Planning the Framework Program for Global Health in Zim*

说明（由申请人提供）：这一规划赠款的目标是通过制定初步课程和开展试点活动，建立合作和所需资源，以及促进对全球卫生方案的机构支持，为制定全球卫生赠款申请框架方案做准备。这一规划赠款的具体目标是：编制生物统计学和流行病学、保健信息学和科学传播等基本技能领域的初步课程；试行这些课程；建立合作并确定所需资源；促进对全球卫生方案的机构支持；并为全球卫生框架规划准备一份赠款申请。背景和意义：面对全球化的健康威胁、艾滋病毒和结核病的挑战以及卫生部门面临的压力，需要采取独特和创新的全球卫生对策。一种综合的、多层面的办法，即通过在不同国家和跨更广泛的学科和机构，包括医学和公共卫生以外的学科和机构，如药学、兽医和环境科学，建立有效的伙伴关系和协作，利用专门知识和资源，就是这样一种应对办法。开展多学科和国际联合研究和培训，并建立一支受过全球公共卫生培训的骨干队伍，对于有效应对这些威胁至关重要。然而，由于全球卫生规划的概念是一个新的、尚未得到充分理解的概念，它涉及通常不一起工作的部门和机构之间的协作和伙伴关系，因此能够与潜在的伙伴和合作者一起规划将是很重要的。因此，规划过程期间是必要的，以便能够制定一个连贯和充分支持的赠款申请。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of this planning grant is to prepare for the development of a Framework Program for Global Health grant application through the development of preliminary curricula and the undertaking of pilot activities, the building of collaborations and needed resources, and the fostering of institutional support for a Global Health Program. The specific aims of this planning grant are to: Develop preliminary curricula in the foundational skill areas of biostatistics and epidemiology, health informatics and science communication; Pilot these courses; Build collaborations and identify needed resources; Foster institutional support for a Global Health Program; and Prepare a grant application for the Framework Program for Global Health. Background and significance: Against a challenge of globalized health threats, HIV and TB, and a stressed health sector, unique and innovative Global Health responses are needed. An integrated, multidimensional approach, harnessing expertise and resources through the building of effective partnerships and collaborations, in different countries and across a broader range of disciplines and institutions, including those outside medicine and public health, for example, pharmacy, and veterinary and environment science, represents such a response. Conducting joint multidisciplinary and international research and training and creating a cadre of global public health trained personnel is crucial to the effect response to these threats. However, as the concept of a Global Health Program is a new and not well understood concept, which involves the collaboration and partnering of departments and institutions that do not normally work together, it will be important to be able to plan together with the potential partners and collaborators. Consequently, a planning process period is necessary to be able to develop a coherent and fully supported grant application.