Applications are invited from African physicians/scientists in the employment of African health research, control, and/or training institutions. Applicants must at least be middle to senior level investigators, key members of ethics (or scientific) review committees, study monitors, members of data safety monitoring boards, sponsors of research involving human subjects, members of regulatory bodies or writers/editors of biomedical journals.
Jobs and Announcements
AMANET Workshop on Health Research Ethics in Africa
September 2003, Cameroon
Further details: /newsletter/id/29823
Executive Director
SAfAIDS
Southern Africa HIV/AIDS Information Dissemination Service (SAfAIDS), is a dynamic regional NGO based in Harare. Our mission is to use information as a change agent to support ethical and effective development responses for HIV prevention, care and long-term mitigation. Central to this is an understanding of the HIV epidemic as a crucial issue for development rather than primarily as a health problem to be dealt with in isolation. Underlying our mission is an emphasis on the three priority areas of gender, human rights and development. The organisation seeks a dynamic leader to continue our development. The successful candidate must bring dedication and commitment to the organisation and its mission.
Further details: /newsletter/id/29833
Fellowship on Management of Public Health Training
Nationals from the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region or WHO Africa Region are invited to apply for a 12-24 month career development fellowship on management of public health training. The fellowship is a placement at the WHO Mediterranean Centre (Tunis, Tunisia) working with the professional staff located in the centre.
Further details: /newsletter/id/29827
2003 Strategies for Enhancing Access to Medicines (SEAM) Conference
People living in developing nations continue to face significant barriers in access to essential medicines and health commodities. Concerned members of the global health community will meet this June in Dar es Salaam to share ideas, experience, and plans for moving forward, with a focus on recent and ongoing efforts to confront this crisis.
ADVOCACY FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH COURSE
4-15 AUGUST, 2003, Nairobi, Kenya
The Centre for African Family Studies (CAFS) is pleased to announce the next offering of our popular regional advocacy course entitled "Advocacy for Reproductive Health". This course was developed in collaboration with the Support for Analysis and Research in Africa Project (SARA) of the Academy for Education Development (AED), with financial support from USAID. CAFS has adjusted the course to the African region situation.
Further details: /newsletter/id/29802
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
2003 Awards for Action on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights
Established by the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network and Human Rights Watch, the Awards for Action on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights recognize individuals or organisations for excellence and long-term commitment to defending the human rights of those most vulnerable to and affected by HIV/AIDS. An award will be presented annually to a person or organisation in each of two categories: A person residing in Canada or a non-profit organisation based in Canada; A person or non-profit organisation from another country.
Further details: /newsletter/id/29801
kenya: Associate Director, Health Equity, Africa Regional Program
The Rockefeller Foundation
The Rockefeller Foundation is currently seeking an Associate Director for its office in Nairobi who will have overall responsibility for providing thematic leadership for grant activities in the AIDS area of work in the development of programs related to the Health Equity (HE) theme and the Africa Regional Program (ARP) in Eastern and Southern Africa.
Further details: /newsletter/id/29805
Letting them die – why HIV/AIDS intervention programmes fail
A new book entitled “Letting them die – why HIV/AIDS intervention programmes fail”, written by social psychologist Dr Catherine Campbell, addresses the questions of why people knowingly engage in sexual behaviour that could lead to a slow and painful premature death?; and why the best-intentioned HIV-prevention programmes often have little impact? Dr Campbell is a Reader at the London School of Economics and a Research Fellow at HIVAN, (the Centre for HIV/AIDS Networking, based at the University of Natal in Durban). The book's title is derived from South African satirist Pieter-Dirk Uys's comment that: "In the old South Africa we killed people. Now we're just letting them die."
Further details: /newsletter/id/29808
Strategic Research on Governance, Equity and Health for Eastern and Southern Africa
Call for Letters of Intent: 8 July deadline
The Alliance and the Governance, Equity and Health Program Initiative of the International Development Research Centre, Canada (GEH) invite letters of intent for strategic research in governance, equity and health for Eastern and Southern Africa. Health systems in Africa face special challenges given their development situation, their epidemiological profile and the opportunities to scale up disease control programmes. It is important that the new and larger policy and programme efforts currently being implemented improve the equity and responsiveness of health systems through approaches that strengthen and integrate actions at national and local levels.
Further details: /newsletter/id/29773
ZARAN Online
ZARAN is a non-governmental organisation that was established in December 2001. ZARAN believes that successful HIV/AIDS interventions are those that protect and promote the rights of People Living With Aids (PLWA). It is therefore committed to the implementation of the International Guidelines on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights.
Further details: /newsletter/id/29807