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1 The International Alcohol Control Study in Vietnam 9,900 Viet Nam Asia Hanoi School of Public Health Evaluating alcohol control policies in Peru and St. Kitts and Nevis 454,400 Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis LAC 1) Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia 2) National Council on Drug Abuse Prevention The impact of price, tax and advertising policies on alcohol use in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Peru 251,500 Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Peru LAC Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez and harm reduction policies in Lebanon Evaluating the effectiveness of the Western Cape Liquor Act in Khayelitsha 260,800 Lebanon MENA American University of Beirut 287,900 South SSA University of Cape Town Evaluating alcohol control policies in South 407,100 South SSA South n Medical Research Council Studying alcohol pricing and taxation policies in India 235,300 India Asia Public Health Foundation of India 18 Public health implications of alcohol industry corporate social responsibility programs (Latin America) 359,300 Latin America LAC 1) Fundação de Apoio à Universidade Federal de São Paulo 2)Directorio of Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones CientÍficas y Técnicas 3) Junta Nacional de Drogas de Ia Presidencia de Ia República Oriental del Uruguay

2 Diet-related policy options in Pakistan to promote the intake of healthy foods 27,000 Pakistan Asia The Trustees of Center for Policy, Research and Sustainable Development (CPRSD) 9 Population-wide dietary salt reduction: Evidence from the Americas 50,600 Americas LAC Pan American Health Organization Influence of food packaging on children's energydense snack food preferences in Guatemala 106,800 Guatemala LAC Fundación Aldo Castañeda Monitoring and evaluation of front-of-packing nutrition labelling in Mexico 165,900 Mexico LAC Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública Examining the link between television and unhealthy eating among children in Peru 215,000 Peru LAC Instituto de Estudios Peruanos The effectiveness of Brazilian public policies that address unhealthy diets 234,600 Brazil LAC Brazilian Institute for Consumer Protection Implementation of a population-wide program to reduce salt/sodium consumption in Costa Rica 284,190 Costa Rica LAC 1) Fundación de la Universidad de Costa Rica para la Investigación 2) The Governing Council of the University of Toronto 48 Delivering healthy diets to low income families through community kitchens (Peru) 302,700 Peru LAC Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia Grenada School Nutrition Study: Evidence to Inform Policy 304,000 Grenada LAC Windward Islands Research & Education Foundation Grenada Inc.

3 NCDP Research Projects and Research Supported Projects (June December 2013) Assessing the of Current National Policies to Reduce Salt and Trans-fatty Acids in Argentina Research partnerships for child nutrition in 35,900 Testing interventions to influence dietary decisions amonst black women in South 431,600 Argentina LAC Ghana, Kenya, Zambia SSA 1) Fundación Interamericana del Corazón-Argentina 2) Centro de Estudios de Estado y Sociedad 3) IECS - Instituto de Efectividad Clinica Y Sanitaria Asociacion Civil n Institute for Health and Development (AIHD) 37,100 South SSA University of Cape Town 6 6 The economic and health impacts of legislative fiscal policies to improve nutrition in South 265,800 South SSA Wits Health Consortium (Proprietary) Ltd. Food advertising to children in Argentinean television 258,800 Argentina LAC Fundación InterAmericana del Corazón 30 Refocusing urban planning policies to improve physical activity and healthy eating in Vietnam 25,200 Viet Nam Asia HealthBridge Foundation of Canada 6 Comparison of fiscal and regulatory policies to prevent non-communicable diseases in India 139,600 India Asia 1) The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University 2) Public Health Foundation of India Beyond the UN meeting: meeting the commitments on non-communicable diseases 106,900 Global Global National Heart Forum 12

4 Building the field of research on noncommunicable disease policy - Conference Support 233,330 Global Global 1) Interamerican Heart Foundation, Inc. 2) Ethiopian Public Health Association 3) Canadian Society for International Health/Société canadienne pour la santé internationale 4)The University of York 21 Engagement of researchers for global knowledge, cooperation and program planning for noncommunicable disease prevention Chronic Disease Control Research Fellowship Program (Guatemala) 300,000 Global Global 1) President and Fellows of Harvard College 2) Public Health Foundation of India 2,700 Guatemala LAC Fundación Aldo Castañeda Technical meeting on research priorities on noncommunicable diseases in Eastern/Southern 68,930 SSA n Institute for Health and Development (AIHD) 5 Multi-sectoral action for non-communicable disease prevention in Sub-Saharan 1,702,000 Sub-Saharan SSA n Population and Health Research Centre 48 Assessing the attitudes and practices of public health professionals regarding funding from forprofit corporations 299,500 Global Global American University of Beirut Physical activity Assessment of physical activity and active transport among school children in Sub-Saharan : Development of a research framework 16,000 Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria SSA Kenyatta University 4 Physical activity How to access funding for non-communicable disease prevention in? The case of Ghana 62,000 Ghana SSA Ghana Health Service 18

