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Estimating the Global Burden of Diarrheal Diseases

Supports teams producing country-level estimates of major diarrheal diseases to inform global health planning and child health priorities.

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The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's Grand Challenges initiative issued an RFP titled "Estimating the Global Burden of Diarrheal Diseases" to fund high-quality research generating country-specific disease burden estimates for 2025. The challenge is housed under the Grand Challenges platform and administered through the Foundation's grant portal at submit.gatesfoundation.org. Applications were d…

Research generating minimum country-specific 2025 burden estimates for eight diarrheal pathogens — rotavirus, Shigella, adenovirus, norovirus, ST-ETEC, cholera, Cryptosporidium, and Campylobacter — with emphasis on under-five child mortality in LMICs.

CycleiHow often this grant runs - e.g. annually, on a rolling basis, or a one-off call.One-off
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Project durationiHow long the funded work is expected to run.1–24 months
Award typeiThe form of funding - grant, equity, loan, tax credit, etc.Grant
Match fundingiThe share of project costs you must cover yourself. 0% = fully funded.0%
Funding pooliThe total budget available across all awards in this round.-

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