The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), in partnership with the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and Ford Foundation, is pleased to announce the African Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellowships (ADDRF), a new fellowship program to support doctoral students at African universities whose theses address issues relating to heath systems strengthening in Africa. One of these fellowships will support doctoral research that focuses on the broad field of sexuality research. The deadline for applications is March 29, 2008. The ADDRF will award a maximum of 16 fellowships in the first year. These fellowships will be awarded to advanced doctoral students who are within two years of completing their doctoral thesis at an African university. Dissertation topics addressing health systems-related issues or sexuality from any disciplinary perspective are eligible for consideration.
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This course is intended to equip Clinical and Medical Scientists, including Postgraduate Students involved in the Management of Research with Guidelines on Ethical Issues in Health Research. Topics include: The Meaning of Ethics; Ethics and Science; Informed Consent; Ethical Issues in Public Health Research, The Laboratory, Publication and the Pharmaceutical Industry; Risks, Harms and Benefits; Gender Issues in Research; Publication Ethics; and Research in Developing Countries. The Closing Date for applications is 7 March 2008. The course runs from 17 to 20 March 2008. Contact Rita Pike on cell number: (Zimbabwe) 011 608849.
Are you interested in fighting for access to treatment, prevention and care for people living with and at risk for HIV worldwide? Do you want to be an active part of winning big campaigns to treat millions of people with HIV and prevention millions more HIV infections? Then you should apply for Health GAP’s Grassroots Internship. Health Global Access Project (Health GAP) is an action-oriented advocacy group created in early 1999 by US-based AIDS and human rights activists, public health experts, fair trade advocates, and concerned individuals dedicated to expanding equitable access to treatment and care for people living with AIDS worldwide. Health GAP is hiring a Grassroots Intern for the remainder of the school year (May '08), starting as soon as possible. The position would be for 10 hours per week, and is unpaid (we will cover internship-related mobile phone and travel expenses).
Research for International Tobacco Control (RITC) of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) is pleased to announce a Call for Letters of Intent for the African Tobacco Situational Analyses (ATSA). This competition is a joint initiative of RITC/IDRC and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The competition is administered by RITC/IDRC. The Call is available in English and French. A Portuguese translation will also be available shortly. The deadline for receipt of Letters of Intent is March 17, 2008 and will be accepted in English and French. Support for document translation from Portuguese to English or French will also be available.
The Institute of International Education's Scholar Rescue Fund (SRF) provides fellowships for established scholars whose lives and work are threatened in their home countries. These fellowships permit professors, researchers and other senior academics to find temporary refuge at universities and colleges anywhere in the world, enabling them to pursue their academic work and to continue to share their knowledge with students, colleagues, and the community at large. When conditions improve, these scholars will return home to help rebuild universities and societies ravaged by fear, conflict and repression. During the fellowship, conditions in a scholar's home country may improve, permitting safe return; if safe return is not possible, the scholar may use the fellowship period to identify a longer-term opportunity.
The Positive Living training based upon the book Positive Health is regarded as the bench-mark for interventions aimed at empowering people living with HIV or AIDS to take positive actions to maintain their health. The training targets Peer educators - Medical practitioners - Community workers – Wellness coordinators - EAP counsellors, HIV Champions; Health and Safety, VCT staff; CSI implementers; HR practitioners; as well as implementers for NGOs, VSOs, ASOs and FBOs. This training has formed the basis for corporate and government programs in 17 countries in Africa. The methods have been assessed by medical experts and were found to have solid credentials and cost-effectiveness.
The UN General Assembly has called for a high-level meeting on 10-11 June 2008, to undertake a comprehensive review of the progress achieved in realizing the 2001 Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the 2006 Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS , as well as to promote the continued engagement of leaders in a comprehensive global response to AIDS. The high-level meeting will comprise plenary meetings, five thematic panel discussions and an informal interactive hearing with civil society. The outcome of the high-level meeting will be a Summary of the President of the General Assembly, reflecting the views expressed during the discussions. To facilitate civil society involvement in the high-level meeting and ensure an open, transparent and participatory process, the President of the General Assembly in partnership with UNAIDS will establish a Civil Society Task Force comprising representatives from civil society, the private sector and relevant UN focal points. The Task Force will, among other things, help identify participants for the civil society hearing and help determine the format, theme and programme. In addition, UNAIDS is working closely with a coalition of civil society organizations to provide support to civil society and community groups in maximizing the impact of the 2008 UN General Assembly high-level meeting on AIDS. Submit your application to attend the meeting at: http://www.un-ngls.org/unaids/en/application.php
CIHR's Institute of Gender and Health (IGH) and the Institute of Neurosciences Mental and Addictions (INMHA) are committed to improving mental health, a priority, according to leading national and international experts and policy-makers, for Canadians and the international community. The purpose of this funding opportunity is to address this major gap in knowledge through the launch of CIHR Centres for Research Development in Gender, Mental Health and Addictions. This initiative will provide interdisciplinary teams of researchers and their stakeholders with core infrastructure support to develop integrated programs of research and knowledge translation that examine the influence of gender and sex on mental health and on policies and programs that affect mental health, and design and test new interventions.
The Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research (CCGHR) is pleased to announce the 5th annual Summer Institute (SI-5) for researchers who are new to the field of global health research. By “new” they mean researchers who have become involved in this important area within the past five years. By “global health research” they mean research concerning the problems borne by societies in low and middle income countries (LMICs).The 5th Summer Institute for New Global Health Researchers, to be held in partnership with Network Environments for Aboriginal Research BC of the University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The Summer Institute will be held at the Quw'utsun' Cultural and Conference Centre located in the Cowichan Valley, in the southeast corner of Vancouver Island from July 16-23, 2008.
In 2007, an international network of researchers and people involved in building comprehensive primary health care (CPHC) received funding to support research and research capacity-building. This network, associated with the People's Health Movement, includes individuals in India , Africa, Latin America, Europe, Canada and Australia. The ideals of comprehensive primary health care were first launched internationally by the 1978 Alma-Ata Declaration on Primary Health Care. This Declaration was partly based on earlier primary health care successes in significantly lowering infant, childhood and maternal mortality rates and creating over all population health improvements in many parts of the developing world. Since the Alma-Ata Declaration, however, most health systems reform in much of the world has been driven by 'selective' (single-disease or intervention focused) primary health care, and by increased marketization of health care services ( e.g. user fees, privatization). This has led to increasingly complex, inefficient and inequitable health systems driven by an ever larger number of special 'global health initiatives.'This document outlines how this project will set out to change this.