Population Center Receives New $180 Million Grant
UNC’s Carolina Population Center has received a five-year, $180 million award for its MEASURE Evaluation project, evaluating health, poverty and gender programs worldwide.
The award, from the U.S. Agency for International Development, is the second-largest ever received by the University and supports the fourth phase of an effort begun in 1997.
In 2008, the population center also attracted the University’s largest award ever, for the third phase of the massive project that supports public health efforts throughout the world, particularly addressing HIV and AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis.
With possible associate awards from USAID missions and bureaus in other countries, the total award could grow to more than $300 million.
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“MEASURE Evaluation has played a key role in an incredibly successful international effort to bend the epidemic curve. The global community has taken what was an upward trajectory for AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis and turned it into a downward one,” Project Director Jim C. Thomas, Ph.D., an associate professor of epidemiology in UNC’s Gillings School of Global Public Health, said in a statement. “As we continue to address global health issues, we are honored to be entrusted by USAID to carry on the work of MEASURE Evaluation, and we look forward to a strong partnership with USAID for years to come.”
Chancellor Carol Folt said MEASURE Evaluation has received nearly $600 million in federal funding over the last 17 years.
“This funding is a direct result of the talented and hard-working team of researchers, faculty and students behind the project,” she said.
To date, MEASURE Evaluation has focused on building the foundations and capacity to enable monitoring and evaluation in developing countries. The goal of Phase IV is to sustain that work and strengthen systems in the host countries to provide the best information for those deciding health care policy.
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