Report on the EMROITDR Small Grants Scheme for operational research in tropical and other communicable diseases: Sixteenth selection committee meeting

Cairo, Egypt 7-1 0 April 2008

World Health Organization

Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean 6.) World I lealth 0rgnniz;itlon 2000 All rights rcservcd. Thc designations cmploycd and the preTentatirln of the material in this pub1ic;ltion do not irnply thc cxprcssion or any opinion whntst,cucr on the part of the World Health Orgnnizntion conccr~lingthe lcgal status of ;iny country, territury, cily or area or of its a~~thoritics,or concerning the del~rnitatio~~of its frontiers or boundai-ies. Dotted lines on rnaps rrpresent i~pproximalc'hordcr lines for which there may not yet be full agreement. The menlion af speutic companies or of certain rnanufacturcrs' products docs not imply that they are endorsed or recommended by the World Health Organizntic~nin prefrrenue to others of a ~imilarnature that are not mentioned. Errors and omissions excepted, the nrtrnes of proprietary products are distinguishcd by initial capital letters. 'i'he World Health Organizntlon does not warrant that the information cnnraincd in this publication is ct,iiij~lcteand ct,~-~-cctand shall not ht: liable for any clilrnitges incurred as a result ul'its use. Publications of the WOI-IdHcilltli Orgatiizatio~lcar1 be ohtained from Distribution and Sales, World Health Organization, Rcgionnl Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, PO Box 7608. Nasr City. Cairo 11371. Egypt (tel: +202 2670 253.5, fax: +202 2670 2492; ernail: [email protected]). Rerlucrts for perrnissiun to reproduce WHO EMKO publications, in part or in whole, or to 1r;tnslate them - whether f~jr,sale ur, t'(j1, nnoncomme~.cialdistril-rut iorl - shuul J be ad dl-essed lo the Courdinator, Knowledge and Management i111dSharing, ;kt the above address; email HITCiernro. who.int). CONTENTS

1. BACKGROUND ...... 1

3 . PRELIMINARY SCREENING OF 'L'HE PKOPOS ALS ...... 2

4 . SELECTION COMMITTEE MEETING ...... 7 4.1 Evaluation of the pr-oposals...... 7 4.2 Selectedproposals ...... 7

5 . CONCLUSIONS ...... 10

Annexes 1. PROGR AMm ...... 13 2 . LIST OF I'ARTlClIPANTS ...... 15 3 . LIST OF SUBMITTED PROPOSAI, S IN 2008 ...... 17 4 . LIST OF THE PRELIMINARILY SELECTED PROPOSALS ...... -33 5 . EVAI,I.JA?'ION SHEE'I' FOR THE PROPOSALS ...... 42

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1. BACKGROUND

The WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (WHOEMRO) issued a call for applicalions for thc EMRO/TDR Small Grants Scheme in Decembcr 2007. The deadline for receipt of submissions was 29 February 2008. The call was advertised through letters sent to WHO Representatives, ministries of health, health research institutions and individual researchers who had applied in earlier rounds. The call for applications was also posted on the Regional Office web site, including the main page and the 'Tropical Diseasc Research, HIVIAIDS and Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Roll Back Malaria and Stop Tuberculosis web pages.

The general framework developed during the past few years was maintained, such as selecting research priorities bascd on challenges facing disease control and creating a dctailed and sclf- explanatory Format, including all items rcqucstcd for proposal developmeni. These were developed in collaboration with the lechnicnl units in the Division of Communicable Diseases in the Regional Office.

In response to the 2008 call for applications, 267 proposals wcre submitted in the follow~ng diseases: teishman~asisand other neglected tropical diseases (55); HIVIAIIIS and S'l'ls (52); hepatitis, hacmorrhag~cfever, surveillance, eprdcmtc pt*eparedness and response (49); tuberculosis (48); vaccine preventable diseases (30);malan a (22); and vcctor biology and rcsponse (5).

Several mcelings wcrc hclcl in the Regional Office during March 2008 lo cunduct preliminary screening of the proposals. The preliminary screening consisted of selecting pi-opos;tls highly rclcvant to disease control of that country and within the scope of the rclcvant technical unit.

Thc funds available in 2008 to support thc rcsearch prqjects total US$ 280 000, with sourccs comprising: Regional Director's Developmcn t Fund (US$ 75 000); TDR/WHO headquarters (US$ 145 000, in addition to US$ 60 000 regional a1 locati on from extrabudgetray funds).

The sixteenth meeting of the Selection Committee of the EMROlTDR Small Grants Scheme was held in the WHO Kcgional Office for the Eastcrn Mcditcrranean in Cairo, Egypt, from 7 to 10 April lo review the screened proposals and select thosc to bc supported by the Scheme.

Dl- Jaouacl Mal~jl~oui-.Ilirector, Communicable Ilisease Control, WHO Regional Office for the Easlern Medilesranean. delivered the opcning remarks to the Committee. He emphasizcd thc important role of the SmalI Grants Scheme in the promotion and implementation of research activities in communicable discasc cnntrol in thc Rcgion. This uniquc scheme promoted opctntional research to guide and accelerate the implementation of research findings to tackle key problems in cammunicablc discasc control. Partnership between control programme officials and research institutions in that regard was cx tremcl y important, and was considcrcd an eligibility criterion for the submission of proposals. TTe emphasized that the grants were not intended for the support of basic scientific research that had no relevance to control acfivities. WHO-EMITDWO 12E Page 2

'The Selection Committee is composed of nine members representing WHO staff from the Rcgional Office and headquarters, staff from the headquarters of the UNECEF/UNDP/WHO/World Bank Spectal Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), and experts from regional and international institutions. Eight of the members werc voting members. The Chairs wcrc of the meeting were Dr Odd Morkve (Norway) and Professor Suad M. Soliman Sudan and the Rapporteur was Dr Amal Bassili. The rnccting programme and list of participants are included as Annexes 1 and 2, respectively. Lists of submitted proposals and preliminarily selected proposals arc included as Annexes 3 and 4, respective1y. Thc evaluation form used for proposals is attached as Annex 5.

3. PRELIMINARY SCREENING OF THE PROPOSALS

A total of 267 proposals were submitted in response to thc sixteenth call tor applications in 2008. An in-house preliminary screening proccss took place iiuring March. This was coordinated by Dr Amal Bassili, 'I'IIK focal point, in collaboration wilh the following members of thc Ilivision of Cornmunicablc Discascs: Dr Ghasscm Zamani, Roll Back Malaria; Dt- Ahraham Mnzuva, Vector Biology and Control; Dr Akihiro Seita, Stop Tuberculosis; Dr Hani Ziadi, ADS and Sexu;llly Transmitted Diseases; Dr John Jabbour, Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response; and Dr Riad Ben-Ismail, Tropical Diseases and Zoonosis. The in-house preliminary screening of proposals aimed at seIecling proposals fulfilling the following eligihi lity criteria.

Thc proposal is dealing wlth a top~cof h~ghpublic health impor-tancc lo the specific country, and w~thinthe scope of the relevant techn~calunit; Duration of 111eresearch: one ycar (2008-2009); Financi a1 support: not exceeding US$ 10 000.

'I'he exclusion criteria during the prclirninary screening of the applications werc:

pnnctpal investigators w~than ongoing Regional Officc small grants project. They are only cligiblc to apply for Ihe grants after submission ot their final reports. research teams that do not include ;t co-investrgator from the control programmcs of the minrstr~esof health. a the principal investigator is a WHO staff member or working in another [Jnited Nation's agency. the statement that other funding agencies w~llbe sought to cover partially the budget. However, providing doctrmenls regarding he availability of these funds is accepted and encouraged.

This preliminary screenmg selected research proposals dealing with topics highly nccded by thc control programmes. This prcliminary sclcction redi~ccdthe nurnbcr of proposafs from 267 to 137 (55%) which allowed the committee mcmbers to scrutinize the proposals and provide valuable technical comments.

Trtble 1 shows the number of proposals submitted to the Small Grants Schcmc in 2008, by disease. Table 2 shows the nurnbcr of proposals of different countries tn thc Scheme during the WHO-EMITDRIO 121E Page 3 period 2000-2006. In 2000 and 2001, the Islamic Republic of Iran contributed the highest proportion of proposals submitted, followed by Sudan. Pakiskan was ranked third in 2000 followcd by kdq, while in 2001 a higher proportion of letters of intent were submitted from Egypt (16.7%), mainly in the field of tuberculosis.

Table 1. Proposals submitted to the Small Grants Scheme in 2008, by disease

Disease Number - (yo).. Lcishmaniasis and vector 55 21 HIV/AIDS and STIs 52 19 Tuberculosis 48 18 Vaccine preventablc discnses 30 11 Malaria and vector 22 X Hcpntitis H and C: t lne~norrhagicfcvcr Schi~tosorniasis Brucellnsts 7, I

Total 2 67 100 -- WHO-EMITD WO 12/E Page 4 WHO-EMlTDRIO 12E Page 5 WHO-EMI'TDRIO I. 21E Page 6

In 2002, the majority of letters of intent were submitted from Egypt, followed by Sudan, Pakistan and the Islamic Republic of Lran. Some countries that contributed in 2000 did not contribute in 200 1 or 2002, such as Djibouti and Palcstinc. However, Lebanon and the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, which did not contribute in 2001, submitted 2.9% and 1.7% of the letters of intent in 2002, respectively. Bahrain and Kuwait, which did not contribute in the previous two rounds, also submittcd letters oC intent. In 2003, Palustan contributed to one quarter- of submitted proposals, followed by Sudan (22%), Egypt, (175%) and Tslamic Republic of ban (17%). These four countries contributed to 81% of the submitted proposals. An increase in the number of submitted proposals was noted from Jordan and Morocco, and for the first time, Afghanistan contributed with a project in tuberculosis.

In 2004, the Islamic Republic of Iran contributed to almost one quarter of the submitted proposals (21.9?41), followed by Egypt, Pakistan and Sudan (each with 16.2%). Similar- to previous years, thcsc bur countries contributed to the majority of the proposals submitted (70.5%), though thc gap between them and other countries has been slightly rcduced (70.5% in 2004 compared to 8 1 %I of submitted proposais in 2003). An unprecedented contribution has been noticed from certain counti-ies, such as J3jibouti. Morocco, Palcstinc and Saudi Arabia, and a highcr trend in contribution has bccn also shown from others such 3s Somalia, Syrian Arab Republic and Ycmen.

In 2005 and for tt~ct'rou~-th tirnc over lhc past six rounds (2000-2005), the Islarr~icRepublic of Iran recorded the highest number of submilted proposals aiid contributed to one third of the proposals submitted to the Small GI-ants Scheme. Pakistan conlr-ibutcd by 20% followed by Egypt and Sudan (15'1, and 12'21, respectively), thcn Yemen (5%)). The contribution of the following cocrntries did not exceed 5%: Afganistan, Traq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Somalia, Syrian Arab Republic and Tunisia.

The 2006-2007 round also saw a significant increase in contribulions from Afghanistan, which submitted I3 and 1 I p~~oposalsfor the two years, rcspcctively. Previous1 y, Afghanistan had submittcd onc proposal in 2003 and none during the pcriod 1992-2002.

In 2008, 16 cour~tricssuhmittcd PI-opilsals in response to lhe call for applications. 'I'his represents the highest coverage achieved siricc thc inception of the scheme. In addition to thc [our main countries that usually contribute to the majority of the proposals, lslamic Republic of Iran, Sudan, Pakistan and Egypt, othcr countries contributed by a considerable number of proposals, such as Yemen and Iraq. Afghanistan, Palestine, Morocco and Tunisia suhmittcd betwccrl six and seven proposals, each. Four proposals were submitted from member countries of the Gulf Cooperation Councif (Oman and Qatar).

The list of submitted proposals is given in Annex 3. The list of the shortlisted proposals is given in Annex 4. 4. SELECTION COMMITTEE MEETING

4.1 Evaluation of the proposals

In total, the committee evaluated 147 proposals that were shortlisted during the in-house screening process. Compared with previous years, the sixteenth round of the Small Grants Scheme showed a remarkable improvement in the quality of the proposals submitted. This was attributed to several factors. The first was the detailed format that was developed in 2003 and includcd all items needed to develop a sound protocol, with a few notes describing the requested information. Another factor was the accumulated impact of tcchnical comments delivered to researchers who failed to obtain grants for a certain year, which exceeded 200 researchers within an estimated pool of 300, apart from the co-investigators who would be sharing these comments with the principal investigators. Laslly, considerable technical support was provided during thc pcriod 2001-2007 through organization of research methodology and proposal development workshops, follow-up visits and continuous support provided to researchers in proposal development and data management wing both electronic mail and I-eglrlar mail. It is noteworthy to mentio~~that the improvement in Internet connectivity for the various institutions and ministries of health in the Region was vcry benefic~atin establishing a continuous channel for technical support from the Regional Officc to the countries.

The cfcctronic versions of the proposals were sent to the members of thc committee in advance by electronic mail and on cornpact disc, logelher with a set of cvalui~tionsheets, a samplc of which is givcn in Annex 5. Jn order to follow good practice in scrpporting research projects, the reviewel-s were requested to declare any conflict of interest and to sign a confidcntinl agreement form. For those applicants who had participated in thc Schcmc during the previous rounds, information on their earlier applications was made available to the members.

