Grand Challenges in Global Mental Health: Integrating Mental Health into Chronic Disease Care Provision in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
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a) The development or optimization of the components of integrated care models with potentially high impact for the improvement of patient- and system-level outcomes.

b) The evaluation of the effectiveness of care in low and middle-income countries.

c) The determination of how integrated care compares with usual care.

d) The assessment of the feasibility of scale-up and implementation of pre-existing effective interventions for the management of mental illness and co-morbid chronic diseases.

In order to support the realization of this objectives, the NIH and the NIMH are set to administer funds in the amount of $2,000,000.

The institutions and organizations that will be considered eligible to submit an application under this program are the following:

a) Higher Education Institutions such as Public/State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education and Private Institutions of Higher Education

b) Hispanic-serving Institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs), Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions

c) Nonprofit organizations other than institutions of higher education

d) For-Profit Organizations such as Small Businesses

e) State Governments, County Governments, City or Township Governments, Special District Governments, Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized), and Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Other than Federally Recognized)

f) Independent School Districts, Public Housing Authorities/Indian Housing Authorities, Native American Tribal Organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Faith-based or Community-based Organizations, and Regional Organizations.

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