The Ghana-Netherlands Health Research Programme (HRP) for Development started its activities in Ghana in August 2001 for a period of five years.
HRP is a partnership between Ghanaian and Dutch academic, research, government and non-government agencies, which are committed to “undertake and promote collaborative and interdisciplinary research that will
HRP Vision
HRP Mission
Specific Objectives
The specific objectives are to identify gaps and provide knowledge to improve:
1. Communication and community participation in health
2. Quality of health care delivery in the health facilities
3. Financial management through efficiency in resource utilization
4. Decentralization of the health sector to facilitate decision making at the local level
5. To build capacity for research and enhance north-south collaboration
6. To improve access to research findings and facilitate its utilization
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Types of Research
Two types of Research will be funded:
Commissioned Research
This will be done through expert/working groups or through established field research stations. For this year the Programme will fund 2 commissioned projects on Quality of Care and Decentralization.
Funding limit for Commissioned Research is 45, 000 Euro.
Investigator-Led Research
Individuals or research teams in the research community at large may submit proposals that fall within the Ghanaian-Dutch Collaboration research priorities. The funding limit for Investigator-led Research Projects is 20,000 Euro.
RESEARCH PRIORITIES AND APPROACHES
Research priorities for the Programme are as follows:
* Communication and Community Participation e.g. HIV/AIDS
* Quality of Care
* Health Care Financing
* Decentralization |