Presenters for each prqjcct were appointcd bcforchand. Two prcsentcrs were appointed fur each pro-jcct; the firs1 one was responsible for drafting thc letters to the applicants. The committee members jointly evaluated each proposal. The first presenter out lined the projcct proposal highlighting the scientific content and relevance to control and budget. 'I'he second presenter added hislher comments. Thc proposals were judged on their scientific merits and relevance to the control programme; country research needs were also considered. Each member expressed hislher vicws. At the end, voting members were requested to gradc the proposal according to the rollowing scores: 1, high; 2, rncdium; 3, low; 4, cannot be accepted.

4.2 Sdected proposals

After evaluation, the proposals were ranked in order of their avcragc scorcs. Proposals with an average scorc less than 2.5 were considered acccptable. This allowed the selection of more than 50 ~~roposals,which was beyond the available budget. The available funds wcrc then ailocated among the projects based on their ranking. This resulted in the final selcction oS 34 projects, for 10 countries in thc Rcgion (Table 3).

W HO-EMiTDRIO 12/E Page 9 r vectors of sandfly virus rcvr-r in 1,ehanoll and its potential for--- control and prevention Spatiotemporal dis~ribution of knockdown resistance in the malaria vector Anopheles 120 Himeidan, Yuussef [zrrrbiet~sisfrom Sudan SUD MAL Factor analysis and cost evatuation of relapse cases 122 Anaam, Mohammed of TB in urban areas of Yemen YEM TB Characteristics of tuberculosis relapse cases in Rabat, Morocco: a possible cause of ongoing 13 1 EIAouad, Rajac transmission MOK TB Prevalence or HIV infection and pathways to HIV care among tltberculosis cases enrnIlcd in DO'fS 133 Galal, Amal settings in Egypt in 2008 EGY TB P.vivnx malaria: Population genetics and markers of Beg. Muhammad medicine resistance in an endcmic region and its 134 Asim role in- policy formulation PAK MAL -,. Evaluation of travelIers' adherence to the processes of the International Health Regulations 2005 in three main polnts of entry in Sudan during Spring 145 Idries, Amjnd 2008 .--...... - . . St!]) IHR Knowledge, Altitudes and Psactiucs of fcmalc scx workcrs towards the prevention or AIDS itnd l IlVIAIDS 150 Kolithi, Ali-Asghar scxunliy transmitted ~nfectlonsin Tehran IRA /S'I-1 Proposal for study on the barriers to adherence tu antrrctroviral mcdicincs amr)ng OMACU ccntrc 161 Ncmcri. Omcr i~tlultpticnts, Sudan SII1) IIIV/AIDS .- Barriers to antiretroviral treatment adherence by piltierrt> living wilh TITV infeutior> and AIDS ill 165 Salch, AI Khusaihy Oman OMA HIVIAIDS ,- Molecular tools fur investigating leishma~iinsis emergence In Pars province, lslamic Republic of 1hg Parvizi, Parvizi TI-an IRA LEISH Uetectlon and identification of sandtly vector(s) and reservoir host(s) in an I-e-emergingfoc~~s of visceral 179 Widaa, Sally leishmaninsis in the White Nilc State. Sudan -- SUD LEIS1 I Phylogcnctic study of Crimcan-C:ongo hnemorrhngic fever virus genome extracted from ticks existing in Ishhan province, central region oF 2 I0 Chirltkar, Sadeph rslarniu Repi~hliur)f lrnn IRA CUFH Eiohehavioural surveillance towards HIVIAIDS Nazik, Mubarnk among street children living in Wad Medani town, 225 hassan Gczirn Statc, Sudan SUU I IIVtAIDS ldcntifylng factors which facil~tate or constrain adherence to ART theripy among adull ARV uscrs 258 Al Shoteri, Shcikh in Yemen YEM HIVIAIDS Private sector contribution to childhood Mashal. itnrnuni~ntionin Kabul, Afghanistan: cvidenuc from 264 Mohalnlnndraufiq a cross-scutional survcy APG VPI Previjlence of oncogenic strnlns of human paprlloma 265 Nnwa~.Fauzia virus in a subset of Pakistani women -- - PAK VI'l WHO-EMITDRIO 12/E Page 10

The proposals selected deal with the following diseases: 9 in tuberculosis; 6 in HIV/AIDS and STIs; 6 in vaccine-preventable diseases; 2 in tubercuIosis~V,3 in malaria; 3 in tcishmaniasis; 3 in vcctor biology and control, 1 in Crimeanxongo haemorrhagic fcvcr, I in International Hcalth Regulations. The distribution of accepted proposals by disease and by country is shown in Tables 4 and 5. During the last day of the meeting, the members prepared draft letters to the applicants. The future mechanism for implementing the Scheme was discussed.

Table 4. Distribution of accepted proposals in 2008, by disease . - -. - - - - . -- - - Disease -. Number m- Tuberculosis 9 26.5 HIVIAIDS and STIs 6 17.6 Vaccine preventable disenscs 6 17.6

Vector biology and control Ti~hcruulosislkIlV Cri inearl-Crongo Iiocmt>r~r~hagicfcvzr- I 2,O

Table 5. Distribution of accepted proposals in 2008, by country -- -. ------. - - -- -. - Disease Number .. -.- . - . -. . -- -- (%) Afghnn~stan 3 8 8 Egypt lslarnic RepubIic of Iran Lebanon 1 2.9

Yemen 4 11.8

5. CONCLUSIONS

The committee members acknowledged thc important role that the Small Grants Schemc has played in he promotion and in~plemcntation of research activities in countries nf the Eastern Mediterranean Kegion. Out of the screened pl.oposals suhmittcd in 2007, the cornmillee recognized thitt scvcri~lproposals had very high quitlity scientific content. More importantly, a consrdcrablr: number of proposals werc mrtdc in control-oriented, opcrattonat research with links to control programmes, and were prepared by the relcvant national control programme officials. W HO-EMITDRfO 121E Page 11

Thc majority of the proposals followed the framework oC a research protocol as they were requested to fill in a standard format that was developed in 2003. In the meantime, the committee rnembcrs realized that thcrc arc sevcral challenges in the Scheme. ?'his round, more than 50 proposals were eligible for funding, however, the available funds could only fund 34 proposals. This challenge could bc solvcd cithcr by setting highcr quality criteria, such as raising lhe cut-off level that has heen used since the inception of the Scheme in 1992, or by mobilizing resources.

In spite of that, a considerable proportion oC the proposals submitted in 2008 were stilI poor in scientific quality and the majority of the proposals were submitted frum four countries only: Egypt, Islamic Republic of Iran, Pakistan and Sudan. This highlights the need to periodically conduct a research methodology workshop in order to strengthen research capability in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. Funds for such workshops may be secured from the technical units concerned. 'The Scheme should continue to support research activities on tropical and communicable diseases of regional importance.

The preliminary screening was considel-ed useful in restricting pruposals to hc reviewed by the final committee to those really nccdecl by the technical units of thc division. The committee members appreciated Ihe preliminary selection process that allowed them to scrutinize the scientific contents of the proposals during the meeting. It was recommended to follow the same proccss in the next round.

The Regioilal Office has developed a mechanism to continuously monitor and follow up activities rclatcd to thc Schcmc. The web site for the Eastcrn Meditenancan Region TDR Small Grants Scheme is well established as a source of information on applications (including the call for applications), accepted proposals, final ~rportsand publications. Information on the Small Grants Scheme is also included in the Koll Back Malaria and Stop Tuberculosis web site. In addition, a nctwork has been eslablished among the TDR researchers in the Regional Office to encourage an exchange of info~mation.

For 2009, the same rnulliphase stratcgy will be followed, i.e. call for proposals, in-house screening ol' proposals, selection of the promising ones by the selectiorl committee members, then requesting reseatchcrs to dcvclop thc fuIl proposals. Assistance in dcvcIopment and in establishing communication with inter-national cxperis wilI be provided by staff of thc Division of Communicable Disease Control. W HO-EMRDRIO 12E Page 12

6. REICOMMENDATIONS

1. The mechanism adopted in 2003 should be maintained, namely:

1.1 Apply strictly theinclusionuriteria:

Opcrationai research with implications in communicable diseases control. Proposals developed and implemented in collaboration between researchers in academic institutions and national programmes of the ministries of health. Research priurilies, as well as exclusion criteria, selected for each discase. Administrative exclusion criteria maintained, such as WHO personnel, WHO agencies or international institutions.

1.2 IJse the same format developed in 2003, with somc additional information, as dcemecl necessary.

1.3 Maintain the in-housc preliminary scrcening. Only proposals strictly adherent to the eligibility criteria should he subjected to further scrutinization by the members of lhe selectinn comtnjttec to sclcct thc best proposals lo he supported.

2. Technical support should he providcd to thc researchers of thc selected proposals during the finalization of their proposals, as necdcd.

3. Thc Schcrnc should continuc to comply with good practice in reviewing thc proposals by requesting reviewers to declare any conflict of interest and to sign the confidentiality agreement form.

1. The condensed technical support delivered during the past few years should hc continued by: org~inizingworkshops in research methodology, proposal dcvc lopment and data management; strengthening collaboration with intcrnaiional institutions or organizations, such 21s ~hc London School of I Iygicnc and Tropical Medicine, international Union Against '~uberculosis and Lung Diseases and the University of Rcrgcn, Norway; organizing visits for the active follow-up and monitoring of prqject irnplcmcntalion in countries: and providing technical support.

5. The Scheme should scck thc means to mobilize resources in order to address the increasing number uf proposals cligiblc for Funding and the increasing demands for fiinds should new top~cshe included in its research agenda. WHO-EMITDWO 121E Page 13

Annex 1

PROGRAMME

Monday, 7 April 2008

08:OO-08:30 Registration 08:30-08:45 Opening Session Opening rcmarks Dr Juouud Mnhjour

Introduction of prtr-tiuipants Small Grants Scheme 2008 - 0vcr.vicw of Ihe submitted proposals and L1rAtt2"1 Bossili research pnor-ities - Briefing patticipants about the selection process

08:45-10: 15 Reviewing or proposals SGSO8IOI-SGS08124 ( 12 prupusals) 10:45- 13:00 Reviewing of proposals SGS08126-SGS08147 (13 proposals} 14:OO- 16:00 Reviewing of proposals SGS08158-SGSOS182 ( I6 proposals)

'hestlay, 8 April 2008

08:30-10:30 Reviewing of proposals SGS08183-SGS081107 (18 proposals) 11 :00-13:OO Reviewing of proposals SGS081108-SGS081134 ( 1 8 proposals) 14:00- 16:00 Reviewing of prc)posaIs SGSO81135-SGS081166 ( 17 prnposals)

08:30--10:30 Reviewing of proposals SGS08/ 168-SGS081199 (19 proposals) 11:OO-13:OO KeviewingoTpt-oposalsSGS081201-SGS081235 ( 19 proposals) 14:OO- 16:OO Reviewing of proposals SGS081237-SGS081267 ( 1 5 proposals)

Thursday, 10 April 1008

08:30-10:30 Vuk~tlg~VSLIILS DISLUS\IOII

D~spla)111g r hc. list 01' SC~CC~C~PI-D~OSIIIS 14100-15:00 Finalization of lettcrs of acccptance or rejection 15:OO-16:UO Fulure directions of the Small Grants Scheme and Moderated by the Committee recommendations C hai qlerson 16:OO-16: 15 Closing session W HO-EMITDRIO 12/E Page 15

Annex 2

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS nr Ziad Ahmed Mernish Executive Director GCC Center for Infection Control King Abdulazjz Medical City SAUDI ARABIA

Dr Odd Morkve Cenker for International Health IJniversity of Bet-gen CIH, Arrniluer Hansen Building Haukcland Hospital N-502 t Bergen NORWAY

llr Afif Hen Salah Head of Epidemiology Dcpartrncnt Institute Pasteur de Tunis 13 Place -Pastcur Belvedere 1002 B.P.74 1002 Tunis 'I'UNISIA

Dr Suad M. S~rlaiman [Iealth and Environment Adviser Ni le College Khartoum 11 1 11 SUDAN

Dr Ahdo Romanos Jurj us Department of Hutnan rllnrphology Faculty or Medicine American University of Beirut Beirut LEBANON WHO-EI'WTDR/OI2IE Page 16