5 Physical activity Assessment of physical activity and active transport among school children in Kenya, Nigeria, and Mozambique 449,200 Kenya, Nigeria, Mozambique SSA Kenyatta University Research on health costs of smoking in Cambodia 14,800 Cambodia Asia Cambodia Movement for Health (CMH) 12 Bangladesh Dissemination Workshop on the of Tobacco Cultivation 29,980 Bangladesh Asia Policy Research for Development Alternatives, UBINIG 13 Revenue and health impacts of restructuring tobacco excise tax in the Philippines 90,200 Philippines Asia Action for Economic Reforms, Inc. 14 of tobacco tax and price policies on tobacco use in China 101,400 China Asia University of International Business and Economics Health costs attributable to smoking in Viet Nam 186,450 Viet Nam Asia HealthBridge Foundation of Canada 27 Options for diversification in tobacco farming, bidi rolling and tendu leaf plucking (India) 200,500 India Asia Centre for Multi-Disciplinary Development Research 18 Health impacts of tobacco cultivation in Bangladesh 254,700 Bangladesh Asia Policy Research for Development Alternatives, UBINIG Evaluation of Tobacco Control Policies in Bangladesh 565,111 Bangladesh Asia 1) University of Dhaka 2) University of Waterloo 47 Evaluation of an integrated intervention to stop tobacco use among suspected tuberculosis patients (Pakistan) 426,700 Pakistan Asia 1) Association for Social Development 2) University of Leeds 42

6 of tobacco taxes and price increases in Ukraine, Russia, and Belarus 57,300 Belarus, Russian Federation, Ukraine Europe Alcohol and Drug Information Center 14 Expanding Fiscal Policies for Global and National Tobacco Control 472,250 Global Global 1) HealthBridge Foundation of Canada 2)Public Health Foundation of India 3) South Centre 4) Interamerican Heart Foundation, Inc. 30 Barriers and opportunities to access international resources for tobacco control in Bolivia 61,800 Bolivia LAC Accion Internacional por la Salud (A.I.S. - Bolivia) Assessment of tobacco control measures and smuggling on demand in Panama 79,800 Panama LAC Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud 12 of Tobacco Tax Increases in Seven Latin American Countries 123,600 Latin America LAC IECS - Instituto de Efectividad Clinica Y Sanitaria Asociacion Civil Raising tobacco taxes in selected countries of Central America 123,600 Central America LAC Interamerican Heart Foundation, Inc. 15 Development of a new tobacco tax policy in Peru 149,600 Peru LAC Comision Nacional Permanente de Lucha Antitabaquica 18 The impact of prices and taxes on the use of tobacco products: the case of Argentina, Bolivia and Chile 217,200 Argentina, Bolivia, Chile LAC Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez

7 Tobacco taxes and tobacco control policies in Brazil, Mexico and Uruguay 221,500 Brazil, Mexico, Uruguay LAC 1) Fundación Interamericana del Corazón, México, Asociación Civil 2)Associação de Controle do Tabagismo, Promoção da Saúde e dos Direitos Humanos 13 al Tobacco Control Research Initiative (Latin America and the Caribbean) 340,001 Caribbean/ Latin America LAC 1) Interamerican Heart Foundation, Inc. 2) Centro de Investigacion Para la Epidemia del Tabaquismo 3) Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnologia al 4) Midwifery and Nursing Research Society of T & T 5) Asociacion Una Voz Contra El Cancer 64 Support for tobacco control research, dissemination and networking in Lebanon 207,600 Lebanon MENA American University of Beirut Shaping public health education, research and policy in the Arab World 250,000 Middle East MENA American University of Beirut 60 Pre-Study Inquiry on Community-Based Tobacco Control Interventions in Uganda 12,700 Uganda SSA Uganda National Association of Community and Occupational Health 6 Workshop on Alternatives to Tobacco Farming (Zambia) 49,225 Zambia SSA Zambia Agriculture Research Institute of the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives of Zambia

8 Bamboo Production as an Alternative Crop for Smallholder Tobacco Farmers (South Nyanza, Kenya): Phase II 398,400 Kenya SSA South Eastern University College 42 Synthèse des données probantes pour une réforme des politques de taxation des produits du tabac en Afrique de l'ouest 378,400 Sub-Saharan SSA Consortium pour la Recherche Économique et Sociale 16 Tobacco taxation, smuggling and street tobacco vendors in Eritrea 79,800 Eritrea SSA Makerere University 18 Actions sur la taxation des produits du tabac en Afrique de l'ouest 666,000 Sub-Saharan SSA Consortium pour la Recherche Économique et Sociale 18 research scholarships in 5,500 Sub-Saharan SSA Makerere University 48 Health care costs attributable to tobacco in Cambodia 67,400 Cambodia Asia National Center for Health Promotion Assessing health, economic and social equity impacts of graphic health warnings on tobacco products in Vietnam 125,400 Viet Nam Asia Hanoi Medical University 18

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