The University of Pretoria (UP) and the American Cancer Society (ACS) invite applications from citizens from Sub-Saharan Africa for three fully funded fellowships. The UP-ACS Fellowships are awarded for a Master of Public Health degree at the university's School of Health Systems and Public Health. Please visit the Scholarships and internships on the website for information on how to apply. For further assistance kindly contact Joyce Jakavula at joyce.jakavula@up.ac.za.
Jobs and Announcements
Call for Applicants for Master's programmes in: Public Health in Health Promotion with special interest in Tobacco Control
University of Pretoria (UP); Applications close 30 June 2011
Call for Expression of Interest for NGOs to implement Community Conversations on HIV/AIDS
Nelson Mandela Foundation, Closing date 5 June, 2011
The Nelson Mandela Foundation, in collaboration with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit, calls on experienced non-governmental organisations capable of implementing community dialogues in all South African provinces to submit Expressions of Interest. Please submit substantive expressions of interest, the company profile and Curriculum Vitae of the individual to be responsible for the assignment to dialogue@nelsonmandela.org. Closing date for applications is 5 June, 2011.
Call for papers for the WHO Bulletin
Deadline for submissions: 20 October 2011
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is calling for papers for all sections of the Bulletin and encourage authors to consider contributions that address any of the following topics: disease burden assessments in low-income countries, since information in this area is scarce; vaccination implementation and policy, particularly on the cost and public health benefit of vaccination programmes; and the evaluation of nonpharmaceutical public health measures since these are widely described as control measures, but there is less published evidence on their effectiveness than for pharmaceutical interventions (vaccines and medicines). In particular, WHO seeks submission of papers that document experiences from low-resource settings.
Call for papers: Global Health Conference 2011
Deadline: 1 August 2011
Authors involved in original research, innovative projects or novel programmes related to global health are encouraged to submit abstracts for the Global Health Conference 2011 to be held in Canada in November 2011. Abstracts in all areas of global health are welcomed including: the global burden of disease; innovations and interventions to advance global health equity; globalisation, global trade and movement of populations as drivers of health inequity; partnerships and capacity building for education and research in global health; social, economic and environmental determinants of health; and human rights, legal issues, ethics and policy. Abstracts may focus on a new finding, the development of a programme, project or new global health tool, moving from development to implementation, policy or ethical issues, or related topics.
Consultation on the paper for the World Conference on the Social Determinants of Health
Closing date: 3 June 2011
The World Health Organisation (WHO) seeks comments and feedback on the current draft of the Conference technical paper, which aims to inform the conference discussions and provide policy-makers with an overview of key strategies to implement action on social determinants of health. In particular, WHO would like comments on whether the draft fully covers the five themes of the Conference, and whether any major strategies for implementation of action on social determinants have been omitted. Please note that comments will not be posted to the public web site.
E-drug: Training Course in Pharmacoeconomics
10-24 June, Accra Ghana
The WHO/Geneva, the WHO Regional Office for Africa, the Ghana National Drugs Programme of the Ministry of Health Ghana, the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons and the Faculty of Pharmacy, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology will jointly organize a 10-day training course on the use of pharmacoeconomics in medicines selection.
The course aims to build capacities of managers in health insurance programs, procurement agencies and relevant staff in public and private health facilities to make evidenced based decisions on selection of medicines for their essential medicines lists which are used for procurement, re-imbursements under health insurance programs and promote cost effective use of medicines. Preference will be given to participants from the African region, as well as emphasizing preference for people working in the public sector.
Join the Million Message March to the United Nations
iMAXi Cooperative and other partners: 2011
The Million Message March 2011 is a collaborative communication campaign to mobilise community support and political commitment for the Right to Health and Universal Access. It aims to reach out globally to collect one million messages (by SMS or tweets) from people in need of treatment and care (for HIV, cancer, TB, diabetes, hepatitis and other life-threatening diseases) and their families, care-givers and allies. These ‘Voices’ will be amplified, disseminated and projected along the ‘March’ starting at the World Health Assembly in May, through two UN High Level Meetings (HIV in June and Non-Communicable Diseases NCDs in September), and other major health events. The Million Message March will ‘arrive’ on Human Rights Day, the 10th of December, at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) so that the messages can ‘Speak-Up’ and be heard at the top of the UN and its Member States. The March began at the World Open Health Assembly (WOHA2011), in tandem with the World Health Assembly, 16-18 May 2011, with a global 'chat' live from Asia, Africa, Europe and NYC.
Call for abstracts: SANNAM Biennial Conference
Closing Date: 15 June 2011
The SANNAM Biennial Conference and Annual General Meeting will take place from 16-18 November 2011 in Gaborone, Botswana. SANNAM is calling for abstracts for the conference, the main theme of which is ‘Engaging Communities for Accelerating the Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals in the SADC Region’. Sub-themes include: health care programmes for addressing the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs); transforming general educational education for MDGs; strengthening educational nursing and midwifery for improvement for MDGs; community participation and MDGs; capacity building, leadership and MDGs; monitoring and evaluation progress for achievement/milestones on MDGs; challenges/factors related to MDGS; enhancing the environment for achieving MDGs; the expansion of nursing services to meet MDGs; collaboration and partnerships for MDGs; and human resources for achieving MDGs.
Call for abstracts: Seventh PHASA Conference: "Closing the health equity gap: Public health leadership, education and practice”
Closing date: 4 July 2011
The theme of the 2011 PHASA conference, which will be held from 28-30 November 2011, in Johannesburg, South Africa, is "Closing the health equity gap: Public health leadership, education and practice”. The theme will enable participants to review the progress that South Africa has made in achieving equity in health status, health care, the social determinants of health and access to resources.
Call for applicants: ACU Titular Fellowships 2011
Closing date: 1 July 2011
The ACU Titular Fellowships provide opportunities for staff from member universities and employees working in industry, commerce or public service in a Commonwealth country to spend periods of time in other member universities or relevant institutions outside their own country. Preference will be given to workers in the following priority subject areas: agriculture, forestry and food sciences, biotechnology, development strategies, earth and marine sciences, engineering, health and related social sciences, information technology, management for change, professional education and training, social and cultural development and university development and management. Fellowships will be tenable for up to a maximum of six months.
Contact: acuawards@acu.ac.uk