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LIST OF ACRONYMSAOR Agreement Officer’s Representative (i.e. the USAID technical oversight officer)BCG Bacillus Calmette–GuérinCV Curriculum VitaeDPT Diphtheria, Pertussis, TetanusDUNS Data Universal Numbering SystemG&A General & AdministrativeHPI Health Policy InitiativeHRIT Health Research Information Tracking SystemIRB Institutional Review BoardLOE Level of EffortMDG Millennium Development GoalsMNCH Maternal, Newborn and Child HealthM&E Monitoring and EvaluationNGO Non-Governmental OrganizationNICRA Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate AgreementNIH National Institutes of HealthOMB Office of Management and BudgetPI Principal InvestigatorPMP Performance Monitoring PlanRFA Request for ApplicationTEC Technical Evaluation CommitteeTRAction Translating Research into ActionTRP Technical Review PanelUNDP United Nations Development ProgramUNICEF United Nations Children’s FundURC University Research Co., LLCUSAID United States Agency for International DevelopmentUSD United States DollarsUSG United States GovernmentWHO World Health Organization4
1. TRANSLATING RESEARCH INTO ACTION (TRACTION) PROJECTThe Translating Research into Action (TRAction) Project supports implementation research todevelop, test, and compare approaches to more effectively deliver health interventions,increase utilization, achieve coverage, and scale-up evidence-based interventions for maternaland child health problems. TRAction is funded by the U.S. Agency for InternationalDevelopment (USAID), and is managed under a Cooperative Agreement by University ResearchCo., LLC (URC) in collaboration with its partner, the Harvard University School of Public Health.While there is growing recognition of successful approaches to measure and address healthdisparities, up-to-date guidance on how to implement new and proven health interventions atscale and across different contexts is often not readily available. TRAction-supportedimplementation research focuses on bridging the gaps between intervention research and itsaccelerated translation into relevant evidence for program implementers and policy-makers.2. PURPOSE AND FOCUS2.1 Purpose of the RFAThe purpose of this Request for Applications (RFA) is to invite proposals that identify anddocument innovative targeting approaches for improving equity in access and utilization ofmaternal, newborn, and child health services. The TRAction Project anticipates making 6 ormore awards of approximately USD 20,000-50,000 each to achieve the goals described in thissolicitation.Implementing programs/organizations with intervention strategies that are successfullyimproving equity but which need funding and/or technical assistance to properly document andassess their experience are invited to submit an application briefly describing the interventionand the strategy used to implement it, results, and future plans for scale-up. In addition,programs/organizations which have experienced unsuccessful attempts at implementing orscaling-up interventions designed to improve equity are also encouraged to submit anapplication briefly describing the intervention and the strategy used to implement it, results,and what changes, if any, have been proposed to modify the intervention or implementationstrategy.TRAction intends to fund the development of descriptive case studies 1 that explore theimplementation and/or scale-up of targeting interventions to improve equity in access andutilization of MNCH services. For the purpose of this proposal, a descriptive case study is an1 This method answers “how” and “why” questions, such as how and why equity is or is not achieved in a particular context,including an analysis of the obstacles, opportunities and enabling factors that influenced the intervention. Case studies require5
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