Third Global Forum on TB Vaccines will bring together researchers, policymakers, donors, civil society and other stakeholders interested in the development of new TB vaccines that will contribute to global efforts to eliminate TB. The main goals of the Forum are to: review progress in the field, with a particular focus on the key issues and challenges outlined in the Blueprint for TB Vaccine Development, and discuss strategies to continue to advance and sustain the field; share the latest data and findings on key issues in TB vaccine research; and promote partnerships and collaboration amongst multiple stakeholders across sectors to accelerate and streamline TB vaccine research.
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TB Vaccines Third Global Forum
25-27 March 2013: Cape Town, South Africa
Third Global Forum On Human Resources For Health
Recife, Brazil: 10–13 November 2013
The World Health Organisation’s Workforce Alliance convened the First and the Second Global Forums on Human Resources for Health, in 2008 in Uganda, and 2011 in Thailand respectively. The Global Forums brought together key experts, fellow champions as well as frontline health workers around the common goal of improving the human resources for health to achieve the health-related Millennium Development Goals. Both Forums concluded with the adoption from committed participants of ambitious agendas suitable to translate political will, leadership and partnership into sustainable and effective actions. The Third Global Forum will be held in Recife, Brazil, from 10–13 November 2013.
6th International ISEQH Conference: Making Policy a Health Equity Building Process
Cartagena de Indias, Colombia - September 26-28, 2011
The International Society for Equity in Health- ISEqH - will hold its 6th International Conference: Making Policy a Health Equity Building Process in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia - September 26-28, 2011. Equity is an important issue to champion for, however nobody disagrees with it because is too broad. The conferebce aims to provide more detail, to be more specific and, at the same time, offer a multi disciplinary look. The organisers call for submissions for organised sessions by March 4th and individual abstracts by April 15. All participants are invited to submit an abstract for symposia and/or oral and/or poster presentations to abstracts@iseqh.org. It is not necessary to be a member of the International Society for Equity in Health to submit an abstract.
Call for abstracts: First International HIV Social Science and Humanities Conference
Submission Date: 25 February 2011
The International Association of HIV Social Scientists is calling for abstracts for the First International HIV Social Science and Humanities Conference. Abstracts should cover any of the following themes: treatment as prevention, HIV and the body, social epidemiology and social networks, global politics, responsibility and risk governance, and new directions for HIV and AIDS treatment. The abstracts should be original contributions to any of the themes listed above and demonstrate the contribution of the social sciences or humanities to any aspect of the HIV epidemic. The conference welcomes papers, session proposals and events that are innovative in their delivery, organization, range of topics and type of public or audience. As well as traditional research papers, proposals are open for sessions and papers using ‘new media’ or other new forms of presentation.
Call for applicants: African Programme on Rethinking Development Economics
5-19 May 2011: Johannesburg, South Africa
The African Programme on Rethinking Development Economics (APORDE) is a high-level training programme in development economics that aims to build capacity in economics and economic policy-making. The course will run for two weeks and consist of lectures and seminars taught by leading international and African economists. This call is directed at African, Asian and Latin American economists, policy makers and civil society activists who, if selected, will be fully funded. Only 30 applicants will be selected.
Call for applicants: Developing country scholarships
Closing Date: 14 February 2011
The CUD (Cutting-edge International Trainings and Courses for Development) Scholarships Programme for the year 2011-2012 is available for applicants from developing countries. Courses include Masters in Public Health, Master in Development, Environment and Society, Master of Science and Supplementary Environmental Management in Developing Countries, Management Systems in Health Services, and Methodology in Support of Innovation in Family Planning. Some of these courses and trainings are in French and candidates should be familiar with the language before applying for them. Nevertheless, selected candidates also need to learn French while participating in the programme. Only candidates from specific countries may apply, including South Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Eligible candidates will be those holding a graduate degree comparable to a Belgian University graduate degree. After completion of the programme, selected candidates should return to their country and pursue work in the field in which they have undergone the course or training.
Call for papers: African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines
No closing date given
The African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines will publish a special issue in 2011 entitled ‘Reviews of Modern Tools in Traditional Medicines’. Experts may write on any of the following topics: specific case management studies in traditional medicines, traditional medical practice in different systems of traditional medicines, African, Chinese or Indian traditional medicines, complementary and alternative medicines, other systems of traditional medicines, evaluation of herbal products as potential medicines/drugs, clinical trials of herbal medicines, traditional medicines and HIV and AIDS, chemical profiling of herbal medicines, cultivation of medicinal plants, safety evaluation of herbal products/medicines, standardisation of herbal medicines, packaging of herbal products, economics of herbal medicines, and biotechnology and traditional medicines. Accepted papers after review will be published without the usual publication fees. Abstracts of accepted papers may also appear in French. Authors should please read the instructions for authors on the journal’s website in preparing their manuscripts. Papers should be uploaded online on the journal’s website or sent to the editor and marked ‘Paper for Special Issue’.
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Call for signatures on letter to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Pambazuka News (509), 9 December 2010
All concerned parties are invited by AGRA Watch/Community Alliance for Global Justice & La Via Campesina to add their signatures to this open letter to the Gates Foundation. It acknowledges that signatories to the letter share recognition with the Foundation that hunger, poverty and climate change are inter-related through the medium of agricultural policies, but express reservations that the Foundation’s approach to these issues – directly and through its Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) subsidiary – is unlikely to adequately address them and may well aggravate their underlying causes. The letter states that the Foundation is mistakenly funding an inappropriate effort to industrialise agriculture in Africa, including the use of chemical fertilisers, pesticides, monocropping of ‘improved’ and genetically engineered crop varieties, further deregulation of trade, and regulatory frameworks that will privatise seed. The authors of the letter warn that science and historical precedents indicate that these changes will come at the expense of the hungry, small farmers, consumer health and the environment.
First International HIV Social Science and Humanities Conference: 11-13 June 2011: South Africa
Registration Dates: Early: Early Registration Fee Prior To 25 February 2011 Regular Fee: By 4 June 2011
This conference will consider the link between and contributions of the social sciences and humanities to HIV research and action. The International Association of HIV Social Scientists, which is organising the event, argues that social science emphasises a critical, reflexive stance and willingness to confront the social, ethical, and political dimensions of scientific investigations of the HIV epidemic, which has made it instrumental in successful HIV prevention efforts such as the normalisation of condom use against sexual transmission and the introduction of safe injecting equipment for injecting drug use. Social scientific research has also provided insights into issues related to the treatment and care of people living with HIV and AIDS, and has addressed the broader social and political barriers to effective responses to HIV. Yet there have been few forums in which scholars from different social science and humanities disciplines can come together to develop connections among the various phenomena we study, and between ourselves and our biomedical, policy and community based colleagues. This conference is a forum for those keen to extend the scope of the social sciences and its capacity to trace connections between all kinds of phenomenon, notably those that contribute to the complexity and changing nature of the epidemic. Themes include: treatment as prevention, HIV and the body, social epidemiology and social networks, global politics, and responsibility and risk governance, as well as new directions for HIV and AIDS treatment.
Fourth World Social Forum on Social Security and Health
3–6 February 2011: Dakar Senegal
The Fourth World Social Forum on Social Security and Health will be held immediately before of the IX Edition of the World Social Forum in Dakar, Senegal from 3–6 February 2011. The theme of the Forum will be ‘Towards universal social security: A right without borders, a system without barriers: Africa in the centre of the world’. Those at the Forum will debate the collective process that tries to project the concerns and proposals of a wide range of organisations that work in different fields related to of social security and the right to health, including work protection, social assistance and economic security.