WHO SECRETARIAT

Dr Jaouad Mahjour, Director, Communicable Disease Control, WHOIEMRO Dr Mohamrnadou Kahir Cham, Senior Adviser, HTWGMPIVCP, WHO/HQ Mr Steven Wayling, Scientist (Research Networks Manager), Research Capability Strengthening, TDRIHQ, WHONQ Dr Amal Bassi l i, Tuberculosis Surveillance Officer and Focal Point, Tropical Disease Research, Cornmunicablc Disease Control, WHOEMRO Dr Abraham Mnzava, Regional Adviser, Vector Biology and Control, Communicable Disease Control, WHOEMRO Dr Mohammed Afzal , AIRegional Adviser, RPCIARD, WHOlEMRO Dr George Suhmid, Medical Officer, HTMIHIVISIR, WHOIHQ Dr Hashim Ghxlih, Visccral Leishn~aniasisElimination, ElVTDRIRCS, WHOlHQ Dr Ghasem Zamani, Medical Officer, Roll Back Malaria, Communicable Disease Control, WHOIEMRO Dr I1-taza Ahmad Chaudhri, 'I'echnical Officcr EPI MYP and Financing Regional Focal Point, VPI, Cotnmut~icablcDi scase Control, WI IOEMRO Mr Ahmed El Arousy, Desktop and Ihcr Suppot-t, 1I"l'IAKD WHOEMRO MI-snoaa AbdelRahmi~n,Sectctary, Communicable Disease Control, WHOlEM RO WHO-EMITDRIO 1 21E Page 17

Annex 3

LIST OF SUBMITTED PROPOSALS IN 2008

ID Principal investigator Project title Country Disease Prevalence, determinants and pathways to care of FIIV infection among tuberculosis cases cnrrdled in 1 Elsony, Asma DOTS settings in Sudan in 2008 SIJD TB 2 El Selwy, Khaled Malaria overdiagnosis in Hodiedah, Yemen YEM MAL Seroprevalence of visccral leishrnaniasis in children under 12 years of age by fast agglutination screening test (FAST) and direct agglutination test (DAT) in nnrthcrn Khorassan province, Islamic 3 Mohebati, Mehdi Republic of lran IRA I.ElSH CorreIates of HIVINDS risk perception and 4 Hastani, Farideh cr tntrol atnong i~ddicledIranian female prisoners IRA HIVIAIDS -- ...... , .- - Estimation of thc 'I't3 hurdcn in Pakistan throiigh 5 Qadeel., t.:jaz strengthening vital registration PAK TR Ay,cssmcnt of thc rrhc and contribution of the Uin Cihoiith, Abdulla private sector in (he citse management of 1nii1ar.iairi G Salim Hadramout governorate in Ycmcn YEM MAI. Comparison hctwee~lresistance to glucantime in patients with cutaneous lcishmarlinsis due to 7 S~deghii~n,Giti and L.~?lrajor 1KA LliLSII - L.. .tropiccr . .. . - - New tools for dingnnstic, medicine resistance and rr~oleu~rlarcpidcmiologic sludy of human and animal Mj~cnhacteri~rrrrrr~hercrtlo.sis complcx 8 Boukiididit. J;tlel infections 'FUN 'I?H I Comparing treatment outcomes of new sputum srnear +vc pulmonary ~ubrrculosispa~ienlh undcr UO'I'S, supported by commun~ty-basedlady health 0 Anwar, Muharnad wol-kcrs and community volunteers PhK TI3 llistrihution or schislost~rneand soil-transmitted hclminthes among schuolchildrcn in rural ;Ireah, 1C) Intis:ir, EISaeed White Nile State, Sudan StlLl SI'H .. . A. Assesstnent of thc dynitmics, and their determinants, of gypxy womcn cngngcd in sex I IIV/AIT)S 11 Daud, Seerna work ~n Lahore, Pnkist:in PAK /ST1 - .. Factors associated with the utilization of health 12 Almcmar, Oqba uarc for oral lesions in HTV disease IRQ I IIVIAITIS Studies on the prevalence of Ltisht?~rz~liirilcir~nvnt~i infection in domestic dogs (Cn~~isj~~~~ilirrtis)In 13 Shan~hr)uI.Khillid thrcc endemic roui in castcrn Sudan SUD LEIS1 I Improvements in TB case detection, identifying reasons for DOTS defaulters arid the reasons fol- 14 Zi~fi~ri,Khan dcfiiult in Afghanistan AFC; TB

Plasrnid DNA vaccine 1s more effective than JWjoobrlr.~eririnlbol,i.s (Hacille Calmette-Gdrio) In protcutlng agi~instsysicmic My~~ohrlr:teriirr~~ IS Yo~r\if,Mait ham ~r~feciiun IRQ TB WHO-EMITDRIO 121B Page 18

Quality of immunization services in the Hadramuur 16 Ba'nmer, Abobakr governorate, Yemen YEM VPI Barriers to promoting high-quality DOTS in the 17 Sadiq, Hassan district health system in Punjab, Pakistan PAK TB The cffect oF thc environment on the distribution of epidemic diseases in the Mahweet governorate, 18 Fakih, Ghalib Yemen YEM INT Epidemiolrlgy ot" gonorrhoea: serotype, auxntype and plasmid profile of Nuisseriu goaurrl~oerie 19 Youstf, Maitham isolates in the Middle Euphrates Region, Iraq IRQ ST1 Mcdicinc design and determination of pharrnacolog~calefticacy of Ocim~dmBasilicrr~n 20 Rashid, Abdur and Ariittiisia Scupuriu against malaria PAK MAL Medicine design and evaluation of the efticncy of homoeopathic medicines Arsctlicrtn~nlbroti and 2 1 Rashid. Abdur L14pntorirrttr perfdiir~ro?~in malaria P.4K -- .-- MAL Correlationship bctwccn body mass indcx and Hajikarin-1, Bnhratn tuhei.c~llosi.c~)atienls in Ziinjan 22 -. - IRA TB Stmtificat~onof Port Sudan City by the risk of dengue tri~nsmissiun:cot-t-elatiori uf entomr)log~c:~l. 23 Scidahmed, Oxama serologuii~l2nd climatic Factors SUD DEN (VC) Pattcrns or sexually transmitted infections and associated scxunl knowledge, behaviours and 24 Kith;~llcI~,Joscph PI-itc~iccsin T.chatiese women LEE ST[ Anti -leishrnnniasis nctivity of some eugenol 25 Almussaw~,A derivatives I .EISI I ..- [RQ Survey on the bcsl wily to improve thc plthlic's knowledge of, ;md attitilde tow;lrds, IIIVlAIDS ;i~-id high-risk behaviours in the Islnmic Rcpuhlic of 26 Kezaci, Ahbass Iran colisidering reIipious and cttiic conditions IK A HIVIAIDS The economic burtlen anti health-relntcd clunlity of 27 IIaider. Garnil-- life of tuberculosis patients in Yemen Y EM 'TR An evalunlion or the cpidemlologic situation of cutaneous leihhmaniasis {dctcct~onof parasite, vector, reservoir) in new foc~,north Rsrann, [sfahan, to control and Inanage Lhe disease in thls 2X Sabeti. Sedighzh area 7008-2009 IRA LEISH Me7iane Rcllefquit~, I.e risque annuel d'lnfection tiiberculeuse dans la

29 Abdelkrim province de '1-etouan, en 2008 MOR L< cr - Universal precaution pracliccs towards IIIVlAIDS 30 Ahmetl, r1shf;irl among (Ientisls of' Bi~lochistnnprovince, Pakistan PAK HlVIAIDS 1 Jaffer, Yasmin H1V screening in pregnancy OMA I11 VIAIDS 3 -. , , Evaluation OF school-hased malaria control Farea. Belqlus programme in primary schools for students and 32 Ahdi~llith/\hmcil ~ei~chers YEM MAL

Ihrah~m.Moh3metl + ay>L+ &,L, 2 c~~4~&I 213~LJ 3 -3 Abdelw;~hab 2007 + %b+up 2004 ?'& IRQ LEISH Prr,mt,tion of knowledge and attitudes towards I lLV/AIL)S in workcrs who emmigrate from 34 In-litni. Rcza Shnhrekord toxmber countr~esof the Gulf IKA - -.--- WHO-EMITDWO 12E Page 19 - cj&ei.ation C1r)uncil and AsaIouyeh in 2008 Factors associated with new (DOTS) pulmonary positive tuberculosis patients' treatment default 35 Ali Mohamed, Shaher and completion in Yemcn YEM 'TI3 Characterization of medicine-resistant mutations in extensively medicine-rcsisrnnt strains prevalent in 36 Hasan, Zahra Paki~tan PAK TB An intervention study to control rabies in Hamadan 37 Najafi, I.eila 1381-1385 (2003-207) IKA RAE 'lhe relationship between bladder canccr and 38 Awad, A schistosomiasis IRQ SCIi

rcnforcement du programme de maintien de son elimination en Tunisie 'I'UN MAL CiiracLCrisa~ioo&LO-biu.Cpidkn~ioIogique et gknetique du vecteur dc In leishmnniose dims In El Ouali lilliilni region tils Uoulcmanc: IJn oiltiI fondilmerltiil pr~iir 40 Ahdclhakirn lutter contre In maladic MOK LEIS1 1 . . Motc,vi~lli-Bnli~rrii, Efficacy of integrated vcctor management in thc 41 Mohamed control or mi~lariuin (he Islanlic Republic of In~n IRA VC: .- Mzdlcine resistance among Iranian 111V- 1 infcuted 43 Ravunshitd, Mehrrlad patients IRA HIVlrlILIS -. Assessing the ci~pacityof federal governrncnr Mursdin. Syed hospitals in communicable d~~ease~i~rveillnnce and 43 Mohammed response and development of actlon pl:u11 PAK IN'I' - -- - -. Erf~citcytlf irltegrittctf pest rnir rji~gcrr~erjtor) zoonotic cutaneous leishmnninsis in Emamzndeh NiIti)roushzadeh, Agha-Alt-Abas foci, Natanz co~i~~ty,Isf.'I h an. 44 Mohiirned Ali 2007-20 1 0 IRA VC Evaluaticln nf residential environmcnt and human hehnvir~~rin cutancou'; Icishmnnt:~sis in thrcc areas Nil foi.uushzadeh, of Isfrthan, IsIan~iuRepublic of Iran (Br~rkhi~r, 4.5 Mohamcd Ali Malckrhuhr and Isfahnn uountics) IRA L.EJSI1 Abdnlln, 1 ranan Knowledge, Attituder; and I'ractices and 'I't3-related 46 Mohamed Ali stigma of the ct,mtnunity SUD TB . - - -- Rcscarc h study on rncdiuil~crcsistancc of l.ie.chntflr~aiafinpirn-infcctcd patient5 trci~tedwith antirnonlals medicines at Taluka Hospital, Johi 47 Kolachi, Husmin Bux district, Uadu, S~ndh,Pakistan PAK LEISH

P~.cparationof ct,ntrr)Ilcd rclcasc systcm ftol- medicine (isuniazid) and study controlled release in 48 Muhamed, Muhamed vitro IRQ TB Prevalence and ser~s~tivity pattern uf extentlrd spectrum beta lactnmases-producing enterobicteriace and rntllecular epidcmiolugy of CTX-M E. Coli in urinc samplcs of chi ldrcn 49 Ahmed, Sndin visiling a tertiary care pediatric hospit31, Karachi PAK INT Evaluation of risk perception and prccautio~~staken by health care workers for HIV infection in 50 Kh;~n,Rana patllological lah(lratury unlts PAK I I1 V/r\IDS -- .- WHO-EMITDRIO 1 21E Page 20

Evaluating the precautionary measures obscrved by laboratory workers io avoid the transmission of 5 I Ahmed, Maaz HIV infection from bodily fluids PAK HIVIAIDS 52 Saour, Kawkah Leishrnaniasis in Iraq mQ LEISII Karyosysternatic and morphometric characterization of the rodentia as reservoir host of Shiranr-Brdabadi, toonotic cutaneous Ieishmaniasis in the endemic 53 Leila foci of Isfahan prt~vinuc,lslamrc Republic of lran IRA LElSH Inherited disorders of the L-12IIFN-y axis in 54 Parvaneh, Nima Iranian patients with disseminated RCG infections IRA TI3 Comparative evaluation between a single-dose rubella immunization among seventh grade students anlung both scxes and non-immunized womcn horn before the routine rubella immunization programme in the Gaza Strip, 55 Kuhail. Samir Palestine PAL VPI . Prevalcncc and mix-hirlity r)l'Schi.rrosnr~icrt~lnr~sotli i nfecr ir I 11 Ihc undcr-7 pnpulat~onand response to pra7iqunntel chemotherapy in those fnund to be Sh Abu-Sinn. ciunn infected. Al Grzira I-egion,SuJar~ SUD S(:H Post-training ahility assessment of lay subjects on diagr~osir~vearly cr~mplicationsof Scl~istosottrn 57 Yr>iisif,Eisa rrlntt rotii SlJU SCH Why arc: thet e so many difrcrenccs on 'I'H case IIubsiur~i,Shah nrnificntion among men 311d women in 5.8 1 Tussnin Afghnnisti~n? . .. AIG TR Paticnt and llcaltl~care providcr delays in the diagnosis and treatment r)f tl~berculosispatients in r\fghanist:m ;C; 59 Zatari, Moinul1;th -. . TB Study of the Kriowledgc, Attitudes and Practices of TB pn~ientsand thclr health care providers 60 MaroclKi,Shilh Wuli regarding TU in Afghanislan AFCi T B Study of level of Knuwlcdgc, Attttudes and

