The FAMSA General Assembly and Scientific Conference will bring together young vibrant minds as well as professionals and relevant stakeholders in both the public and private sectors from across Africa and beyond to discuss ideas and initiate steps to position Africa on the path to sustainable development in health and by extension in every other sphere of human development. The Conference invites medical students, healthcare professionals and researchers to submit abstracts for oral or poster presentations. Abstracts are to be submitted under any of the two categories; Research or Project. Abstract topics should fall under the subthemes or any other topic of relevance to the theme of the conference.
Jobs and Announcements
Call for Abstracts: Federation of African Medical Students’ Associations (FAMSA) Conference, Ibadan, Nigeria, November 18th – 24th , 2018
Deadline 30 September 2018
CODESRIA Humanities Institute: The essence(s), diversity and economies of the (Pan)-African arts - (Re)making and confronting memories and futures, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Deadline for Applications: 30 September, 2018
To mark the 50th anniversary of the bi-annual Pan-Africa Film and Television Festival CODESRIA is organising the Humanities Institute in Ouagadougou on February 25- March 1, 2019. The theme will be ‘The essence(s), diversity and economies of the (Pan)-African arts: (Re)making and confronting memories and futures.’ The theme intends to promote contemplation of the structural conditions that hinder and facilitate involvement in shaping the future of the African arts and the event seeks to bring together a mixed group of scholars and artists.
Emerging Public Health Practitioner Award: manuscript submissions open
November 18th – 24th, 2018, Ibadan, Nigeria
The FAMSA General Assembly and Scientific Conference will bring together young vibrant minds as well as professionals and relevant stakeholders in both the public and private sectors from across Africa and beyond to discuss ideas and initiate steps to position Africa on the path to sustainable development in health and by extension in every other sphere of human development. The conference will feature keynote addresses, plenary sessions, workshops, trainings, hackathon sessions, and scientific presentations on carefully selected subthemes all related and contributory to the goal of repositioning healthcare in Africa for Sustainable Development. Sub themes for the conference include ‘The African Medical Student and the SDGs’, ‘Medical Education in Africa’, ‘Maternal and Child Health in Africa’, ‘The Burden of NCDs’, ‘Infectious Diseases in Africa’, ‘Sustainable Vaccination Schemes’, ‘Outbreak and Disaster Management’, ‘Mental Health’, ‘Health Policy and Financing’ and ‘Social Determinants of Health’.
Register for the Shaping health session: Grounding health action in community cultures and systems
9 October 1330-1700 Global Symposium on Health Systems Research Liverpool Conference Room 11C
Join us in this participatory satellite session at the Global Symposium on Health System Research where we will be sharing experiences from diverse countries globally on how social participation and power can make health systems more holistic, responsive and inclusive, and how to facilitate such practice. In this session we will share evidence and learning from a multi-country Shaping health consortium on social participation in local health systems, and use participatory approaches to draw also on the experiences of those participating. These experiences show how social participation and power can make health systems more holistic in approach, more responsive and more inclusive. We will discuss and draw recommendations on practices that ground health action and services within community cultures and systems, what challenges they face, and how to facilitate and encourage such practice. For more information see the website below and sign up at admin@tarsc.org.
WHOs First Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health
30 October – 1 November 2018, World Health Organisation, Geneva
The Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health is the first-ever global event to focus on both air pollution and health. As a contribution towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, the Conference will feature a “Call for Urgent Action” where delegates will reach agreement on a target for 2030 to reduce the 7 million deaths caused by air pollution each year, Countries, urban mayors and civil society will be invited to make commitments to the global advocacy campaign www.BreatheLife2030.org to meet WHO Air Quality Guidelines and reduce climate emissions. The Conference will underline the links between air pollution and the global epidemic of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), and position the health sector to catalyse actions for health-wise policies on clean household energy, transport and waste.
