Jobs and Announcements

Monitoring and Evaluation for Sexual and Reproductive Health
01 - 12 November, 2004, Johannesburg, South Africa

Monitoring and Evaluation for Sexual and Reproductive Health examines the underlying principles of monitoring and evaluation for programme managers. Participants explore the steps in establishing effective monitoring and evaluation systems and are guided in how to integrate gender analysis into their monitoring and evaluation plans.

Further details: /newsletter/id/30619
Vacancy: Public health coordinator

In the context of a joint collaboration between the Zimbabwean Ministry of Health, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) and the Institute of Public Health, Epidemiology and Development (ISPED) of the University Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, a two-year prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) programme will be initiated at the end of 2004 in three rural districts of Zimbabwe.

Further details: /newsletter/id/30614
Call for articles from African NGO's involved in health care

AIFO/Italy and People's Health Movement Africa invite articles in English, French, Portuguese and Italian from activists, non-governmental organisations and grass-roots organisations based in Africa related to experiences of innovative approaches linked to promotion of any aspect of better health for different community groups. Articles selected by an international jury will be part of a book to be released and distributed at the Second People's Health Assembly (PHA-II) in Ecuador in 2005 and will also be made available on the AIFO website. Three best articles will receive a cash prize of 500 Euros each. Last date for sending entries is 15 October 2004. It is possible that some selected partners from this initiative will be sponsored by AIFO to participate in the PHA-II. A decision regarding this will be taken before the end of 2004. In addition, authors of the three prize winning entries may also be invited to an award ceremony in Italy. For more details write to: sunil.deepak@aifo.it

Further details: /newsletter/id/30594
Global Health Watch
Mobilising Civil Society around an Alternative World Health Report

The GHW is putting out a call for the submission of country or region-specific case studies. These case studies will form part of the electronic accompaniment to the alternative World Health Report to be launched in July 2005 at the Peoples health Assembly in Ecuador.

Further details: /newsletter/id/30578
Health Leadership Service (HLS) Initiative

Through the Health Leadership Service, the World Health Organization (WHO) has begun recruiting young health professionals to a two-year work and training program, specifically aimed at strengthening the knowledge and skills essential for leadership roles in public health at all levels -national, regional and global.

Further details: /newsletter/id/30607
Health Policy and Planning - New issue alert
September 2004; Vol. 19, No. 5

Masters Degree Fellowships: HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria Research and Training

The Graduate School, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand is dedicated to building health research capacity in South Africa and the SADC region. The School is inviting applications for fellowships (sponsored by the Belgian Embassy) to enable trainees to undertake full time master's level training in the Faculty of Health Sciences.

Further details: /newsletter/id/30567
New Publication: HIV/AIDS and agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa

This publication is the first in a three part series on HIV/AIDS and agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa with the overall objective of providing a resource base on issues of rural development in a broad sense in the times of HIV/AIDS. This first book discusses the impact of the epidemic as it has emerged over the last decades at different levels of the agricultural sector, namely the farming system level, the livelihood level, and the household level. In a further step, impact on the agricultural estate sector as well as pastoralism is discussed.

Further details: /newsletter/id/30572
Health Informatics for Southern Africa conference
6th - 8th October 2004, Kimberley, South Africa

Organised by the South African Health Informatics Association, in conjunction with the Computer Society of Southern Africa, the theme of the conference is: "Health Informatics - Southern Africa" Tracks within the conference include discussions on open source initiatives, monitoring of ARV rollout, standards and electronic interchange.

International Online Health Economics

This is an established course directed by Professor Gavin Mooney, a leading international educator in health economics and designed for health care professionals seeking a professional edge. It is open to fee paying international and Australian students.

Further details: /newsletter/id/30537

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