This book is a collection of papers, statements and campaign material to further the cause of Alma Ata.
Jobs and Announcements
Proposal Writing Training Course in the Field of HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
25- 28th March 2004
This course is designed to equip researchers with managerial skills to meet competitive demands of proposal writing in response to local and international funding opportunities. Proposal writing skills is of particular interest to researchers who intend to establish research groups/entities with the capacity for repeated grant funding.
Further details: /newsletter/id/30131
Research Methodology Training Course in the Field of HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
8-19th March 2004
This research training course is designed to prepare researchers and postgraduate students with requisite knowledge for formulating sound projects to meet the requirements of postgraduate training of the University of the Witwatersrand and other universities.
Further details: /newsletter/id/30080
THE TROPICAL INSTITUTE OF COMMUNITY HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT in AFRICA: THE 3RD TICH ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE
Call for Abstracts
Abstracts will highlight one or more of the following sub-themes: Strengthening health systems and empowering local structures through partnerships; Counting and accounting for action: Striving for sustainable CB-HIS; Packaging and financing CBHC: A system for equitable resource generation, allocation and tracking; and Alternative models for CBHC workforce in the context of poverty and ill health.
Further details: /newsletter/id/30124
THE TROPICAL INSTITUTE OF COMMUNITY HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT in AFRICA: THE 3RD TICH ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
Abstracts will highlight one or more of the following sub-themes: Strengthening health systmes and empowering local structures through partnerships; Counting and accounting for action: Striving for sustainable CB-HIS; Packaging and financing CBHC: A system for equitable resource generation, allocation and tracking; and Alternative models for CBHC workforce in the context of poverty and ill health.
Further details: /newsletter/id/30120
Zimbabwe: HIV/AIDS-related positions
ActionAid
ActionAid is an international development Agency working in over 30 countries worldwide. Its mission is to "work with poor and marginalized communities to control vulnerability, achieve sustained improvements in quality of life and for realisation of rights in the face of HIV/AIDS, by working through local, national and international partnerships". ActionAid's HIV/AIDS work is increasingly working in partnership with governments, NGOs and the private sector to contribute significantly to commitments in UNGASS, Millennium Development Goals as well as undertaking large-scale management of contractual programs.
Further details: /newsletter/id/30087
Achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs): A Global Public Goods Perspective
Online discussion
How could enhancing the provision of select global public goods facilitate achieving the MDGs at the set target date? Read the complete background paper at http://www.gpgnet.net/discussion.php. You may subscribe to the MDGs and Global Public Goods discussion forum by sending a blank email to:
subscribe-gpgnet-mdgs@groups.undp.org
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR/PROFESSOR/SENIOR LECTURER IN HEALTH
University of Pretoria
The successful candidate will Head the Health Measurement track for the School and accept responsibility for the strategy, implementation and quality control of all teaching in health measurement and research methods.
Further details: /newsletter/id/30070
Experts Required
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
The Global Fund was created to finance, attract, manage and disburse additional resources to make a sustainable and significant contribution to mitigate the impact caused by HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria in countries in need, and contributing to poverty reduction. The Technical Review Panel (TRP), which has 26 members, plays a crucial role in reviewing proposals submitted to the Global Fund and ensuring that those funded are of high quality. The TRP consists of 11 cross-cutters, 7 HIV-AIDS experts, 4 Malaria experts and 4 Tuberculosis experts.
Further details: /newsletter/id/30028
global health watch
authors required
Global civil society has not adequately participated in international health advocacy. Although high-profile success has been achieved with some campaigns, most notably around access to medicines and breastfeeding and certain diseases, there has been a striking lack of involvement and pressure from health campaigners on broader public health and health systems issues. In addition, disparities in health between the rich and the poor have grown at alarming rates both within and between countries, leaving society and the public health movement with a large humanitarian and moral challenge. The People's Health Movement, the Global Equity Gauge Alliance and Medact therefore propose to mobilise a fragmented global health community through the publication of an annual Global Health Watch.
Further details: /newsletter/id/30052