Launched in 2019 to expand the reach of the Data for Health Initiative, the Global Grants Program provides financial and technical support to low- and middle-income countries to improve systems that collect, analyze and use data for public-health decision making. Through a competitive process, countries identify and implement a discrete project to address a relevant public health priority.
Country partners, health experts who are intimately familiar with the needs of their local health systems and communities, are the the driving force behind all Global Grants activities.
The program follows the lead of country experts, expanding on lessons learned from previous data intelligence work, and promoting regional collaboration among countries addressing similar issues, including the sharing of best practices and technical expertise.
The Global Grants Program funds projects focused on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics, Data Impact, and Cancer Registries. Within these categories, project proposals are encouraged to further consider the equity dimensions of proposed work.
Why It Matters
The Global Grants Program has so far committed over $13 million across 133 projects in 58 countries in Asia, Africa, Central and Eastern Europe and Latin America to strengthen public health systems and support the use of data in policymaking and planning.
About the Data for Health Programs
The Data for Health Initiative is a global effort supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies and The Gates Foundation. The Initiative provides technical and financial assistance to low- and middle-income countries worldwide to improve public health data.
Vital Strategies serves as an implementing partner in the Initiative, with several programs related specifically to data improvement and public health intelligence: The Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Program assists governments in strengthening their systems for counting every birth and death and for monitoring the causes of death; the Data Impact Program supports governments to maximize the use of data to enhance public health policymaking and decision-making; the Cancer Registries Program provides assistance to governments in establishing and strengthening population-based cancer registries; and the Global Grants Program provides funds to government and local experts to implement discrete projects focused on data for public health decision-making.
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