This call is for vibrant individuals from Anglophone and Francophone Africa to join the next fellowship cohort under the Litigating Reproductive Justice in Africa (LIRA) Programme. The Programme aims to foster an environment where Africa embraces Reproductive Justice through progressive, evidence-based, and collaborative litigation for access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR). The programme particularly targets building the capacities of African individuals through our renowned fellowship programme. This round of call for fellows will commence in October 2024 and it is a full-time in-person engagement for a period of 6-12 months at Ahaki. The fellowship is designed to support Ahaki’s programmes and provide opportunities for career development in research, litigation and capacity enhancement in reproductive justice. Ahaki encourages researchers, scholars, litigants, activists, and practitioners from across Africa to apply for the fellowship programme.
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BMC Public Health is calling for submissions to a Collection on mental health of adolescents. Adolescence is a critical developmental stage marked by significant physical and emotional changes, with mental health being heavily influenced by societal pressures, academic demands, and technology. Rising rates of anxiety, depression, and other mental health disorders among adolescents pose a global concern, affecting both immediate quality of life and long-term well-being. Addressing these issues is essential for fostering healthy development and preventing future psychosocial challenges. This collection seeks submissions that explore factors influencing adolescent mental health, such as trends in mental health disorders, risk and protective factors, the impact of digital platforms, school environments, family relationships, barriers to accessing mental health services, and effective intervention strategies.
The ICID Ubuntu Community Village (UCV) will be a lively, interesting space that will bring together youth, community members, midwives and other health professionals, Civil Society Organizations, and others working on and impacted by AMR, HIV, TB, or other infectious diseases within a One Health context to interact, learn, share, make new connections, strengthen existing networks and celebrate successes. The UCV will also act as a bridge between the more technical scientific sessions at the ICID 2024 and the community action, by sharing the issues in a manner that is more lucid, relevant, and easily translatable/applicable at the grassroots. There will be a mix of live performances, documentaries/films, music, art, dance, skills building and best practice sharing workshops, speaker sessions/presentations, debates, and other exciting cultural activities, all based on feedback and applications from the diversity of community-connected individuals, groups, and organizations. Key proceedings from the UCV will also be captured and shared on various ISID platforms. Are you a community-connected individual, group, or organization working on and impacted by AMR, HIV, TB, or other infectious diseases within a One Health context? Apply if you would like to participate or present at the ICID Ubuntu Community Village.
The Tshiamiso Trust is on a drive to ensure that all potentially eligible former gold mineworkers and their families, know about their right to lodge a claim for compensation, and are given the opportunity to do so. The Tshiamiso Trust was established in 2020 to give effect to the settlement agreement reached between six mining companies and claimant attorneys in the historic silicosis and TB class action. The companies are African Rainbow Minerals, Anglo American South Africa, AngloGold Ashanti, Harmony Gold, Sibanye Stillwater and Gold Fields. To date, the Trust has compensated over 18,000 beneficiaries, to the value of South African Rand 1.67 billion. The Trust is committed to ensuring that all eligible ex-mineworkers and their families get the compensation they deserve, and appeals your assistance in reaching potential claimants. To lodge a claim: Mineworkers must have carried out risk work at one of the qualifying gold mines during the qualifying periods between 12 March 1965 and 10 December 2019. Living mineworkers must have permanent lung impairment from silicosis or TB that they contracted while doing risk work at these mines. For deceased mineworkers, there must either be evidence that they died from work-related TB within a year of leaving the mine if it's a TB claim, or evidence that they had silicosis or died from silicosis if it's a silicosis claim. For more information and to check eligibility, contact the Trust. Claimants are reminded to be careful of people impersonating the Trust or promising to help speed up their claims. Only the Tshiamiso Trust can process claims in a free service. Claimants must only share their documents with the officials at the lodgement offices and should not pay anyone to help them with their claims.
Nutritional well-being is the product of a complex interplay of factors that directly or indirectly affect what people consume and how their bodies break down and utilize it. Equating malnutrition with hunger changed as evidence grew that underweight and obesity could co-exist in individuals and households and the double burden of malnutrition emerged. This special issue aims to highlight Food, Diet, and Nutrition at the intersection of multiple determinants of health; namely, climate and environmental changes that affect food production and distribution; commercial interests that drive food manufacturing, processing, distribution, and marketing; economic, social, and cultural determinants of households’ and individuals’ consumption choices based on affordability, palatability, and social status perceptions; and the psychosocial realities that influence feeding and dietary habits in the 21st century. It draws contributions and learning from work on how these determinants and environments can be tackled, from interventions on the more immediate conditions that shape food systems to the deeper policy, legal, economic, and other structural interventions that control harmful conditions or that promote healthy food systems. Authors are invited to submit abstracts and full papers as outlined in more detail in the website.
This conference, hosted by CeSHHAR Zimbabwe in collaboration with the Zimbabwean Ministry of Environment, Climate and Wildlife and the Ministry of Health and Childcare, aims to address the detrimental health impacts of climate change on health and wellbeing in Africa and to share research evidence into understanding climate-health mechanisms, the health impacts, effective adaptation and mitigation intervention strategies, equitable climate research, and to discuss how to effectively translate research into policy.
The World Congress of Epidemiology (WCE) will be held in an in-person format for this edition of the triennial congress of the International Epidemiological Association (IEA). WCE is well-known for bringing epidemiologists and public health experts working in different sectors together in an atmosphere designed to promote dialogue, the interchange of ideas, and state-of-the-art scientific research. The theme of WCE2024 is “Epidemiology and complexity: challenges and responses” which will engage the full depth and breadth of methods and practice in contemporary epidemiology. The meeting will feature speakers presenting plenary lectures, workshops and interactive sessions. The abstract-driven programme will include oral and poster presentations including theory and application from every sub-discipline of epidemiology. With more than 2000 delegates expected, WCE2024 promises to be a unique opportunity to share experiences and expertise – the opportunities to learn, grow and network within the field will be phenomenal. This is the first time the congress will be hosted on the African continent.
As we step into 2024, the East Central and Southern Africa Health Community (ECSA-HC) is celebrating its 50th anniversary. This milestone not only symbolizes a half-century of collaboration with our core member states – Kenya, Lesotho, Eswatini, Malawi, Mauritius, the United Republic of Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe – but also reflects our expansive efforts in health advocacy and service beyond these borders. Over the years, ECSA-HC’s endeavors have reached various other African nations, contributing significantly to the advancement of health care standards and services across a wider region. ECSA HC will be sharing details of the anniversary events and activities on the website, in a year of reflection, celebration, and renewed commitment to advancing health care in our region.
ACT Ubumbano invites proposals from community and activist organisations, and organisations of faith, for support for social justice action. These actions may be responses to the impact of environmental, gender and economic injustice on communities, or they may be campaigns to change particular situations that communities are struggling with. The action must be implemented and completed by 30 November 2024. Proposals may be for a maximum of ZAR30,000 (South African Rands). Amounts allocated are likely to be less than this to reach as many applicants as possible.
Solve’s Global Challenges seek exceptional innovators who are using technology to solve today’s most pressing problems. Those selected become a Solver team and join this nine-month support program, receive access to funding in grants and investments, join a powerful network of impact-minded leaders, receive coaching and strategic advice from experts, and gain exposure in the media, among many other benefits. Since 2016, over 20,000 solutions headquartered in over 180 countries have been submitted in response to Solve’s Global Challenges. The resource supports a diverse group of 299 Solver teams, who have collectively impacted over 190 million lives worldwide. These teams are 62% women-led and headquartered in 59 different countries.