The Health Systems Cluster in Sierra Leone is recruiting a P3 Technical Officer to work on District Strengthening. This is an extremely exciting position and opportunity to become part of our small, but dynamic health systems strengthening cluster within the WHO Sierra Leone office. The deadline for applications is 10 November, and more information is available in the website. The WHO Country Office is also supporting Sierra Leone’s College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences (COMAHS) by helping to recruit a number of short-term faculty as found in other folders on the other current vacancies on the website.
Jobs and Announcements
Call for applicants: WHO Health Systems Cluster Sierra Leone Technical Officer on District Strengthening
Deadline 10 November
Calling for examples of great research on human resources for health
University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa
Do you know of excellent health policy and systems research publications on human resources for health (HRH)? Health Systems Global at the University of Western Cape are looking for submissions for a reader that provides guidance on and examples of excellent HRH research within the broader rubric of people-centred health policy and systems research. Please see the blog post for more detail and submit your suggestions using the google sheet. Submit publication suggestions here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18B7QW5Xv-RLyiz0i-oxLigvtecJObhbyaW3lEffUXvI/edit#gid=0
Pambazuka Special Issue: Call for Articles
Deadline: 30 November 2016
Pambazuka News is preparing a special issue on the labour movement and the struggles for Africa's liberation today. Pambazuka News wishes to dedicate a Special Issue to the labour movement and the struggles for Africa's liberation today. Labour has a mission that goes beyond agitation for worker rights towards the bigger project of concrete self-determination of the African people through ownership of their resources and means of production, etc. Shaun Whittaker of the Marxist Study Group of Namibia and former member of the Workers' Organisation for Socialist Action (South Africa) is guest editor for the special issue. Authors are urged to write on their own countries and not generalize about the entire continent. They should try to only focus on one of the sub-themes or a related sub-theme. Articles should be up to 3, 000 words.
Position Announcement: Executive Director Sam Moyo African Institute for Agrarian Studies (SMAIAS)
Application Deadline: 9 January 2017
Previously known as the African Institute for Agrarian Studies(AIAS), and renamed to SMAIAS in 2016 in honour of its late Founder and Executive Director, Professor Sam Moyo, the SMAIAS in Harare has been in operation for over thirteen years. The SMAIAS aims to enhance Africa’s agrarian transformation by promoting informed participation towards effective land and agrarian policies and reform, by means of Pan- African and South-South partnerships, interdisciplinary research initiatives, policy dialogues, training, and information dissemination. It interacts with various organisations and countries to assist them in developing capacity for policy formulation and research. It also facilitates policy dialogue among governments, academics, civil society and others on land and agrarian developments, especially on the land rights of marginalised social groups. Under the overall authority of the Board of Trustees and the direct supervision of the Chairperson of the Board of Trustees, the Executive Director will be expected to provide intellectual, administrative and strategic leadership to the secretariat of the SMAIAS. Only African citizens will be considered for this post.
African Health Economics and Policy Association 4th Biennal Scientific Conference
26-29 September 2016, Rabat, Morocco.
The African Health Economics & Policy Association (AfHEA) was set up in March 2009 as a membership-based non-profit association of Africans and non-Africans including students working on Africa-related issues in the fields of health economics, financing and policy. The theme of the 2016 AfHEA conference will be: “The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Grand Convergence and Health in Africa". The conference aims to: help define the research agenda and identify research gaps regarding the conference theme; ensure a minimum of 20 African countries and 200 participants from Africa (both Francophone and Anglophone) attend conference; attendance from at least 10 globally recognised experts on African health economics and policy; at least 120 abstracts presented; publish all abstracts and posters of conference both in hard copy and electronically (online); identify currently emerging and priority research areas for African countries and regional bodies; outputs from the AfHEA conference are translated into policy notes and communicated to decision makers. The target audience is researchers, policy makers, health professionals, academics and students, practitioners from Ministries of Health, Finance and related agencies, individuals from the NGO and community-based organisations, and others with a research or policy interest in the subject areas covered by AfHEA.
CODESRIA Vacancy Announcement: Programme Officer (Research)
Deadline: 23 October 2016
The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) invites applications from African scholars to fill a vacant position of Programme Officer (Research) in its pan-African Secretariat located in Dakar, Senegal. This position is categorized as belonging to the senior staff of the Council and as such is filled on the basis of an international announcement. The successful candidate will work as a member of the Secretariat under the overall supervision of the Executive Secretary of the Council. For further details see the website.
METHOD(E)S: Call for Papers
Deadline: 30 October 2016
The recurrent allusion to the “globalisation of the social sciences” validates the idea of the dominance of Western scientific norms and practices over those of “the rest of the world”. In preparation for the next issue of Méthod(e)s, CODESRIA invites colleagues to critically engage with the production of methods and knowledge in the social sciences: that explore modes of domination and resistance in the social sciences. The editors are particularly interested in seeing contributions based on experiences in the field, using empirical materials. Various formats are invited. For further information visit the website.
Second Annual Paula Kantor Award for Excellence in Field Research
Deadline for nominations: 14 October 2016
The International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) is soliciting nominations for the second annual Paula Kantor Award for Excellence in Field Research. The 2016 award will be given to a young female researcher who is a citizen of a sub-Saharan African country in order to recognise and honour outstanding achievement in the fields of gender and empowerment of women and girls. The 2016 Paula Kantor Award for Excellence in Field Research will be conferred to the winner at the launch of ICRW’s Africa Regional Office in December in Kampala, Uganda. Nominations must be made by a third-party. The 2016 award will again be given as part of ICRW’s annual Champions for Change awards, which honours the work of thought-leaders and visionaries. The award will provide the recipient recognition and bring greater visibility to the researcher’s work and to the populations on which they focus. At the awards ceremony, the recipient of the award will have the opportunity to present in front of an esteemed global audience, comprising those in the development, business, NGO, and government sectors, and will receive opportunities to promote their research.
Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) Vacancy Announcement: Executive Secretary
Deadline: 15th September 2016
The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) invites applications from suitably qualified senior African scholars for the position of Executive Secretary in its pan-African Secretariat located in Dakar, Senegal. This position, which will fall vacant in 2017, is the most senior management post in the Executive Secretariat and the successful candidate will be expected to function as the leader of the institution and a diverse team of staff under the overall supervision of the Executive Committee of the Council. Established in 1973 as a pioneering, independent, pan-African and not-for-profit organisation for the development of social research in Africa, CODESRIA is today widely recognised as the premier institution on the continent for the generation and dissemination of multidisciplinary research knowledge in the social sciences and humanities. The position of Executive Secretary is a key one both in the development of the programme mandate of the Council and the realisation of the strategic institutional objectives set by the triennial General Assembly of its members.
e-Learning Course on Health Financing Policy for universal health coverage (UHC)
Closing date: 30th September 2016
WHO's new e-learning course on health financing policy for UHC has now been launched. This e-learning course comprises six modules which cover the core functions of health financial policy as conceptualised by WHO. Each module is divided into a number of sub-topics. This is a foundational course which targets participants of various levels of experience and expertise. The course is designed to be used in a variety of ways: as preparation for those who will attend a WHO face-to-face course, for those who are for various reasons unable to attend a face-to-face course, and for those who have already attended courses and wish to refresh their knowledge. Individual modules can also be used as part of a programme of blended capacity building. The course is also designed to work seamlessly on a range of devices, operating systems, and browser in a responsive fashion, in order to maximise ease of use. Module 1 provides an overview of the goals of universal health coverage, health financing and what UHC brings to health financing policy. The following modules cover revenue raising, pooling revenues, purchasing and benefit package design.