Practices rjf studcnts of Kabul. Ralkh, llcrat and

6 I FIi~rr~erl~.Saycd Ri~njii~r~universities --;lhnut MIVIAIDS .. AFG IlIVIAlUS I Evaluntiorl of wild rrjdcnts as at~itnalreservoir hosts for Sr.irl.sro+n?unnlnsnrli in the context nf the 63 IIclmy, Ilanan Egyp~iancl~mination programme EGY SCI I K~skf~ictors and 1abordto1-ydiagnostics far post- renal transplant tuberculosis: a case-control, 64 B i15ir1,,' ' rlbiis country-widc stt~iiyon definitive casw IRA 1'13 Molcculnr epidemiology of To,~oplrrsr~tn,gonrliir in Zdi, Mohii~nrni~d meat and meat production in Tchrun, Isla~nic:

65 Rcza Repuhl~cof Iran IRA TOX A Ananganidlur Asseshmenl of the current status of hlariasis in the 66 Nngi~r;~j;lrl,Shr.irarn Blue Nile Sln~e,Savanith region of Sudan SUD Molecular chrtracterizntic>nof Omani Sinph, Jay Prakash ~M~cubrluicr~rtr~lt,thercirlo.ri.i isolatcs by 67 Nari~pn spoligotyping OMA 1‘U Asscs~mentof the outcome r~fin-service training to G8 ,4lii1niti,Nt~si~ihu F~cilityInatlagers arid vacuino~orson injcution SWD VPI safety in the EPI programmc in Gezira State. Sudan 69 Kahlan, Karim untilled IRQ INT Assessment of underlying high-risk hchaviours for AIDS and hepatitis in 1540-year-old populatirm Mabin. of Bandar Abhas Cily, Hormozgan, lslamic HlVIAIDS 70 Jamshirli Republic of Iran IRA IHEP Anlosairni, Abdullah Knowlegde and sexual practices among long- 7 1 Nagi dis~ancetruck drivers in Ycmcn YEM IIIVINDS Impact of community-based intervention of irn~nunizatiunon the health of women and children undcr-5 years of age in a model research village of 72 Akhtar, Tasleem Peshawar. Pak~stan P AK VPI Possibilities of hepatitis B virus verticai trans~nissionrrt~rn infected Egyptian pregnant women to their newhnrn habier; EGY HEP 73 Ismaei I, .\many ., . Ocular screening and trcntmcnt or I ITVIAIDS 74 1qh;il hlus~iiLi patients ~n hi-th-west 1;rontier Province t' AK HIV/AII>S , . -" , , .. . . .- . .. .. -, .- .. . . -. .. . 1Jarly detection of patlerrls of Lerslrr~~r;rrii~dotrovatli in sooihwesr Sudan: immune sut.vcill;~nucand 75 Shariel'. i~bdalla geographic. . information system approach SIJD LEISII Tcsting [he sensitivity and specificity of the fluorescence micrnscclpe (CyscopeO) for malaria 70 Hassun. Saarl EI-II~II diagnosis in eastern Sudan-. . .- SUT) , MA[. Asscssmcnt r)i' glucose-6-phosphate dehydroge~~ase lcvcl in pa~ien~swilh I'i~lc~l~iirumrr~alar~a j~atasitc 77 Al Shugn'a. Essarrl infection in lbb Governorate, Yemen YI!M M AL, . - , Occull hepaiitih infeclion in haenlodialysis patients 78 tfnghnznli, Sepidch 111 Q~LVIII IRA HEP St~ldieson injection siifety: prof~lein different setting?, dctcrminunts of iinsrtfc i~!jeutions, waste managernerlt protocols. iriiegratior~with ott1e1- Yousofzni, .L\hd~ll prr,gr;lmme.; dealing with ~njecticwsafety, e.g. 79 Wnli iIIV/AIIIS A1 :C; VI'I Malaria-associated placerita pathology and ~ts effcct on the pregnancy outct~rrlehof Yemeni YO !ilb~t~,An~sa mothcrc YEM MAl. -. .. -. .. . . , .. - . . .- Trcatmcnt \kith interferodribavirin of patients co- 8 1 Kanoun, Fnkher infected by HIVlhepatitis C virus TUN HIV/AIDS Field trial< fnr contrnl of malaria vector in a high- Abd Allah, risk area, Ebshway province, Fayourn governorate, 82 Sal wa EEYP~ EGY M .4L Klft Valley fever ri~kfactors assessment among slaughter housc and animal farm workers in 83 1;ldum;l. Adel Hussein Khnrtr)um State, Sudan SIJD RVF Assessment of patlent retention In ART centres in Khartoum State in the period from June to 84 Eli~narn,Ali flassiirl December SUD MAl. Molecular epidemiology of human 85 Elt~ihir,Yassir ~rnrnunodefiuiencyv~rus (tIlV) in the South Ilarfur SUD HIVIA1 IIS WHO-EMITDRIO 121E Page 22

area Stigma and discrimination against people living 86 Saleem, Mohammed with HIVINDS PAK HIVIAIDS Monitoring the nature and outcomes of Alla Agaho, Nuur antiretroviral treatment in children at the OMACII 87 Elhouda centre in Omdurman Tcaching Hospital in Sudan SUD HIVIAIDS Control r)f Icishmaniasis in Sudan: the role of post- kala-nzar Dermal leishmaniasis in transmission of Leis/~tnntlhrlonovrini inside villages in a focus of 88 IIassan, Moawia visceral leishmaniasis in eastern Sudan SUD LEISH Oropharyngeal carriage of Haernophilus injuenzne 89 Saleh, Doa type B in healthy Egyptian children EGY VPI Rafiee Detection of sernconversion rate to MMR vaccinc 90 Tabatabae1,Sedigheh in Iranian children using ELISA assay IRA VPI Dctcctio~~of wi~ningrate to M MR vaccine in lrnniiin children using E1.lSA assay 9 1 Karlrn~.Ahdollah -- IRA VPI The prevalence of infection &ith hepatitis C, hepatitis B, malal-in, tuhesculosis, HTV iind Estegharnati, immunodeticicncy arnrmg street children in 'l'ehrnn 97, Ahdolrez:~ during 2007-2008 .. IRA 1NF Compnrlsion of two ~ncthodsof diagnuhis of per~pheralbIuod smear (PRS) and pc>lymeraxe chrun reaction (PCK) of asymptomntic malaria in studenrs betwecn 7 and 1 I year olds in thc Ghale Cratij area of Krrman in thc Islarnrc Republic of 93 K. --i rr~i,441>(1( jlli~ 1) ll'i111 IRA M AI, Study on S'I'I care-seeking bchaviours anlong 94 Makki, Marghani wolneri aged 1549 years, Khartoum Sl jD ST1 Prod~lutionof Myrohrrc.fr:r-ir/~~zt~rbcrcrtlmsis cletection kir using recombinant proteins ESA'I'- Most3f;lvi pour. 6/WP 10 for identification of Mycmhauteri~~m 95 Zohrch trrbt.rc~~1osi.sand Mjr:oh~~cter~ur~rhovis infection IRA 'T R A~sessmentof thc magnitude. causes and effect of under-reporting of tuberculosis palicn~slo thc national tuberuulosis programme in Khartoum 96 Ahdclghni. Sari1 Stalc SUD TH Evaluat~nnof simple rapid bedside tests for 97 Hafcz, Shcreen diagnosing acute bacterial meningilis EGY MEN Evaluation uf microscopic observation drug suscept~hllity(klvlODS} assay in the diagnosis of 98 Kasslan. Ossma multidrug-resistant 'I'B (MDR-TB) EGY TB Susan, Prcvalcncc of pcrtussis in infants and childrcn in 99 Moh;lmmadsaecd Mnshhad IRA VPI Frequency of HbsAg screening in pregnancy and Sit snn. the status of hepatitis B prophylaxis for neonates or 1 00 hlohilmmadsaeed hepatitis U-infected mothers in Mashhad IRA VPI -. . . ---- . Serosurrcillance of measles among vaccinated 101 Uhanna, Ratique children in Islntnabad and Rawalpindi PAK VPl .. -.-? -. Introduction of a lucally-produccd d~rcct agglutinatir~ntcst (DAT) to Omdurmen hospitals 102 El-I lussei 11. Durria for the d~agnos~sof visceral leishmuni:tsis in ST 11) LElSH W HO-EMITDRIO 12E Pagc 23

referred infantile cases Evaluating the new rK39 DIAMET) ICT test for ficld diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in eastern 103 Mukhtar, Moawia Sudan SUD LEISII Biodiversity of Schistnsornn n~nnsoniin central 104 Babiker, Husna Sudan SULl SCH Mapping of medicine resistance patterns of Myuohor:leriltm tr~bt.roulosisisolates from different 105 Mohammed, Maha regions of Sudan SUD TR Prevalence of tuberculosis and pneumococui in 106 Karimi, Parisa primary ~rn~nunodeficiencypatients IRA TB 107 AISonhoIi, Nqjla Pertussis serosurvcy in Ycmeni children YEM VPl The effects of the environment rIn the d~strihutir~n of cpidenlic diseases in Mahweet Governatc, 108 AlFakih, Khalid Yemen Y t

Spatiotemporal distribution of knockdown resistance in the malaria vector Anopheles 120 Himeidan, Youssef nrabien.cis frnm Sudan SUD MAL Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of TB-rclatcd health prt>ressionalsand needs, constraints and satisfaction with care of TB patients in Sindhri area 121 Janjhi, Sultan of Mirpurkhas district, Sindh province of Pakistan PAK 'I'B Factor analysis and cost evaluation of relapsc cases 122 Anaam, Mohammed of TB in urban areas of Yemen YEM TB Socioeconomic status of tuberculosis paticnts attending the National Tuberculosis Institute in 123 Dabwan, Abdulsalam Sana'a, 2008 YEM TB Molecular analysis Tor host-hl(wd feed~ng preferences and natural infection of sandflies with leisllrtlcltlicl .rpp, in northeastern Islamic Kepublic 123 Ushagi, Mohammed of lran IRA VC - .. .- - -. Prcvalcncc of hepatitis I3 and C viruh among health wt~rkcrsin Wail Mcdani Hospitals, Gezirn State, 125 Sired, Osman CentraI Sudan -- SUD I IEP Sociude~nographicprofile and clinical prcscnrations r,TKiTt Valley fever patients in Sudnn Osmnn, Mngd~ 20U7-2008 SUD KVl; 126 . ,.. . . Laboratory -based surveillance of Bo,-rl~.iell(i FI Mangc~ory, pertr~.~,si.vi~r~ci pmapertt~ssis in Greater 1):lrfur and 127 Muti~simMustafa other rural areas, Sudan SIJD VI'I Risk factors nf hepatitis B virus inrcction arntjng women of rcprr)duutivc age in northern Gaza in 128 Abu Ali. Khaled 2007 PAL HFt' Assessing the role of re-activating the intersecloral colI;iboratiori it) leishmaniasis control in Darnasc~~s 129 Shcikh- Ali, II~lia and rural D;im;iscus . . SYR 1-ElSII Mapping and estimating tlie size of the tiigh-risk population in Nowshcra district, North-west 130 Afrldi, Nnssim Frt~n~ierPruvi rlce - PAK HIVIAlDS Characteristics of tuberculsis relapse cases in Rabat, Morocco: a possible cuusc of ongr,ir~g 1 3 1 ElAouad, Kajac transmission MOK TB The impact nf "TubercuIusis Suspect Day" on tuberculosis notification rates in Dnknhlia and Ismaelia governorates, Egypl, in 2008, an 112 L;Imt,ghnzy, Essam interventton study - - EGY TB t'revale~~ceof IIIV infection and pathways tu HIV cal-c among tuberculosis unscs cnrrdled in DOTS 133 Cialal. Atnal settings in Egypt in 20011 EGY TB ..-- P.VII,IIXrnalnl-ia: Population genetics arid mi~rkcrs Beg. Mohammad of medicinc rcsistanuc in fin endemic region and its 134 rlsirn role in policy formulation PAK M AI_ ... , - - Comprchcnsive study or) thc bcnctits ;~nd Samejo. Muhamm:id wcnknesses of the DOTS programme in lhdu 135 Knrnzan dis~rict,Sindli, Pakistan PAK TI3 .". 136 Abdelrahmnn, Samira Kift Valley stl~dyuf SuT) KVfi.- WHO-EMITDRIO 12E Page 25

IIamid cases and their contacts in Gezira State,'Sudnn (2007-2008) Survey of incidence rate of serious complications Shirzadi, Muhammad among brucellosis patients in the Islamic Republic 137 Reza of Iran 2006 IRA RRU Developing a system for forecasting epidemics of Rift Valley fever in Gezira State using remote 138 ELHassan, Samia senbing technology SIJU RVF Study on polymorphism in Pln.srnodiutn vivnx otlkinet surface antigen, van Willebrand factor A domain-related protein (PvWARP) from held isolates in Islamic Kcpuhlic of Iran: new target for 139 Gholizacleh, Saber blocking malaria transmission IRA MAT. KAP sludy of health care providers on DOTS

