The AIDS Law Project, a grant funded unit at the Centre for Applied Legal Studies, has contract posts for up to two years for a researcher (based in Johannesburg) and a researcher/associate researcher (based in Cape Town) in its Law & Treatment Access Unit (LTAU) from 1 April 2005 or as soon as possible thereafter. These are challenging positions and the successful applicants must be able to work quickly, under pressure and as part of a team.
Jobs and Announcements
Southern African Regional Gender Mainstreaming Symposium
5 - 7 April 2005, Orion Hotel – Mbabane, Swaziland: Call for Resource Persons/Facilitators
Why is it that almost a decade after ratifying and acceding the Beijing and Dakar Platforms for Action, after the Convention of Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, engendering processes of the Millennium Development Goals, Maputo Declaration on Gender Mainstreaming , SADC Declaration on Gender and Development and various other treaties and conventions, southern African countries continue to battle with: gender power imbalances, gender based violence, gender based stigma and discrimination, feminization of poverty and ultimately feminization of the HIV/AIDS epidemic? SAfAIDS is hosting a southern African Regional Gender Mainstreaming Symposium in Swaziland from 5 - 7 April 2005. The link below also includes a call for participants.
Further details: /newsletter/id/30851
Amref training programme available
The AMREF training programme is available for the year 2005. On offer are a series of short courses and the one-year Diploma in Community Health. The short courses are designed for middle and senior management personnel working in public and private sectors including NGOs, CBOs, religious organizations, donor agencies and government ministries.
Journal of the American Medical Association
Call for papers: Violence and human rights
Five million deaths from violence and injuries are estimated to account for 9% of global mortality, with violence leading the causes of death among people aged 15 to 44 years. Violence affects many more survivors of all ages, who often live with disabling physical conditions and mental health symptoms. Despite the magnitude of this burden, as well as the known consequences of exposure to violence among survivors, research on violence prevention remains underfunded, understudied, and a neglected public health concern.
Further details: /newsletter/id/30779
Mauritius Institute of Health 2005 Course announcement
The Regional Training Programme for Reproductive Health with special emphasis on Family Planning is supported by the Government of Mauritius, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the World Health Organisation (WHO) and other international agencies. Its objectives are to contribute to the health and socio-economic development in Africa and the region by improving the Reproductive Health (RH) status of the population through the provision of Training of Trainers programmes for Reproductive Health.
Further details: /newsletter/id/30792
Public Health in Complex Emergencies Training Program
The Public Health in Complex Emergencies (PHCE) training program is available. The dates for all of the courses in 2005 are available through the link below.
Further details: /newsletter/id/30796
2005 AIDS IMPACT conference
The 2005 AIDS IMPACT conference held in Cape Town, South Africa will be a partnership between AIDS Impact and the South African HSRC with Dr Olive Shisana (HSRC)and Bridgette Prince ( Nelson Mandela Foundation) and their South African team. The conference has been in existence as an international gathering since the early 1990s.
Further details: /newsletter/id/30754
Globalization and Health
Edited by Richard Harris and Melinda Seid
From a public health perspective, globalization appears to be a mixed blessing. This international collection of essays on globalization and health examines the global health issues associated with the economic, technological, political, social, cultural and environmental effects of globalization-the increasing movement of capital, people, technology, goods, information, environmental pollution, and disease around the globe. Contact elich@brill.nl for more information.
Millions Saved: Proven Successes in Global Health
Center for Global Development
A new book from the Center for Global Development documents the success of 17 large-scale efforts to improve health in developing countries, and highlights their lessons for today’s global health challenges. From the eradication of polio in Latin America, to the elimination of measles in southern Africa, to HIV prevention in Thailand, this work provides clear evidence that large-scale success in health is possible.
Peoples’ Health Assembly II and the Global Health Watch
Joint Call for Case Studies and Testimonies
"We are calling individuals and organisations – activists, communities, health workers and academics – from around the world to submit case studies and testimonies to be part of the process of the second Peoples’ Health Assembly and the Global Health Watch report 2005. See below for more."
Further details: /newsletter/id/30755