• Impact of Pronto Training in Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care on 24 hour Neonatal Mortality
  University of Nairobi in Kenya
  Related NIH Grant: Linked-Strengthening Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Research Training in Kenya

• Evidence-based Knowledge into Practice: Extending a Successful Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Health Program
  ICDDR,B in Bangladesh
  Related NIH Grant: Long-Term Effects of Health and Development Interventions in Rural Bangladesh

• Introducing "Option B+" in Malawi: Impact on child outcomes
  HIV/AIDS Department in Malawi
  Related NIH Grant: International Epidemiologic Databases to Evaluate AIDS-Southern Africa (IeDEASA)

• Feasibility and effectiveness of the baby friendly community initiative (BFCI) in Kenya: A pilot community trial in a rural setting
  Kenyattta University in Kenya
  Related NIH Grant: Diabetes Care in American Samoa

• Development and evaluation of strategies to foster implementation of guidelines for diagnosis of childhood tuberculosis
  Makerere University College of Health Sciences in Uganda
  Related NIH Grant: TB Guideline Observation and Adherence in Low-Income Countries (TB GOAL)

• Lassa fever pathobiology in children and during pregnancy
  Lassa Fever Program Kenema Government Hospital in Sierra Leone
  Related NIH Grant: Preclinical Development of Recombinant Antigen Diagnostics for Lassa Fever

• Newborn Infection Control and Care Initiative for Health Facilities to Accelerate Reduction of Neonatal Mortality (NICCI)
  National Institute of Public Health (NIPH) in Cambodia
  Related NIH Grant: Inter-American Training for Innovations in Emerging Infectious Diseases

• Assessing the effect of strengthening the referral of children from the private health sector and its impact on child survival in Uganda
  Makerere University School of Public Health in Uganda
  Related NIH Grant: Enhancing Training, Research Capacity and Expertise in HIV Care (ENTREE)

• Epidemiologic and genotypic analysis of active M. tuberculosis cases in Indonesia: Understanding the acquisition and transmission of drug-resistant tuberculosis
  Andalas University in Indonesia
  Related NIH Grant: Epidemiology and Transmission Dynamics of MRD/XDR Tuberculosis

• Intensified antibiotic treatment plus low dose aspirin for tuberculous meningitis: a randomized clinical trial
  Health Research Centre Medical Faculty Universitas Padjadjara in Indonesia
  Related NIH Project: INA-RESPOND (Indonesian Research Partnership in Infectious Disease), an NIAID intramural project led by H. Clifford Lane, M.D.

• Mosquito-borne arboviral surveys in Indonesia with a focus on Dengue vectors
  Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Hasanuddi in Indonesia
  Related NIH Grant: Diapause in Culex Mosquitoes

• Implementation of PharmaCheck to assure the quality of IMCI drugs in Indonesia
  Center for Health Research Universitas Indonesi in Indonesia
  Related NIH Grant: Quantitative Analysis of Tumor Cell Migration in Three-Dimensional Matrices

• Development of an antigen-capture immunoassay for the rapid diagnosis of acute leptospirosis
  Institute for Vector and Reservoir Control Research and Development, NIHRD - MoH Republic of Indonesia in Indonesia
  Related NIH Grant: Antigen Detection Assay for the Diagnosis of Melioidosis