I40 Shalnby,Safynaz. strategy in the manngemcnt or tuberculosis BGY TB Serological survcy, isr)lntion and molecihar character~zationof infectious bronchitis virus In 141 Chmm, Ahcdljelil Tunisia . TUN - LIJN Emerging rcsislancc agairlst cefirixuri ir~enteric fever cases: magnitude nf problem and 142 Rihi,SitLii idcntif'iuation of medic~neresistance genes PA K FN'T Frequency or B. perariss~siso1;tletl frorr~uutpatient adult population with perlussis-like cough in West 143 Tehran (city) in 2008 IRA VPI r)ctection or isonia~idand ripimpin resislant M. ,\bedalr:lhm:in, S:ir:lb t~tbrro~lo.ririsolated frt~rnt~~huruulosis pa~ients 144 K. using a conventional method and PCK IRQ TTr Evalualinn of travellers' adherence to the processes of the International Ileiilth Regulations 2005 ir~ three main points of entry in Sudan during Spring 145 Idrics, AnQitd 2008 SU1> 1kR Hnjwa, Muhammad Rehavioural study or injecting drug uscrs, thcir 146 Aslam scxual practices and knowledge about IITV P AK HIV/AlDS The frequency of HIVIAIDS in a cr)hort of women attending thc outpatient department of ohstcrics and gynnccology in a tertiitry hohpilal catering to a 147 Hassan, Lobna diverse population PAK kt1V/AlL)S Eco-dpidlmiologie de la leishmaniose cutanie dans Ies regions itridcs cl scmi-aridcs rlu Maroc. Cas de 148 Boumezzough, AII Ia rigion Tensi ft-Al Hat luz MOR r .EISII Mapping the use of bednets and study of bnrrlers against scaling up or bcdnct distributirm in 149 Mukhtar, Muhammad Pakistan .-. -. . ,-. . . PAK V C: t:fficacy and I-esistanceto uhloroquine among 150 M;theshwar~,Narinrler P. vivr1.r malaria in rural nreus of Tharparkar PAK MAL Evaluation of DNA fingerprint as a fast sensitive dingliostiu tool for .~c/iisto.sott~r~hrzenmtr~hirlrrr applicahlc to humar~urinc si~mplcsin Ir)w cndcmic 15 1 Haggag. Samlr areas EGY SI'H Comparison of effectiveness of different vector 152 Miinsoor, Fai~al control interventions and thelr t rnpact on disease P AK VC J W HO-EWDRIO 121E Page 26

transmission in Pakistan The study of zoonotic reservoirs of cutaneous leishmaniais and sppiication of GIS to map the distribution of the disease's reservoirs for control management in Fars province of the Islamic 153 Gholamreza, Hnrurn Republic of Iran IRA LEISH Evaluation of the involvement of health insurance centres in A1 Gezira State epidemiology 153 Alfatih, Malik surveillance system, Sudan 2008 SUD INF Effect of health education and drug therapy on 154 Memon, Amna HIV-positive women with menstrual irregularities PAK HIVIAIDS Esteghamati, Ahdaut Assessing rubella IgM in infants with congenital 155 reza bilateral sensory neural Rearing loss IRA VPI Knowledge, Attitudes and Prnutices of femaIc sex workers towards the prevention of AIDS and HrVIAIDS 1 Sh Kolahi, Ali-Asghar sexually transmitted infections in Tehran IRA ISI-I 'l'he hospital tap water system as rl sourcc of nosocomial int'cctions for staff members and paticnts in thc WCSIBanks' governmental and 157 Mimi, ZWd nongovernmental hospitals PAL rh7: Mngnitudc and predictors of HIV serr~positi vi ty infections, ;~ndrelated Knowlcdge, Attitudes and I'urclan, llumayun Practices among blood donor university students ir~ 158 Sheikh Lahore, Pakistan PAK 1 IIVIIZIDS Seroprevalence of niulnp< arnong children in 159 I-lumayun, N:thccd I ,ahorc PAK VPI -. .. . - -. . - - ,. -. . . - In-vitro and In-vivo inves~igatio~~of nor el tmnc;dcrmal formulations for treatment of IhO tladighi. Ramtin cutaneous leishmaniasis IRA LETS H Proposal for study on the barriers to adherence lr) antiretrovit-al medicines among OMACIJ ccntre 161 Nemeri,nmcr aduIt patients SUD HIVIAIDS Exploring options for applying 1C'l protocol in

163 Shafilal. Ktian health informatics, developing a11 action plan P AK IN?' ,- Evaluiition of a prelitninary cutaneous leishmaniasis vaccine: safety and clinica1 immunogenicity on Iranian human volunteers 163 Arshineh. Lalifynia (pilot study) IRA LEiSH Monitoring anti-leishmania anti body responses fr)r the early diagnosis and prognosis of Sudanese 164 Bakhict, Sahar visceral leishmaniasis SUD LEIS11 Ramiers to antiretrnviral treatmen1 adherence by patients Ilving with HIV ~nfectionand AIDS in OMA HIVIrZIDS 165 Snleh,-. Al Khusi~~by Orni~n - Geographical mapping to locnrc high -risk groups in I h(l Anwar, Rafay two cities of Sindh province, Pakistan PA K I IIVIAI [IS Immune response to hepatitis H vtrus 167 Nastier, Al-Aghbari i~nn-iu~lizationin Yemeni children YEM HEP Molecular tools for investigating leishmaniasis 168 Parviai, Parvizr emergence in Far5 province, Tslamic Kep~lhlicof IRA 1,EISlI W HO-EMITDRIO 12E Page 27

Iran Public-private mix for implcmcntatic~nof thc DOTS strategy in the management of tuberculosis 169 Shalahy, Safynaz in Gharbia governorate, Egypt EGY TB Risky behaviours and needs assessment for prcvcntic~nof HIV infection in drug users in 170 Shahid, Mahmood Lahore PAK HIV/AlT>S Atlas of sexuaHy transmitted infections, HIVIAIDS HIVIAIDS 17 1 Zaghloul, Adel Botros and genital differential diagnosis among Egyp~ians EGY ISTI A study on adherence to antiretroviral therapy Mustafa, W idad among children attending Omdurman HlVlAIDS 172 1 Alshiekh clinical management and VCT centre, Sudan SUD HIV/ AIDS Bvnluation of a simple manual method for counting C'D4 cell count versus flowcytometry for stagtng 173 Fahtny Hussarri and follow-up of PLHIV EGY HIVl AIDS Deterrn~ningthe prevnlcnce of hepi~titisB and C: infections among earthquake parihioners and 174 Zulfiqar, Ali regular clients PrlK MP ...... , - -- . .- -. . . Studics on Ihc prcvalencc and deterniinat~tsof 175 Z;lfar, J;~rn;ll%aLtr hepatitis H and C infcutirms PAK 1 lF,P Iirequency of Ilelicohncter pylor-i infcctir)n. evaluation of H.pylori culture from peptic biopsies and rcr;isrance pattern against commonly prcscrihed nntihiotics. in thc Gastrt)entcrt,log~and IIepntology Centre of Pakistan Medical Resenrc h Kul-ra Siddiqui. Council. Jinnah Poslgraduate Medical Centrc, 176 Taranurn Karachi, Pitkistan 1'A K INF Evaluation of the effectiveness of injection safety ut~ntroland medical sharps wastc management rncthods in hcalth care settings in thc North-west 177 Kahil, All of Somalia Zone - SUM VPI Rubella scrosusccptibility among adolescent 178 Iiusein, Mrlhatned-.- Egyptian males EGY VPI Detection and identification of sandfl y vector(s) and reservoir host(s) in an re-emerging ti~cusof visceral leishmaniasis in the Wtiile Nilc Stntc, 179 Widaa, Sally Sudan SIJII . -.. . -- . LEIS1 I Taqavii~n, Effect of pEi and storage temperature on the 180 ~Mohnmmnd . - potency of oral polio vaccine IRA PCjI, Applicalion of remote sensing and geographical information system for forecasting Rift Valley fever in CentrdI Sudan "Case study Greater 181 William. Ma~njou-- Khurlr~um" STJII IiVF Diagnosis r~fbovlnc tuhcruulosis uslng molecular technique in C;ezir;l Stnte ~Inughterhouses,Central 187 Gasmelseed. Nagla Sudan -, -. SIII) TB Research on how to improve TI3 case detection I Iersi, Abdir~zak rates in public and private health facilities in the 183 Abshir North-east Znne of Somalia SOM '1-H -- . - Mohtnsham Arniri. Seroprevalence of hepatitis 3 and hepatitis C: virlts 184 Zithra HFP among barbers and- hairdressers- -... in Guilnn, IRA W HO-EMITDRIO 1 2/E Page 28

Northern Boundary region of Islamic Republic of Iran Association of communicable diseases with non- Hodgkin I ymphoma in Gezira State in Central 185 Elhaj, Ahrned Sudan SUD INF Determination of predictive signs of visceral 186 Rhajaoui, Mohamed leishmaniasis for early detection MOR LEISEI Assessment of antiretroviral therapy and outcomes Abd Elfadil, Kawthar in AIDS patients in VCT centres 200-2009 in the 187 Osman middle zone of Sudan SUD HI VlAlDS 188 Khaled. Snrnir:~ Cutaneous leishmaniasis TUN LEISH ,. Field evaluation of FD-DAT, yK39 dipstick and KAtex for the diagnnsis nf visceral leishmaniasis Gandapur, Abdus and its comparison wlth bone marrow/lymph node 189 Salnm Khan aspirates in Hazara Division, Pakistan P AK 1,EISH Evaluatlorl of HTVIATDS vnluntasy cnunselling 190 Rht~ir,Ab~lclKilder ant1 lcs~ingscrviccs in Khiirtoum State 2008 SUD HIVIAIDS Assessing national GlS data sources for health and I91 Razaq,Saqib plan for intepratir)n Prl K [NF

FIcpatitir; (: virus genntypcs among hlgh-risk 192 Kafici. Alircz;~ gro~~psin Sari. northcrn lslamic Kepi~hlicof Iran 1KA I IEP Cunlparatire evaluatiorl of TSI' (tuberculin skin tcsl) and ETJSPOT (cn~.yme-Iinkcditnrnuntlspot) results in close contact HC'Ci-vaccinated persons rn 193 Noorbakhsh. Sa~nileh Tehran, 1sla111icRepublic of Iran IRA TU Zall, Moharnmad Setting a11 ;]cute diarr,hoea surve~llancesystcrn in 194 Rezn Tehran, Islamic Republic of Inn: a pilot project IRA INF . Alosniini, .I\bdullah Knt~wlegde and $uxi~;~lpt-ac tires ;tmong long- I !IV/AIDS 195 Nagi distancc II-LICLdri tct-:, ir~l'etr~cr~ YEM /SI>l Health care system or pnticnts? The caure for Abdullah Nagi, delays in tuberculusis paticnts obtaining health care 196 Alosaimi in Ycmen: u cross-sec~irlnalsludy YEM 'I>[% -- Alosaimi, Ahdullah Mapplng and studying risk behaviour itmong hard- HIVIAIDS 107 Nagi to-reach populations: female 5t.x ivorhrr.c in Ycmc~i YEM ISTD 2p 2p - .-. -. -- Scroprcvalcnuc of hcputitis B surface antibodies and risk Lictors among school-age children and I98 AI-ll~ndi,Adnan universtty students ~n the Gaza Strip -PAL HEP HIV Pt-evalence, Knowledge, Attitudes and Elrashled, Sayedgclth Rehaviours among men having sex with men In 199 Mustafa Kassala State SUD HIVIAIDS Social mobilization for ~ncreasin:: coverage of TT vitccine for the prevention and control or tnaternal and neonatal tetnnris in the community of Union 200 Kolachi, Hussain Council in Rural Sindh PAK VPI tiole of voluntary counselling and testing scrvices as evaluating quality of services anti client satisfiuctiun; effect of testing and counselling on attitildes and behavicturs of clrents In S~ncIh, 201 Mnngrio. Nilwab -Pakistan. PAK HIVIAIDS 202 Mcmon, Atnt~a Frequency of hepatitis C vlrus among pregnant P AK H EP WHO-EMITDWO I 2/E Page 29

