Lung Diseases

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Find out more about the projects funded through the Lung Diseases call.

Third GACD Funding Call – Prevention and Management of Chronic Lung Diseases

This initiative (Prevention and Management of Chronic Lung Diseases) focused on research in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and/or with underserved populations in high-income countries (HICs), including Indigenous Populations.

Proposals had to focus on chronic, non-communicable lung diseases and have an emphasis on research into implementation of prevention and/or management strategies derived from existing knowledge and research. While the primary focus of the initiative was on NCDs such as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Lung Cancer or Asthma, studies could also address infectious co-morbidities where these were prevalent in the study location.

Programme objectives

The long term goal was for the results of projects supported by this funding opportunity to provide healthcare providers and decision-makers with the scientific evidence to implement effective programs that would:

address chronic lung diseases that have environmental exposures such as indoor, outdoor and occupational air pollution, and /or smoking, as a major risk factor.
inform implementation and enable scale-up of larger programs (including related policies in health and other sectors) at local, national and regional levels

Call text

Download the common call text agreed by the members of the GACD.

Funding agencies

The following funding agencies took part in the Lung Diseases call:

Outcomes

A total of seventeen projects were funded through the Lung Diseases call.
You can also take a look at some of the publications and outputs from the projects funded through the Lung Diseases call here.