The Health Economics Unit at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, is running a 5-day short course addressing the changing role of health insurance in low- and middle-income countries. The course will run from the 3 - 7 April 2006. The course focuses on the financial management of risk pools in diverse settings covering a broad spectrum of insurance arrangements including community-based health insurance, private voluntary insurance for the formal sector and social or national health insurance.
Jobs and Announcements
Training in Health Insurance, South Africa, April 2006
Further details: /newsletter/id/31316
Contact: asifile@heu.uct.ac.za
Week of Action on Trade Justice: April 16 – 23
Join NGOs across the U.S. for a week of education, mobilization and advocacy on a variety of trade justice issues. The week is timed to lead into an important WTO negotiating deadline as well as spring meetings of the World Bank and IMF where trade-related loans, grants, conditionalities and facilities will be discussed. For more information contact Jennifer Cruz at jkurz@interaction.org.
Food Security and HIV/AIDS: An Integrated Response to the Dual Epidemics of Hunger and HIV/AIDS in Africa
May 8-12, 2006, Lusaka, Zambia
The objectives are to enhance learning and information sharing between program implementers on best practices and lessons learned through presentations, workshops, hands-on training and site visits; Identify gaps in the "value chain" where information on best practices is lacking and
Build and strengthen partnerships for continued learning.
ISEqH Fourth International Conference
The International Society for Equity in Health, ISEqH, welcomes those interested in promoting equity in health to share experience and expertise at its Fourth International Conference in Adelaide, Australia. The overarching theme for the ISEQH's Fourth International Conference, Creating Healthy Societies through Inclusion and Equity, reflects the central role of social, political, and economic determinants in creating health.
Mobilising the resources in the Diaspora
21st and 22nd March 2006, London, United Kingdom
Mobilising the resources in the Diaspora (African's based outside their country of origin) in a constructive and structured manner will result in innovative and practical solutions that will be of added value to Africa’s Healthcare enabling Africa to address its capacity to meet the related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). For African's in the United Kingdom, United States and other parts of the world, it is important to register online even if you don't plan to attend the event. This is because, the greater the percentage of healthcare professionals in Diaspora who are registered, will ensure that key decision makers are monitoring the event, as well as policy makers involved in these programmes, will have confidence in developing partnerships with African Diaspora to add value to the many ongoing efforts. This will provide an avenue for those of us not yet actively involved to participate in Africa’s healthcare development.
Further details: /newsletter/id/31273
Contact: healthcare@africarecruit.com
Call for papers for new peer-reviewed journal on Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR)
The Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute in conjunction with the WK Kellogg Foundation announce the launch of a national peer- reviewed journal dedicated to community health partnerships. Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action addresses topics focusing on the growing field of community-based participatory research (CBPR) while promoting further collaboration and elevating the visibility and stature of CBPR as a means toward eliminating health disparities. The first issue is expected in Spring/Summer 2006. For more information, including how to subscribe and how to submit papers, visit the Journal's web site at: http://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/pchp
Fellowship in cardiovascular disease in the developing world
The Lown Fellowship in Cardiovascular Disease in the Developing World offers training in non-invasive and preventive cardiology, public health, and research methodology for physicians from developing countries. The program's goal is to train physicians from the developing world as preventive cardiovascular specialists in order to address the mounting epidemic of CVD facing their countries.
Further details: /newsletter/id/31244
Integrated HIV/AIDS prevention care and treatment course
The course is designed for a multi-disciplinary team of healthcare workers who play an important role in the comprehensive care of HIV infected person(s). These include doctors, nurses, counsellors, pharmacists, clinical officers, laboratory technicians, community health workers etc.
International Health Conference at Yale University in April 2006
\"Empowering Communities to Bridge Health Divides\"
When: April 1-2, 2006
Where: Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
Theme: "Empowering Communities to Bridge Health Divides"
Who should attend? Anyone interested in children's health, medicine, health education, health promotion, public health, international health, international service, eye care, nonprofits, or microenterprise
Conference Goal: To empower conference attendees to identify health needs and to develop solutions to improve access to care for the medically underserved.
Further details: /newsletter/id/31226
Job: Network Director
African Malaria Network Trust
The African Malaria Network Trust (AMANET) is a pan-African, non-profit, non-governmental organization whose mission is to promote capacity strengthening, performance and impact of African malaria R & D institutions. AMANET wishes to recruit on contract terms a very senior research scientist to occupy the position of Network Director, which is now vacant. S/He will be based at the AMANET Secretariat in Dar-es Salaam, Tanzania.