women attending a university hosp~taiof Sindh, Pakistan Evaluation of current surveillance mechanisms for 203 Kazi, Hirjccs Mazhar influenza-like illness at Islamabad PAK INF Assessing the prcvalcncc of anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in Rawalpindi and Islamabad districts of Pakistan with part~cular 204 Kazi, Birjees Mazhar reference to the phlehotomine sandfly P AK LEISH Buriro, Gllullam 205 Murtaza Sindh HIVIAIDS research (SHARP) PhK IIIVlhIDS Nonconvcntioniil and recent methods in the 206 [ Abdul jabbnr, Lubna diagnosis of Mycobncterirtrn t~lhercrtlosis RQ TB Correlation of ecological and environmental factor5 for transmission of epidemic arhoviral Ahmed, Asmaa disease (dengue fever, yellow fcvcr, Rift Vallcy 307 Almukki fever ni~dEbola), during the last 35 years in Sudan SLJD VIIF Studying STllHIV care-seeking behnviours among high-risk pregnant wolnen in iir~urban setting of Zareen, Amtu1l:ih Punjab, Pakistan PAK H IVIS'I'I 208 - .. , .- Leishmaniuse cutanee: npproche communau~aire. 209 Jaaouani, Noureddinc province de settat (Maroc) MOR LL[SH .. . . .- -. -, - - -- - Use of geographical ~nformationsystcms to determine the ecological risk factors of zoont,tiu cutaneous leishmaniasis in Al-Cweirii and AI- 2 10 fl;~jawi.Uahharn Dess:i districts, Aqaha govcrntlrite, Jordan JOK I .EISFI Latent 'TU infection among new arrivals to Qatar: 21 1 Isrrlail, Ahincd Ismail insight I'rorn ii ne\v loo1 in TB control TB -. VAT Sarasgani. Mohamad Detcrmini~tionof the levcl r)f nutritional elements 212 rezn in Irnnlan patients of visceral leishm;~ninsis 1Ii A LhISH ,- - Evaluation of pulmonary tuberculosis management in TB/IIIV co-infec~crlpatients I-eceiving antiretroviral treatmcnt referrcd to the HILr ucntrc 213 Ahmed, Sawsan in Omdurman Teaching Hospital SUD TB/HIV ,- -. .. - --- - Molecular and serological investigation for Rltt 2 14 Mohametl Rehah Valley fever in Sudan SUD RVt; - .--,- Effectiveness of community tuberculosis care programme on the prevalence of Mycrnb~~ufcri~r~~~ t11herclr1osr.sand bolmrs in Menoufia governorate, 215 Farahat, Taghreed Egypt ECY 'n3-- -- Phylogenetic study of crimean-{:ongo haernurrbagic fever virus genome extracted from ticks existing in lsfahan provinuc, central rcgion of 216 Chinikar, Sndegh Islamic Republic of Iran IRA CUFH Hr)sscinimt~ghaddum, Hepatitis C and B prevulenct. arnon: haemodiulysis Scyed Mohammad patients with hcpatilis C+living in the Islamic Republic of Iran 217 Mehdi.. -.- IRA HE F' Detection and epidemiological study in hellninth 2 1 X Salim, S;~fila eggs parasites in wastewater rn Baghdad ST11 IKQ -.. Activity of anti leishmania1 medicines against Kazavl, Moha~ni~d Leisltrnrlrr irz rropirrl isolets in the nnthroponotic 119 Kez;i focus, Barn city, south cnstcrn Islamic Rcpuhlic of IRA LEISH 1 WHO-EMITDRIO 1.2E Page 30

Iran Development of hepatitis C: virus clrcuIating I 1 antigens detection BLISA-based on polyclonal mono-specific anti-sera raised against DNA crmstructs cnuoding high1y immunogenic viral [ I Moharned. Mahmoud epitobes EGY HEP Molecular epidemiology of hepatitis B virus in Egypt: a cross-sectional study among healthy I I Elsherbini. Azza carriers. EGY IIEP A comprehensive survey of TB patients in the city 1 I of Samawah and surrounding villages, prisons and hospitals, and a preview of environmental 1 Basheir. Dliafer questionnaire sites current injury I NQ I TB Micro-alburninuria as a marker of subtle renal 1 I Elnogomi. Nuha inlury in Sudanese visceral leishmar~iasispaticnts I SlJD I LEISH Evaluation of the involvelnent of health insurance 1 I ccntrcs in Al Gazeera State epidemiology I 1 surveillance system Biohehavioural surveillance towards HIVIAIDS among r;treet children livirlg in Wad Mcdani town, I 1 Gezira Stiltc, Stidan SUD HIVIAIDS I Study r)f thc prevalence of visceral Ieishmuniasis in I I Ismail, Moharned rural Hama and 'I'artous in the Syrian Arab 1 I Tiihir Republic I SYR 1 I.RISH 1 KAP study in lady health workers' crlvcrage arcu I 1 regarding the awareness of wonlcn of cliildbeuring I 1 age of ST15 L)emogrnphy, preiiention and treatment of 1 1 trachoma in female religious schools (rnrzdmsn [ I lilb~~~rcit)iri the Barlu Jislrict of Nrjrth-wcst Fronticr Prnvince, Pilkistan P AK 1NF Active surveillance of humm pnpillrl~navirus I I arnong Iraqi women aged 2640 with scxually trnnsmittcd i nfcctions 1 1RO 1 VPI Evaluation of the effectiveness ot' targeted Mosavi-Jarrhi, vaccination wirh thc rneningoct>ucnl polysaccharidc Alire7n A iind C vaccine in Iriin IKA Uetection of serotypes of group A rotavirus in dehydrating diarrhoea in Egyptian children EGY Idcntitiuation of ncw protcctivc untigcns of the Vahedi [>arminn, most prevalent isolate of B 11ze1itetrsi.rin the Islamic Faten~eh Kepi~blicof Iran Screening for sexually transmitted ~nfections xmong female prostitutes and illicit drug users in Zrihi, Mohulnccl SLtx, Tunisia Seroprcvalenue of hepatitis H and C in adult popuIation of a model research community OF Akhtar. 'Taslccm Pakistan Medical Rcscarch Council. Pcshawar Study of the environmental and biological uharncteristics of the sandfly In El Lhywanya I Iaiawi. ah hi^.; governorate, Iraq W HO-EMITDRIO 1 2E Page 3 1

Antimalarial and cytotoxic activities of some plants 236 Nughibi, Farzaneh from the Islamrc Republic of Iran IRA ML Assessing the problems of providing services to TB patients from the point of view of patients in 237 Azadi, Mojgan the Islamic Republic of Iran (in two provinces) IRA TR 238 Mina, Adel Facing hepatitis B virus in overcrowded areas EGY EIEP Influenza vaccination in day care children: randomized clinical controlled trial in Urmia City, 239 Ahmednezhad. Elham Islamic Republic of Iran, 20-2009 IRA VFI The impact of early detection nf sexually ElTigani Tlam~a, transmitted infections on HIV prevention: study in 230 Omer Khartoum state schools, 2008--2009 SUD ST1 Developpement et Optimisation dc mithodes biomedicales serologiques (test rapide et met hode RIA) pour le diagnostic de I'hydatidose. el leur valorisation au profit du programme national de 241 Younes.Sbihl lutte MOR GCI-I Evaluating the value of oral-wash speclmens in the diagnoxis of puln~onnrytuberculosis in paticnts attending thc inrcctious clinic, Imam Rcza

232 Mojtabavi, Maryam -. . Mashhad, Islamic Republic of Iran IRA TB .. .. -Hospital. -- - Spoligutyping of M~~c.olrzcruri~tttttrrbrrr.rr1o.si.s DNA isolated from Zichl-Neelsen-stained sputum Rnma7.3n7ndeh. smcars in some prtwinces of the Islamic Rcp~thlic 243 Rashid of Iran IRA TB -. . -- .- C(~nq,arisorlof virological xcvcrity c~fhepatitis C kIEPIHlVI 244 Aziz Qaz1, Rizwnn virus among HIV and non-TIIV infected patients IRA AIDS Deterrni~lingthe seroprevalence r)f rubella IgG and IgM antibodies in wurnen of childhearin:: age in 245 riasnarn. Seema I.ahore district, Pakistan P AK VP~ 'I'he role of the malar~njinglethroirghout school ages in scaling up usage of ITNs in Kosti town in Ihrahim, Kudwan Whitc Nilc Slate in 2008 SUD MA[, 246 .- tpldemiologicnl study oTcutaner)ils Icishn~aniasi~ (vcctors and reservoirs) in a new endemic focus, Hormo~panprovince, Suutb of lslarnic Kepubllc of 247 A7.izi. K(~~~rt)xh Iran using rnolccul;~rand rnlcroscopic methuds IRA I,EISH A seroepidemiological survey of hnemorrhagic 348 Karsn~~y,Mubarak fever in New Hnlfa area ill eastern Sudan SUD VfF I Evidence of occult hepatitis B virus inlcction 249 Snrsour, Ohood among blood donors in the Gazn Strip, Palestine HEP - .. . . -. PAL.-.. Biono~nicalchanges of phlebotomine sandflies after ea~.thqunkeIn a focus of anthroponotiu Motr)valll-em am^, cutaneous Icishmaniasls in the I~IamicRepiiblic rlf 250 Mohntnmad Iran IRA I.EISH . -- . Thc crfcct r)f naturi~lhoney on C11.l count in 25 1 Por~rahrn;ld,Mol-tezi~ patients with IliV infection IRA HIVIAIDS - - Malaria-hcIminthsIschistosomi~isisco-infection and thcir impact on anaemia amtjng pregnant womcn in 1152 Adxrn, Ishng eastern Sudan: 3 community-b;~scdstudy SUD INT WHO-EM/TDW012/E Page 32

Evalua~ionof the involvement of health insurance centres in A1 Gazeera State epidemiology Elfat~h,Malik surveillance system Sudan 2008 SUD Diagnostic delay in tuberculosis: associated factors, effect on disease transmission and its Aldhubhani. AdeI economic impact YEM Evaluation of health-related quality of life in Iranian HIVlAIDS patients IRAN HTV Screening for human papifloma virus in cervical swabs as a predictor of cervical carcinoma among Elkaffash. Dalal Egyptian women EGY VPI Epidemiological analysis of the recent cutaneous Elamin, Elwaleed leishmaniasis outbreak in northern Sudan SUD LEISH Identifying factors which facilitate or constrain adherence to ART therapy among adult ARV users in Yemen YBM Assessment of VC'r cenlreh and developnient of policy implications for sustainiiibili ty and cunt~nuationoT scrviucs ,- L~tnhl~shmentof hepatitis A virus detection and isolation usitig cell culturc and its titr:ition by t.:L,ISA -- IRAN (.'~st-effectiveand rapid detection of ~hepresencc of mutant hepatitis B virus in the ser*d from iamivudine treatedfuntreatcd control patients visiting the outpatient department at the Pakistan Metlicnl Research Council JPMC Karachi to Ari f, Amhrcen prcdict resistance A population-based survey ot the occurrence of 'ralreja, Kanaya dengue fever in Hydernbad . -- .- Use of PCK techniyuc Tor tht: diagnt~srsof P1;ismodium rnfection in Llohu k governorate, Al-Bnyati, Saad Kurdistan region, Iraq Private sector contribution to chi1tlhr)od irnrnunization in Kabul. Afghanistan: evidence

from a cross-sectional survey . Prevalence of oncogenic strains of Iiurnan ~apiIlomnvirus in 3 subset orPakistani women The possibility of bat rables in the Islamic Republic of Iran IRA HIV Prcvalcnue, Knowledge, Attititdcs and Rehavinurs among fcmaic nurses and sex workers in Khartoum State SUD WHO-EMITDWO 12E Page 33

Annex 4

LIS'l' OF THE PRELIMINARILY SELECTED PROPOSALS

Principal In investigator Project title Country Disease Prevalence, determinants and pathways tu care of HIV infection among tuberculosis cases enrolled in 1 Elsony, Asma DOTS settings in Sudan in 2008 SUL) 1'B 2 El Selwy, Khaled Malaria overdiagnosis in Hodiedah, Yemcn YEM MAL Seroprevalence of visceral leishmaniasis in children under 12 years of agc hy Fast agglutina~ionscreening test (FAS'I') and direct agglutination test (DAT) in northcrn Khorrtssan province, Islamic Rcpiib!ic of 3 Mohebalr, Mehdi Iran . IRA LEIS1- - I C:orrelates of HIVIAIDS risk perception and uon~rul 4 Raftani, Faridch alnrlng addicted Iranian female prisoners IRA ITIV/ATDS Estimation of the TB burden in Pakistan through 5 Qadeer, lijnz strengthening vital regibtration PAK - P-TI3 .Assessment of the role and conmhut~onof the privatc RIII(ih~~~th. hector in the case management of malaria in 0 Abdulln Snlim Hadramout (governorate) in Yernen - YEM MAI, Assessment of the dynamics, and their determinants, of gypsy women engaged in sex work in Lahore. lIIV/AIDS I1 [laud. Sccma Pakistan -- P AK /ST1 improve men^ in TR case Jetect~on,identifying reasons for DOTS defaulters and the reasons for

14 dcl'i~ultin Afghanistan .- AFC; TB Zilfari, Khi~n -. Quality of immuniziiiion scrviccs in the ITadrilrnoul 16 Ba'arner, Abobakr governorate, Yemen YEM VF'I Barriers to promoting high-quality DOTS in the 17 Sadiq. Hnssnn (Iistrict hc~~lthsystcm in Punj~th,Paki.;tan Pi\K TR , Stratification of Port Sudan City by the rlsk of dengl~etransmission: correlation of entomological. 23 Sciclahmed, Osil~na scrr)logciill and climatic factors SUD DEN (VC) Pi~tternsor scxi~all y lransrnitted infections iind associated sexual knowledge, behaviours and 24 Kahallch, Johe[>h prnctice~in Lebanese-- women - LEB ST1 Survcy on the bes~way to improvc thc public's knowledge of, and attitude towards, HtViAIDS and higll-risk behavlours ill the Islamic Republic of Iran 2 6 Rczaci, Ahhiiss considering religious and cthic ct~nditions IRA I IrVIAIDS

