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Operations Research Grants
 Download Operations Research RFP: letters of intent due April 14
The Foundation is committed to improving prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV programs worldwide. But since the inception of PMTCT implementation programs nearly a decade ago, limited operations research has been conducted on the effectiveness of these programs and how to make them better. The Foundation’s Operations Research Program aims to fill this important gap.
For the purposes of this program, the Foundation defines operations research broadly:
- Developing better ways to provide improved, long-term health care delivery to moms and children;
- Creating effective PMTCT models that can be replicated within other PMTCT programs; and
- Assessing health delivery systems to improve their cost-effectiveness.
Operations research is critical to carry out because PMTCT programs in developing countries often have only limited success. The Foundation’s Operations Research Program aims to support such research so that successful PMTCT programs can be replicated to assist in PMTCT efforts worldwide.
The Foundation awarded three operations research grants in 2007, and will award an additional round of grants in July 2008.
2007 Operations Research Grants
Francis Martinson, M.D., Ph.D.
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Lilongwe, Malawi
"Improving Uptake of PMTCT and Integration of HIV-positive Mothers, Partners, and Children Into Long-term Care"
September 1, 2007—August 31, 2009
Benjamin Chi, M.D.
University of Alabama at Birmingham/Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ), Lusaka, Zambia
"Non-Virologic Methods to Diagnose Antiretroviral Treatment Eligibility Among HIV-Exposed Infants Under 12 Months"
June 1, 2007—May 31, 2009
John Odero Ong’ech, M.D.
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Nairobi, Kenya
"Provision of Care and Early Infant Diagnosis for HIV-Exposed Infants: Evaluation of Maternal and Child (MCH) Model Versus the Comprehensive Care Clinic (CCC) Model"
June 1, 2007—May 31, 2009
Cathrien Alons, M.D.
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Maputo, Mozambique
"Maternal HIV Seroconversion During Pregnancy and Breast-feeding Period: Incidence and Associated Risk Factors"
June 1, 2007—May 31, 2009
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