The GHW is putting out a call for the submission of country or region-specific case studies. These case studies will form part of the electronic accompaniment to the alternative World Health Report to be launched in July 2005 at the Peoples health Assembly in Ecuador.
Jobs and Announcements
Global Health Watch
Mobilising Civil Society around an Alternative World Health Report
Further details: /newsletter/id/30578
Health Leadership Service (HLS) Initiative
Through the Health Leadership Service, the World Health Organization (WHO) has begun recruiting young health professionals to a two-year work and training program, specifically aimed at strengthening the knowledge and skills essential for leadership roles in public health at all levels -national, regional and global.
Further details: /newsletter/id/30607
Health Policy and Planning - New issue alert
September 2004; Vol. 19, No. 5
Masters Degree Fellowships: HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria Research and Training
The Graduate School, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand is dedicated to building health research capacity in South Africa and the SADC region. The School is inviting applications for fellowships (sponsored by the Belgian Embassy) to enable trainees to undertake full time master's level training in the Faculty of Health Sciences.
Further details: /newsletter/id/30567
New Publication: HIV/AIDS and agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa
This publication is the first in a three part series on HIV/AIDS and agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa with the overall objective of providing a resource base on issues of rural development in a broad sense in the times of HIV/AIDS. This first book discusses the impact of the epidemic as it has emerged over the last decades at different levels of the agricultural sector, namely the farming system level, the livelihood level, and the household level. In a further step, impact on the agricultural estate sector as well as pastoralism is discussed.
Further details: /newsletter/id/30572
Health Informatics for Southern Africa conference
6th - 8th October 2004, Kimberley, South Africa
Organised by the South African Health Informatics Association, in conjunction with the Computer Society of Southern Africa, the theme of the conference is: "Health Informatics - Southern Africa" Tracks within the conference include discussions on open source initiatives, monitoring of ARV rollout, standards and electronic interchange.
International Online Health Economics
This is an established course directed by Professor Gavin Mooney, a leading international educator in health economics and designed for health care professionals seeking a professional edge. It is open to fee paying international and Australian students.
Further details: /newsletter/id/30537
New journal for Southern AIDS research
AIDS researchers from institutes in developing countries now have a new peer-reviewed outlet in which to publish their findings, with this week's launch (7 July) of the e-Journal of the International AIDS Society (eJIAS). eJIAS is the collaborative joint product of the International AIDS Society (IAS) and Medscape, an online provider of medical news.
New Medical Journal from PLoS (Public Library of Science)
PLoS Medicine, is a new journal from the Public Library of Science (PLoS). As an open access journal, articles in PLoS Medicine will be immediately and always freely available online from our website and from PubMed Central. Publication is monthly, with a first issue in Autumn, 2004, and submissions are now being accepted.
WHO Health Leadership Service (HLS) opportunity
The World Health Organization is recruiting young health professionals to a two-year work and training programme, specifically aimed at strengthening the knowledge and skills essential for leadership roles in public health at all levels - international, national and local. The global effort to combat poverty, inequities, disease and epidemics calls for dynamic and capable leaders. These future leaders need to start their careers today, and they need continually to build their competences as their responsibilities increase.
Further details: /newsletter/id/30565