MASCOT

Multilateral Association for Studying health inequalities and enhancing north-south and south-south COoperaTion

Coordinatore	COUNCIL ON HEALTH RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION    more  Organization address address: RUE DE CORNAVIN 11 city: GENEVE postcode: 1201 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Thierry Cognome: Delachaux Email: send email Telefono: +41 22 591 89 00
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Switzerland [CH]
Totale costo	2˙289˙335 €
EC contributo	1˙999˙895 €
Programma	FP7-HEALTH Specific Programme "Cooperation": Health
Code Call	FP7-HEALTH-2011-single-stage
Funding Scheme	CSA-CA
Anno di inizio	2011
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2011-10-01   -   2014-03-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	COUNCIL ON HEALTH RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION  Organization address address: RUE DE CORNAVIN 11 city: GENEVE postcode: 1201 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Thierry Cognome: Delachaux Email: send email Telefono: +41 22 591 89 00	CH (GENEVE)	coordinator	435˙529.00
2	EUROQUALITY SARL  Organization address address: Rue de l'Isly 8 city: PARIS postcode: 75008 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Marc Cognome: Ponsar Email: send email Telefono: +33 1 44 69 99 80 Fax: +33 1 44 69 99 81	FR (PARIS)	participant	238˙132.00
3	UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND JOHANNESBURG  Organization address address: JAN SMUTS AVENUE 1 city: JOHANNESBURG postcode: 2001 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Thembi Cognome: Tshabalala Email: send email Telefono: +27 11 717 3423 Fax: +27 11 717 3429	ZA (JOHANNESBURG)	participant	211˙432.00
4	HEALTH ACTION PARTNERSHIP INTERNATIONAL C.I.C  Organization address address: TAVISTOCK HOUSE -ENTRANCE B- TAVISTOCK SQUARE city: LONDON postcode: WC1H 9HX contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Chris Cognome: Brookes Email: send email Telefono: +44 20 73 83 90 11 Fax: +44 20 73839019	UK (LONDON)	participant	205˙120.00
5	SOCIEDADE PORTUGUESA DE INOVACAO - CONSULTADORIA EMPRESARIAL E FOMENTO DA INOVACAO S.A.  Organization address address: AVENIDA MARECHAL GOMES DA COSTA 1376 city: PORTO postcode: 4150-356 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Mónica Cognome: Coelho Email: send email Telefono: +351 226076400 Fax: +351 226099164	PT (PORTO)	participant	202˙491.00
6	FUNDACION INSTITUTO CENTRO AMERICANO DE SALUD INTERNATIONAL  Organization address address: CALLES 35 Y 37 AVENIDA 7 BARRIO ESCALANTE city: SAN JOSE postcode: 10101 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Mario Cognome: Tristan Email: send email Telefono: +506 22 27 65 64 Fax: +506 22 34 63 54	CR (SAN JOSE)	participant	195˙542.00
7	INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PUBLICA  Organization address address: Av. Universidad 655 city: CUERNAVACA MORELOS postcode: 62100 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: José Ignacio Cognome: Domínguez Castillo Email: send email Telefono: +52 777 101 29 24	MX (CUERNAVACA MORELOS)	participant	148˙195.00
8	UNIVERSITY OF GHANA  Organization address address: "Mile 11, Dodowa Road" city: LEGON-ACCRA postcode: N/A contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Fred Newton Cognome: Binka Email: send email Telefono: +233 24 31 38 376	GH (LEGON-ACCRA)	participant	99˙230.00
9	UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE LA SANTISIMA CONCEPCION  Organization address address: CAUPOLICAN 491 city: CONCEPCION postcode: 4070129 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Mariella Andrea Cognome: Gutiérrez Email: send email Telefono: +56 41 2345493 Fax: +56 41 2345493	CL (CONCEPCION)	participant	93˙090.00
10	HOPITAL FARHAT HACHED DE SOUSSE  Organization address address: AVENUE IBN EL JAZZAR city: SOUSSE postcode: 4000 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Mohamed Faouzi Cognome: Kraiem Email: send email Telefono: +216 7 3221411 Fax: +216 7 3226702	TN (SOUSSE)	participant	85˙600.00
11	NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH  Organization address address: Ocean Road - Luthuli Street 2488 city: DAR ES SALAAM contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Mwelecela Ntuli Cognome: Malecela Email: send email Telefono: +255 78 43 33 444	TZ (DAR ES SALAAM)	participant	85˙534.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Inequalities and vulnerable groups’ health, as well as the slow advances to achieve the health- related Millennium Development Goals, are concerns that need to be addressed, notably for low and middle-income countries. While some countries have made advances, these remain unknown to other ones which could still benefit from their experience. Higher collaboration could help but is quite difficult to achieve. The MASCOT project gathers therefore 11 partners from 3 geographical areas (Europe, Latin America & Africa), an advisory board and additional relevant experts to answer this problematic. The work is specifically designed to achieve defined objectives: - to create links between North-South and South-South efforts in addressing maternal and child health and health inequalities (MCH&I) in developing countries - to provide evidence on best practice and policy advice for the development of future public health and health systems interventions. Following a first step of standardisation and quality control procedures, the project will implement mapping activities in individual countries of the 3 regions of interest in order to assess the current situation of MCH inequalities, to identify institutions and research teams performing research in this area, to detect promising projects and research results as well as strategies, programs and policies implemented to tackle MCH inequalities. This will result in recommendations of best practices and policy advice to countries willing to implement actions to improve MCH&I. An important part of the work will also stimulate multi-lateral collaboration and knowledge transfer as a key activity of MASCOT. All along the project, different tools such as meetings, workshops, partnering event, website, and brochures will be used to communicate and promote the exchange between health stakeholders and policy-makers. Ultimately MASCOT should thus allow reducing gaps in health inequalities between and within different regions of the world.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

Health infrastructure, policies and programmes vary greatly from country to country. An EU initiative set out to reduce gaps in health inequalities between and within different world regions through cooperation and knowledge transfer.

Descrizione progetto (Article)

The world now has unprecedented inequality in terms of access to health services, and this concerns authorities around the globe.

To tackle these disparities, the EU-funded http://www.mascotfp7.eu (MASCOT) project fostered better coordination mechanisms between Africa, Europe and South America to identify and carry out suitable and effective country-specific strategies.

MASCOT focused on several goals. It aimed to analyse various current national health research systems, and to improve incorporation of research results into policy design. It sought to identify successful strategies that might lead to effective policies, and to propose and share policy recommendations. Project members also endeavoured to enhance the transfer of knowledge between regions and countries.

Work began with an assessment of the present health research situation, including maternal and child health (MCH), in 11 countries of the study regions. The project mapped national teams and institutions working in the field. This work identified promising projects and research results, implemented strategies, programmes and policies, and revealed how the disparate research efforts interact and coordinate. The outcome of these investigations comprises reports for each country and region.

The project produced strategy briefs for each of the 11 countries that contained effective country-specific strategies for MCH issues.

A decision-support tool was set up to provide access to all the MCH data. The online platform will enable stakeholders to identify the status of health inequalities in the three regions.

Thanks to MASCOT, countries in need of better health and health services for children, adolescents and mothers will be able to benefit from proven, effective policies implemented elsewhere.