3 1 Jaffer. Ynsm~n t11V screening. - in pregnancy.. . . . (>MA lIlV/AIUS - - Evaluation of school-bascd malaria ct,ntrr)l Fnrea. Helqius prr~srammrin primary schoc~lsfr)r stitdents i~nd 32 Abdulliik L21~med tc:tchers YLM MrV. ,- Promotion of knowledge and attitudes tclwnrds t4LVIAIDS in wurkers whr) cmmigratc from Shahrekord to mernher cnuntries of the Gulf 34 lmani, Kcz:~ Cooperation Col~nuiland Asalouyeh in 2008 IRA HIV/:ZIDS W HO-EMITDWO 121E Page 34

Factors associated with new (DOTS) pulmonary Ali Mohamed, pcwitive tuberculosis patients' treatmcnt default and 35 Shaher completion in Yemen YEM TB Characterization of medicine-resistant mutations in extensively medicine-resistant strains prevalent in 36 Hasan, Eahra Pakistan PAK TB AmClioration du dipistage du pilludisme et renforcement du programme de maintien de son 39 Siala, Emnu tiliminatic~nen Tunisle TUN MRL Caracterisation eco-bio-epidkmiologiqueet gknetique du vecteur de la leishmaniose dans In region Fis El Ouali lalami Roulemane: Un outil fondarnentnl pour lutter contrc 40 Ahdelhakim la maladie MOR LEIS11 Motovalli-Emami, Efficacy of integratcd vector management in the 4 1 Mohamed cotitrol of malaria in thc Islamic Republic of Iran IRA VC Efficacy of integrated pest manngcment on ~tlonotic Ni lforoushzadeh, cutaneous leishmaniasis it1 Ernilmzi~dchAgha Ali- 44 Moharned ,411 Abas foci, Natan~county, Isfnhnn, 2007-2010 IRA VC Ev:iluation of residential envirollnlcnt and liurriarl hehavlour in cutaneous leishmaniasis in thrcc nrcas Kilfnt ousl~zadeh, of lsfnhan, Islatnic Republic of Iran (Rorkhar. 45 Mohamcd Ali Malckshahr and Isfiihan counties) IRA . - LIJISII AhdalIa, 1 Iannn Knowledge. Attitudes and Practices and TH-relalet1 46 Mohnmed Ali stigma of the cotnmunity SUL) 'T R -.,-- - - .. Resci~rchstudy on rncdicine resistance of Lirsh~~~rlnoinI'rnpicfi-infected pnticntr; treiited with Kolilchi. IIussain antimonials medicines at Taluka IIosp~tnl,Johi 47 Rux tlislrict, Dadti, Sindh, Pnklstrtn PAK 1,BISH Comparative evaluation bctweer~a single-dose rul~ellairnlnurli7ation among seventh grade students among bulh scxcs and non-immunized women born befort: the routine rubella immunization prograrnrne 55 Kuhail, Snmir tn the Gaza Strip, Palestine P r'lL V PI -- -. - Hussaini, Shah Why are there so many differences on '1'13 case 58 Hussilin notification arnt~ngmen and women in Afghanistall'! AFG TI3 Patient and health care provider dclayc in tt~c diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis patients in 5 0 ifioinul Afghar~istan AFG TI3 -- ,. . .A Study of the Knr~wledge,Attitudes and Practiccs uf TB patients and their IieaIth carc providers regnrd~ng 60 Mart,ofi.Shilh Wali TR in Afghanistan AFG TK Evaluation of wild rodellts ns arlirrial reservoit hosts for Sc!iictosontn mc~sotziin thc context of the 6 3 Helmy, Ili~r~iin Egy~~tianelitnination programme EGY STFI Molec~~lnrepidemiology of To.rol~lrtsrlingorrrlii in %;lli. Moh;rrnnud meat and meat produc~ionin 'I'ehran. Islamic h5 Hem f

in the EPI programme in Gezirn Stnte, Sudan Assessment of underlying high-risk behaviours for AIDS and hepatitis in 15-40-year-old population of Mahin, Bandar Abbas City, Hormozgan, Islamic Republic of HIV/ AIDS 70 Jamshidi Iran IRA /HEP Aalosaimi, Knowlegde and sexual practices among long-distance 7 1 Abduilnh Nagi truck drivers in Yemen YBM HIVIAIDS Impact of community-based intervention of immunization on the health of women and children under-5 years of age in a model research village of 72 Akhtar, Tnsleem Peshawar, Pakistan PAK VPI I Possibilities of hepatitis B virus vertical transmission from infected Egyptian pregnant women to their 73 Ismaeil, Amany newborn hahies EGY HEP Early detection of patterns of Leislrr~lrinindonuvarli in south-west Sudan: Immune surveillance and 75 Sharief. ahdalla geographic i nfor n~ationsystem approacli S1JD 1 .ETSFl Testing the scnsitivity and speciricity of the Hassan. Saad El- tluoresce~~ccmicroscope (CyscopeO} for malaria 76 [>in diilgnoclc in enstern Sudan SllD MAI, rZssessmcnt or gluut,se-6-phosphutc dchydrogcnasc level in patients with fiilciparum malaria parasite 77 A1 Shuga'a, Esharn infection in Ibb Governorate, Yemcn Y EM MAL 1 S~uillzson ilijcction safcty: profile in different settings, determinants of unsafc injections, waste ~nanagementprotocols. integration with other Yousof~ai,Abdul programmes dealing &ith injection safcty, c.g. 7 9 Wall 1-1IVIAlUS AFC; VPI - ..". Abd A11a11, Field trials for control of malaria vector in a high-rihk 82 Salwa area, Ehshway- province,- - -. Fayoum- govcrntwate, Egypt EGY MAL Rift Vallcy frver risk factors asscssmcnt among Elduma, Adel slnughtcr house ant1 animal farm workers in 83 Hussein Khartoum State, Sudan SUD RVF Assessment or paticnt rctcntion in ART ceritrex in 84 Flimam, Ali Hassan Khartoum Sti~tein the period from Junc to Ilecember SUD MAL Molecular epidemiology of human immunndeficicnuy vil-us (HIV) in the South Darfur 85 Eltahir. Yassir area SUD HIV/AIDS Saleem. Stlgma and discrim~ni~tionagainst people living with 86 Moharn~necl HIV/AIDS PAK lI1VlhIL)S Monitoring the nature and outcomes of antiretrovirnl All3 Agabo, Nour treatment in children at the 0MAC:I.J centre In 87 Elhouda Omdurmnn Teaching Hospital in Sudan SIJJI FIIVIAIDS - -.A Conrml of leishmaniasis in Sudan: thc rule of post- k:!la-azar [krr~~nlIcish~t~n~liasis in transmission of Lei.~/znlnr~rclurlo~~arli inside villages in a focus of 88 Hassnn. Mo;~wia visccral Irishrnaniasis in eastern Sudan SUL) LEISkI -. Oropharyngenl carriage of I-lcrcrr~uphilrrsit;fl~rerl:cie 89 SaleIi, Doa type B in hcalthy Egyptian children EC;Y V t'l

, , 90 , K~fiee'I'abatabaei, Detect1011of serocr~~~vcrsionrate to MMR vaccine in IKA VPl WHO-EMITDRIO 12E Page 36

Scdighch Iranian children using BLlS A assay Detection of waning rare to MMR vaccine in lranian 9 1 Karirni, Ahdollah children using ELISA assay IRA V PI Cornparision of two methods of diagnnsis r)f pcriphcral blond smear (PBS) and polymerase chain reaction (PCH) of asymptomatic mataria in students between 7and 11 year olds in the Ghale Ganj area of 93 Kilrimi, AbdnlIah Kerman in the Islamic Republic of Iran IK A MRL Study on ST1 care-seeking behaviours among women 94 Makki, Marghani aged 1549 years, Khartoum SUD ST1 Assessment of the magnitude, causes and effect of under-reporting of tuberculosis patients to the 96 Abdelghni, Sara national tuberculosis programme in Khartoum State SUD TB Evaluation of simple rapid bedside tests for 97 Hafez, S hereen diagnosing... . acute bacterial meningitis EGY MEN Evaluation of micruscopic obscl-vnt~ondrug susucptihility (MODS) assay in thc diiignosls of

98 R.c~hhli~n. . , 0ssi1mi1 multidrug-rcsistunt Tt3 (MIIR-TR) EGY 1' B Saszn, Prevalence of pertussis in infints and chlldren in 99 Moham~nadsueed Mash had IK A -. v PI Frequency of Fihs Ag screening in pregnnnc y and thc Sasnn, status of hepatitis t3 prophylaxis for neonates of 100 Mohammadsaeed hepatitts 8-lnfected mothers in Mashhad IKA v PI -...... - -- - .. -. .. .- , , -.- - --. -- -. -. -- . Scro~urveilli~nccof measlcs among vnccinn~ed 101 Chnnna. Raficliie children in Islamabad and Kawalpindi P AK VI'I Introduction oTa Iounlly-produced tlircct agglutini~~iontest (DA?') to Omdurmnn hosp~tnIsfor the diagnosis of visceral leishm:~niaslsin rekrrcd 103 El-Hussein, Durria infantile cases SlJ[l 1,liISII r;valuatin:: rhc ncw rK39 IIIAMED ICT tcst for field I():\ hqukhtar. Moawa dingnosis of visceral leishmantas~sin eastern Sudari SUD 1,EISfl 107 AlSo~boli,Nalln Pertussis serosurvey in Ycmeni childrcri YEM VPI The effects of the envlronrnent on the distrlhution of 108 All:nkih, Khnlld epidemic drseases in Mahweet Governnte, Yemen YEM 1NT: -. -- .- - ..- . Predictive vaIue of in vitro sensitivity assay in assessment of response of PI(~anorli~tntfnlcipfir~t~~r to I I0 Ahmed. Omaima ncw lincs oT treatment in Sudan SVD MAL Rotavirus infection among Palestinian uhildl-en in thr 11 1 Abuhhomar, Reerr1 Gaza Strip PAT, VPI The long-term evaluation of i~ntibodyresponse tu the polysaccharide meningococcnl vacci t~ein patients I IS REZAEI, Nimi~ with colnmon variable immunodeficiency IRA VPI Sero-epidem~ologicalstudy of leptospirosis in f;lrrners, animal husbandry workers, slaughterhuusc Frxhang, Daba workers, miners and fishermen in Mazandnran 115 Mahrnoudi province in 2008 . IRA Ll JPT The prevalence and risk factors for hepatitis B and C 1 10 virr~sesamnng blood donors in Sa'atlah city. Yemen YKV Amer, [brahim -- -. . Evaluation of health care workcrs' knowledge and 1 17 K;~mcl,SaIw.1 praclice towai,J irijectiori safety in hcnlth uarc E(.i Y W HO-EMITDRIO 12/E Page 37

facilities in Cairo, Egypt The geographicai and seasonaI distr~butionof vectors of sandfly virus fever in Lebanon and its potential for 1 18 Knio, Khouzama control and prevention LEB T,ElSH Spatiotemporal distribution of knockdown resistance in the malaria vectors Anophele.~~lruhiensi.~ from 120 Ilimeidan, Yuusscf Sudan SIID M AL Anaam. Factor analysis and cost evaluation nf relapse cases 122 Mohammed of TI3 in urban areas of Yemen YBM TB Socioecr,namic status of tuberculosis patients Dabwan, attending the National Tuberculosis Institute in 123 1 Ahdulsalam Sann'a, 2008 YEM TR Molecular analysis for host-blood feeding prcfererves and natural infection of sandflies with Oshagi, Leislzmnnia .~pp.in nr,rthcastcrn Islamic Repuhlrc of 124 Mohammed Iran IRA VC' Laboratory-based surveillance of Borcle~ellr;pcrriissls III Mangoory, and parapertussis in Grcatcl- Darliu- and other rural 127 Mutasim Mustafa areas, Sudan SI.!I> VPI Kik factors of hepatitis R virus infection among 128 Ahu Ali. Khalcd women of reproductive age in nr>rtliertiGaza in 2007 PAI, HEP Assessing the role of rc-activating the rntersecloral collahorntion in Ietshmnnins~scontrol In Ilamnscus 129 , Shci kh- Ali. Halla and rural Damascus SYR LEISH

