About 2.4 million doctors, nurses, and midwives are needed in fifty-seven countries with critical health care shortages. The challenge is greatest in sub-Saharan Africa which has only three percent of the world’s health workers and twenty-four percent of the global burden of disease. There is an increasing recognition that the private sector can strengthen public health systems by offering resources, knowledge, and skills. Duke University will host a conference on November 29-December 1 2007 in Durham , North Carolina , USA , to identify successful and emerging private sector responses to the health care worker shortage.
Jobs and Announcements
African health care worker shortage: Forum on private sector responses
Duke University
Call for letters of intent. The Economic Globalisation, Growth and HIV/AIDS Initiative: Research grants
The Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD)
The Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD) based at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) based in Canada, invite letters of intent from teams led or co-led by researchers from low- and middle income countries interested in conducting innovative projects exploring the linkages among economic globalisation, growth and HIV/AIDS along two themes: Exploring how HIV/AIDS interacts with efforts to facilitate inclusive or pro-poor growth strategies; and exploring the impacts of economic globalisation and growth on vulnerability and resilience to HIV/AIDS. The initial funding round will support up to five grants at a maximum of Canadian$100,000 (approximately US$90,000) each for one- to two-year projects. The application process is in two stages: letters of intent and then full proposals. Letters of intent will undergo competitive peer review, and successful applicants will be provided with Canadian$2,000 to support development of the full proposal. Full proposals will undergo competitive peer review. The deadline for application is 1 November 2007.
School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape posts advertised
The School of Public Health at the University of the Western Cape has an international reputation as a leading research and teaching institution. It provides health and welfare personnel from developing countries with the opportunity to enhance their capacity to build and strengthen the health sector in their countries. Its open learning postgraduate programme, offering multiple entry and exit points, is unique in Southern Africa. Its educational and research activities focus on the implementation of district health systems. The posts advertised are for a Senior Lecturer and for a Lecturer. The closing date for applications is 30 September 2007.
Further details: /newsletter/id/32559
Vacancy: HIV/TB programme training and advocacy officer
AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa (ARASA)
Established in 2002, the AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa (ARASA) is a regional partnership of non-governmental organisations working together to promote a human rights based response to HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis (TB) in Southern Africa through capacity building and advocacy. The Regional Secretariat of ARASA is located in Windhoek, Namibia. ARASA seeks to appoint an experienced networker, trainer, advocate and activist with a track record in capacity building and facilitating the involvement of people with HIV/AIDS and TB in advocacy work to assume the position of HIV/TB Programme Training and Advocacy Officer. This position will report to the Co-ordinator of ARASA's Treatment and Prevention Literacy and Advocacy Programme, who is based in Cape Town. Access to good international communications and a willingness to travel extensively are essential. The deadline for applications is 19 October 2007.
Women's Law and Public Policy Fellowship Program
The Leadership and Advocacy for Women in Africa (LAWA) Fellowship Program was founded in 1993 at the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C., in order to train women's human rights lawyers from Africa committed to returning home to their countries to advance the status of women and girls throughout their careers. The LAWA programme is inviting applications for July 2008- August 2009 LAWA Fellowship Program; the deadline for submissions is November 30, 2007.
Call for applicants: SADC Drama for Life Programme
Ndebe W: The University of the Witwatersrand
The University of the Witwatersrand's School of Art wishes to announce the launching of the SADC Drama for Life Programme. To begin they offer 28 full scholarships (tuition, residence, medical aid, permits, insurance) at Wits University for outstanding performers/director s and teachers or facilitators in the field of Applied Drama and Theatre. Applications are now open, and details on the university website can be found in English, Portuguese and French. The SADC Drama for Life Programme is about supporting all existing NGOs, theatre groups and ministries of health and education. It is about building capacity, and providing support for quality of life work in all 14 SADC countries. They look forward to forming partnerships with organisations throughout the region, and seek to build a vision of hope.
Call for papers: Gender democracy and development: African feminist struggles in the context of globalization, 11-14 September 2007
Tanzania Gender Network Programme
The next Gender Festival on ‘African Feminist Struggles in the Context of Globalization’ will take place at TGNP’s Gender Resource Centre, Mabibo Dar es Salaam Tanzania from 11th to 14th September 2007. The 2007 Gender Festival is an open space to bring together feminist and gender-focused groups, other civil society organisations, institutions, activists and other development actors working at various levels to meet, reflect and strategise on the progress made in feminist struggles for gender equity, social transformation and participatory democracy in Tanzania. Participants are invited to make submissions for this festival, taking account of issues such as the present context of corporate-led globalisation and ‘free market’ ideology, their impact on development and democracy in Africa and the world over, and examining alternative frameworks and strategies.
Call for proposals: Accessing patented knowledge for innovation
International Development Research Centre (IDRC) Canada
As many technologies and much knowledge are proprietary in nature and form the subject matter of patents owned by foreign entities, a key national policy instrument is the intellectual property rights regime. How it reflects and balances relevant international commitments with the goal of advancing the economic and social rights of its citizens is crucial in promoting their best interests. This is a Call for Proposals on how developing countries can access technologies and information contained in existing patents to enhance innovative research at the national level. This call for proposals is limited to developing country institutions. Six grants of approximately $75,000 Canadian will be made after the close of the competition on November 30, 2007.
Global Health Watch: Chapter Reviewers needed
Global Health Watch
The Global Health Watch (GHW) are still looking for reviewers for a number of chapters and would like suggestions. As with the first edition of GHW, they want to make sure that the Watch reflects issues from regions around the globe. Each chapter is written collaboratively, and the review process is intended as a further opportunity to ensure that each regions issues are reflected in this next edition of the Watch. Suggestions are needed as soon as possible.
Further details: /newsletter/id/32540
Invitation to apply: Oxford Internet Institute - Civil Society Practitioners Programme
The Oxford Internet Institute
The Oxford Internet Institute ( University of Oxford ) invites applications from the global South to fill two places in its Civil Society Practitioners Programme. This visitor programme is intended for Civil Society Practitioners of distinction or outstanding promise who wish to visit the Institute for a period of six weeks between February and December 2008, to undertake research concerning the social impact of the Internet and related ICTs. Visitors are expected to reside in Oxford during their stay, and to participate fully in the intellectual life of the Institute. Applications will ideally be submitted by Civil Society Practitioners in or from the global South, active in the areas of freedom of expression, media reform, media justice, and communications and information policy in the globalized context of the Internet. The application deadline 26 September 2007 Final notification of an award will occur in November 2007.