African Network for Internationalization of Education (ANIE) 9th Annual Conference 2018: Africa in the global higher education landscape: the role of internationalization
3 – 5 October 2018, Nairobi, Kenya
ANIEs 10th Anniversary and 9th Annual Conference will debate contemporary trends in internationalization of higher education in Africa, the achievements that have been made over the last one decade, main challenges, and the implications of global internationalization of higher education in Africa. It is a timely opportunity to reflect on the crucial role of Africa in the global higher education and research landscape, especially towards the realization of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).The conference ties in with the goals of Agenda2063; a blueprint for the growth of all the nations of the African continent for coming five decades. It aims to critically consider where African universities find themselves at present in the global higher education landscape. In which ways are the colonial and post-colonial legacies of African higher education playing themselves out in internationalization processes? How has internationalization in Africa helped African universities to claim spaces in the African knowledge domain from their former subservient positions? Who are the narrators of African knowledge and how can internationalization reshape the landscape?
Applications for the 2nd Cohort of Tekano Fellows now open
Deadline for Stage 1 of applications: 31 August 2018
Tekano's mission to foster dynamic, visionary, value-based leaders working both individually and in catalytic communities of learning and action who articulate, convey and act to promote health equity by addressing the social and structural determinants of health. Tekano's programme is built around annual fellowships for mid-career people from diverse backgrounds and disciplines who have already shown leadership in addressing the determinants of health equity. The programme is composed of 6 face-to-face modules, held every two months from January to December 2019. Applicants must be a South African citizen or valid permit holders between 25- 45 of age with evidence of showing leadership and commitment to social justice in South Africa, linked to health equity. Applicants must commit to all program activities of the Fellows Programme in 6 modules in 2019 and either be employed or volunteer with a sending organisation/s.
Call for expressions of interest on Heightening Institutional Capacity for Government Use of Health Research Award
Deadline: 15 August 2018
Applications are open for Heightening Institutional Capacity for Government Use of Health Research (HIGH-Res) Award. This is a joint call for proposals from the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research and Wellcome to enhance the capacity of ministries of health in lower-middle and low-income countries to use health research evidence in policy-making. This call will fund one consortium up to US$ 1,000,000 for a maximum duration of 36 months. The collaborating research or academic teams must be based at recognized institutions with the capacity to undertake high-quality research. This means an institution that possesses an existing in-house capacity to host a grant and can demonstrate an independent capability to undertake and lead on research programmes. Ministries of health must engage as implementing partners and are required to co-lead the consortium. Applications that include capacity building and comparison across several different institutions and/or countries are encouraged. The primary applicants must be based in at least developed, lower-income or lower-middle income country.
Child Rights and Child Law Short Course for Health and Allied Professionals
3 - 7 December 2018 Cape Town
Every year the Children’s Institute runs a short course on child rights and child law for health and allied professionals. This five-day intensive course provides an opportunity for doctors, nurses, social workers and allied professionals to explore how to better support children’s rights in practice. The course aims to build a network of health and allied professionals interested in promoting children’s rights and sharing best practice, and will: deepen understandings of child rights and child law in South Africa; enable participants to apply this understanding in daily practice; enable participants to advocate for children’s health both within and outside the health care system. The course is accredited by both the Health Professions Council of South Africa and the SA Council for Social Service Professions, and is targeted at doctors, nurses, educators, social workers and allied professionals who are responsible for child health at all levels of the health care system.
Emerging Public Health Practitioner Award: manuscript submissions open
Deadline: 30 August 2018
The South African Health Review's Emerging Public Health Practitioner Award (EPHPA) is open to young public health practitioners or student researchers in the fields of health sciences, medicine or public health who are currently studying for their Masters or Honours degree, or are in the final year of their Bachelor's degree. Individuals seeking to publish a paper dealing with any of the following issues are encouraged to apply: Health workers (e.g. community health workers, production and distribution of healthcare workers, planning and forecasting, task-shifting, etc.); Responses to the prevention and management of non-communicable diseases.; Progress and challenges towards implementing universal health coverage. The South African Health Review's Emerging Public Health Practitioner Award is offered to South African citizens or permanent residents who are under the age of 35 on 3 August 2018. See website for further details.