Miipping i111dest~rnat~ng the size of the high-risk populat~onrn Nowshcra district, North-west Frontier 130 Aft-idi, Nassim Province P AK HIVIAIDS Characteristics of tuberculosis rclapsc cases in Rabat, 131 ElAound,Kajae Morocco: a possibie cause of' ongoing transmission MOR T I3 -- . - -- .- . 'I'he impact of "Tuberculosis Suspcct Dny" on ~uberculosisriotificativn rates in Daknhlia and 1 2 Llmoghazy, Essam Ismilelia gclvernorates in 2008, an intervention study EGY TB . . .. , . , . .. , .. Prevalence of IIIV infection and pathways tn HIV care among tuberculosis cases enrolled in DOTS 133 Cialal, Amal settings in Egypt in 2008 EGY ?' U I'.~~vn-rmalaria: Population genetics and markers of Beg, Moharnmad medicine resistance in an endemic region and its rolc 134 Asim in policy formulation PAK MAL Samejo, Comprehensive study on the benefits and weaknesses Muhammad of the DOTS programme in Dndu district, Sindh, 135 liamzan Pakistan I' AK TU Study on polymorphism in l'lns~?~ndiri~~~vivnx ookinct surface antigen, van Willebrand factor A dorndin- relatcd pro~cin(PvWARP) from field isoIates in Islamic Kcpublic of Iran: new target for blocking 139 Ciholizadeh. Saber mal:iria transmissirln IRA M AI, KPLP study of health care providers on DOTS 140 Shalahy, Siifyna7 stratcgy in thc management of tuberculosis EGY TB Frequency of B. pertrtssis isolated from r~utpatienl 143 adult population wit11 pertussis-like ct~ughin West IRA VP I

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methods in health care settings in rhc North-west Zone of Somal~a Rubella serosusceptibility among adolescent 178 Husein, Mohamed Egyptian males EGY VPI Detection and identification of sandfly vectr~r(s)and reservoir host(s) in an re-emerging focus of visceral 179 Widaa, Sally leishmaniasis in the White Nile State, Sudan SUD LElSH Taqavian, Effect of pH and storage tempera~ureon the potency 180 Mohammad of oral polio vaccine 1KA POL Application OF remote sensing and geographical informatir,n system fir forecasting Rirt Vallcy fever 18 1 Williitm, Mamjou in Central Sudan "Case study Greater Khartoum" SUD RVF Uiagnosis of bovine tuberculosis using mnlecular techniquc in Gczira Statc slaughterhr)uscs, Central 182 Gasmelseed, Nagla Sudan SUI) 'TB Research on how to improve TB casc detectiot~rates Hersi, Abdirjzak ~npublic and private health facilities in the North- 183 Ahshir cast %one of Sotnalia SOM 'I'B Rhaj:w~i, Determination of predictive signs of visuernl I86 Mohnmed leishrnaniasis for early detection MOR LETS[ T -- . .- .. - - Assessrner~tc~f ar~tiretrtlviral the^ i~pyand oi~tcomesin Ahd Blladil, AIDS patients in VCT centres 2005-2009 in the 187 Kawthar Osman middle zone of Sudan SI,~ HTV/AII)S ", 188 1 Khnled. Snrnirs Cutaneous lcishrnaniusis '1'IJN 1,CitSI I .- Ficld cralt~iitionof lil)-13A'I.. yK39 dipstick and KAtex for the diagnos~sof visceral 1eishm;lniasic and Gandapur. hbdus i~scornpal-ison with hone rnarrr)wllymph node 189 Salarn Khan aspiri~tesin tlazara Ulvlsir~n,Pak~stan PAK LEIS11 -- . .-. .. Ekaluation of HIVIAIDS voluntary counszlling and 190 Hshir, Abdel Kader testing services in Khnrtoi~~nStatc 2008 SIJII IIIV/AIDS -. . .. -- . i210sain~i,Abdullah Krwwlegdc and scxu;ll pri~utizc.;aintmg long-distance IIIV/IZIDS I95 Nagi t~wk~I~~IvzT~ 111 Yemen YEM ISTI -. - Health care system or patients'! 'l'he cause fur dclays AhduIlah Nagi, in tuberculosis puticnts ohtnini ng health cilrc in Yenlcn: n cross-scctirmal study -. 136 . Alosi~imi YEM TI3 1 Abaaimi, AMullah Mapping and st~udyingrisk behilviour among hardto- HIVIAIIIS 197 Nagi reach populations: ~cmulcscx wot-kcl-sin Yc~rien IS'I'U -. YEM ITlV PrcvaIence, Knowledge, Attitudes nnd Elrashicd, Behnviours among men having sex with mcn in 199 Snyedgoth ~Mustafn Knss;ll;t State SUD HlV/AIl)S Social mob~lizntionfor incrcasing coverage of 'I"1 v;iccine for the prevention and control of maternal and ~leonataltetanus io thc community of Union 200 Kolachi. Husv~in Council in Ruri~lSindh PAK VP~

Hole of voluntary counselling and testing serviccs ah evaluating quality of hervices and clien~satisfr~ct~on; effect ol'tcsting and ct~unsellingon nttitiidcs and 201 hlarlprio,N;iwah hchav~clursof clients in Sindh, Pakistan PAX HIV/AII>S Ka7.1. Rirjces Evaluation of current surveill:u~ce mec hariisms Tor influenza-li ke ~llnessa1 Isl;~rnith~~d PAK INF WHO-EMITDW0121E Page 40 - Buriro. C;hullam 205 Murtaza Sindh HIVIAIDS research (SHARP) PAK HIVINDS Correlation of ecological and environmental factors for transmission of epidemic arboviral disease Ahmed, Asrnaa (dengue fever, yellow fever, Rift Valley fever and 207 Almakki Ebola), during the last 35 years in Sudan SUD VHF Studying STUHIV care-seeking behaviours among high-risk prcgnanl womcn in an urban setting of 208 Zareen, AmtuHah Punjab, Pakistan PAK HIVISTI Use of geographical information systems to determine the ecological risk factors of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in N-Gweira and Al-Dessa 210 Hajawi, Bassam districts, Aqaba governorate, Jordan JOR LEISH Ismnil. Ahmed Latent TI3 infection among new arrivals to Qatar: 2 1 1 1sm:til insight from a new tool in TB control TB Sarasgunl, Dctc~.minationof thc lcvcl of nutritional clc~ncntsin 2 12 Mohi~rnarlrezil Iranian patients of visceral leishtnanincis IRA LLlSH Evaluation of pulmonary tuberculosis management In 'I'BIHIV co-infected patients receiving nntiretroviral treat~nent1,efet-red to the HIV centrc in O~ndurnla~i 2 13 Ahmcd, S~IW.;;!~ Tcaching Hospital SUD TBIHIV Phylogenetic study of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fcvcr virus genome cxtl-i~ctedfrom ticks existing in Isfihan province, central region of Islamic Republic 216 Ut~inikiu-,S;tdcgh of Iran 1KA CCE'H .-. .- - .-. - - ,- A comprehensive survcy of TB patients in the city of S;~mi~withitntl surrounding villiiges, prisons ar~d hospitiils, ;inti a preview of environmental 222 Rnshcir. Dhiift.1- questionnaire sites current injury TB - - . -. ..- . IRQ Micro-alhuminuria as ;I marker of subtle renal ~rgury 223 Elnogotni. Nuha in Siidi~nehevisceral leishmanra~ispatients SLID LEISH Uiobchaviournl si~rveillnncetowards HIV/AlIIS Niieik, Muhilrak itmtjng strect children livirly in Wad ,Medani town, 225 hnssnn Cczira State, Sudi~n SIID IIIVINDS .. .. -.- Ismail. Mol~ar~led Study of the prevalence ofriscera1 leishmaniasis in 226 'I'ahir rural Harnn and Tartous in thc Syrian Arab Republic SYR LEISH KAI' study in Iitdy hcalth wurkers' coverage area regarding the awareness of women ofchildhcaring 227 Sahih. Farah age of' STIS P AK ST1 Active surveillanuc of human papilloma virus among Iraqi wumcn ngcd 2H0with sexually transmitted 7-20 Alshammari, Faeza infections IkQ VPI Evaluation of the effectiveness uf targctcd Mc ~savi-Jarrhi, vaccinntlon with the meningococcal polysaccharide 230 ill1re7.:1 A and C vaccrnc in Iran IRA VPT Detection of serotypes of group A rotavirus in 23 1 i2bou%ck~-i,Mona dell ydrating diarrhoea in Egyptian children EGY VPI Screening for sexually transmitted infectior~sarrlclng femnlc prostitutes and illicit drug users in Sfax, 233 Zrihi. Moha~riecl Tunisia -- -. - W HO-EWTDRIO 1 21E Page 4 1 - Study of the environmental and biological characteristics of the sandfly in El Daywanya 235 Haiawi, Abbas governorate, Iraq NQ LEISH Assessing the problems of providing services to TB patients from the point of view of patients in the 237 Azadi, Mojgan Islamic Republic of Iran (in two provinces) IRA TB lnfluenza vaccination in day carc children: Ahmednezhad, randomized clinical controlled trial in Urmi~C,ity, 239 Elham Islamic Rcpublic of Irin, 2008-2009 IRA VPI '['he impact of early detection of sexually transmitted El'l'igani Harnza, infections on HIV prevention: study in Khartoum 240 Omer 1 state sohuols, 2008-2009 S UI> ST1 Spoligotyping of Mycobnr.terirr~nt~thero~~~osis DNA Rama~anzadeh, isolated from Ziehl-Neelsen-stained sputum smears 243 Rashid in some provinces of the Islamic Republic of Iran IRA TR Corriparis~~nof virological scvcri~yof hepatitis C HEPIHIVI A7.i~Qazi. Kizwan vlrus nmong tilV and non-ItTV infcctcd patrcnts IRiZ AIDS 244.- 1)eterrnlning the seropreralence of rubella IgCi and IgM antibodies in women of childbearing age In 245 1lrts~~ain, Seema I.ahorc disrricl, PithisLi~rl PiZK VPl The role of the malaria jingle throughout school ages 111 sc3li1igUII usage of I'I'Ns in Kos~itown in White 236 Ihri~hirn,Rt~dwan Nilc Statc in 3008 SUU MA]. I Diagnostic delay in iaherci~losis:~isrocii~tcd fi~rlors. etfect on dlsence transrnlsslo~land its economic 254 Aldhuhhi~r~i,Arlel ~rnpact YEM TR .- - -, .- .- . -- Screening for human p:ipilloma virus in cervical swabs as n predictor of cervical ci~rcinomanmong Egyptian wwmcn EtiY VPI 25h BlkaI'flist~,Dalal - -- .-. . . -. Idcntiryinp factors which ri~cilitiateor curlstrairl adherence to !\KT therapy among :~dultARV users in 258 Al Shotet-i, Sheikh Ycinen YEM IIIVIAIDS Axsc.;smeni of V(7T centrcr; and dcvclop~ncntof 11ollcy imp1icntir)ns frlr sustainaibility and 259 Rash~d,rilmas continuation of services P AK HIVIrIIDS - -- . , .. - .. - . - A population-hascd survey rlf thc ouuurrencc of 262 'T;~lrejn.Knnaya I dcnguc fever in FIydcrnhad PAK VClI; USCof I'CK technique for the dragnosis of Plasmodiunl infect ioll in Dohuk governorate, 263 Al-i3aynt1, Saad Kurdisiun rcgion, Iraq IRQ MA[, PI-iratehector conrribution to chiIdhood Mashiil, immunization in Kabul, Afghanistan: evidence from 264 hIoharr~rrlirtlTaufiq a cross-sectional survey AFG VP~ Prevalence of oncogeniu strains of human papilloma 26.5 Nttwi~~,Fii~/.ia vir,us in a suhsct or Pakistani womcn P AK VPT HIV Prcvnlcnuc, Knowledge, Att~t~ldcsand Abelr\al, Nahla Uehavioiirs anlong female nurses and sex wrlrkel-s in 267 Ahdel Hnrneed Khartou~nState S~JD I IIV/.4TL>S W HO-EM/TDR/O1 2E Page 42

Annex 5

EVALUATION SHEET FOR THE PROPOSALS

FIFTEENTH ROUND 2008 EMROT TDH SMALL GRANTS SCHEME FOR OPERATIONAL RESEARCH IN TROPICAL AND OTIIER COMMUNICABLE DISEASES EVALUATION SHEET Score (I best, 4 worst) EVALUATION ITEMS 1 2 3 4 1. Importance of the study subject, its innovation and public hcalth impnrtance for the cr)untt-y. 2. General technical considerations: study methods adequate and detailed, methods fulfilling the objectives, and feasibility of the study.-- Summation sctm (3 Ir) 8) -- Final score (I to 4)= sutnmation score/ 2 items (to he also put in the header box) " -

lT your summation score is > 5 please write genct-a1 commenls (1 or 2 paragraphs) justifying why you did not suppoi-t the study.

Tf your summalion score is =<5, please write technical comments about the rollowing items, expressing your approval or disapproval and what are your suggestions for improvcmcnt/modificalions. Please note that thesc spccific technical considerations arc si~b~jectto modifications and any perceived wcakness in one oP these ilems is not considered a reason for rejecting the protocol. Your cornrncnts will be included in the letter of acccpiance/rejectinn for finalization of the protocol, in case of acceptance, or providing guidance for future proposal development if the project is not selected for funding by lhe selection committee.

Specific technical Adequate Suggested modifications considerations YES NU 1. Title of project -. 2. Study backgrtji~nd 3. Objeutivcs of thc study 1. Mater-~al:,ar~d method>

.St~~dy(1 reli/.w!fit~,y

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Spccific tcchnical Adequate Suggested modifications considerations Yes No 5. Implications of study results on diseusr contrul 6. References 7. Ethics 8. Timetable 9. Budget Other comments: (Plcase use extra pages, as deemed necessary)