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.
Jobs and Announcements
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
Panos Audit of Broadcasting Environments Across Africa
Call for Researchers
The Panos AIDS Programme in partnership with the Centre for Communications Programmes at Johns Hopkins University is carrying out a series of country assessments on media environments for public health across Africa. The assessments will focus on broadcasting in particular. In each focus country Panos will work with local experts to research broadcasting policies and the broadcasting environment, and its impact on public health. The results of the research will be presented in a number of policy and editorial outputs. If your organisation has expertise or current activities in this area we would very much like to contact you to share experiences and to investigate possible synergies. Feel free to contact Johanna Hanefeld johannah@panoslondon.org.uk
Contact: johannah@panoslondon.org.uk
Reaching the Poor with Effective Health, Nutrition, and Population Services
Conference Announcement
The World Bank, in cooperation with the Gates Foundation and the Dutch And Swedish Governments, is hosting a conference "Reaching the Poor with Effective Health, Nutrition, and Population Services: What Works, What Doesn't, and Why."
The conference will take place 18-20 February 2004, in Washington, D.C.
ICTs and continuing education for rural health
In April 2003, IICD (International Institute for Communication and Development), Cordaid and CEDHA (Centre for Educational Development in Health Arusha) jointly organised a conference to explore ways in which ICTs (information and communication technologies) can be used to develop and deliver continuing medical education to rural healthcare workers in Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. The overall aim of the meeting was to identify concrete strategies and approaches where ICTs can be used to develop and deliver continuing medical education to healthcare workers in rural areas.
Further details: /newsletter/id/29975
A Public Health Approach to Antiretroviral Treatment: Overcoming Constraints
Perspectives and Practice in Antiretroviral Treatment
With 42 million people now living with HIV/AIDS, expanding access to antiretroviral treatment for those who urgently need it is one of the most pressing challenges in international health. Providing treatment is essential to alleviate suffering and to mitigate the devastating impact of the epidemic. It also presents unprecedented opportunities for a more effective response by involving people living with HIV/AIDS, their families and communities in care and will strengthen HIV prevention by increasing awareness, creating a demand for testing and counselling and reducing stigma and discrimination.
Africa Fellowships
South African Medical Research Council and South African AIDS
The South African Medical Research Council (MRC) and the South African AIDS Vaccine Initiative (SAAVI) invite applications for one-year travelling research fellowships in health research, with preference given to proposals which address the MRC's research priorities (see below) and particularly to those addressing HIV/AIDS research.
Further details: /newsletter/id/29978