The European Commission now calls for proposals for clinical research projects to address the three diseases - HIV/AIDS, Malaria and TB. Their focus is on developing new effective interventions against three diseases from early discovery through pre-clinical testing and up to early human trials.
Jobs and Announcements
Network Creates Opportunities for Knowledge Exchange in the Area of TB and Poverty
In 2004 the STOP-TB Partnership invited proposals to host the Secretariat for the Network for Action in TB and Poverty. The Malawi National TB Programme, in partnership with the REACH Trust won this proposal.
The purpose of the Secretariat for the Network for Action on TB and Poverty is to support best practice in DOTS and TB control programmes. This initiative supports the overall goal of promoting access to DOTS and TB control programmes for poor and vulnerable populations. In its first year, the secretariat is engaging key stakeholders to promote action on TB and poverty in the WHO AFRO region. Coinciding with this active engagement, the global network will be promoted through the creation of a website, quarterly electronic newsletters, and through Working Groups of the STOP-TB Partnership and the annual conference on TB and Poverty.
The Network hopes to encourage discussion on best practice and be a conduit between policy makers and on-the ground workers with respect to TB and poverty. Anyone wishing to be a part of the network, or if you know of an individual or organization that would benefit from being a part of the network, please sign up on the Network website www.tb-poverty.org or email mwayi@equi-tb-malawi.org.
Sexual and reproductive health: call for papers
The Lancet has issued a call for papers on sexual and reproductive health. "The last International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo in 1994 marked the beginning of a new era for sexual and reproductive health. There was widespread acceptance of a broad definition of sexual and reproductive health that extended beyond the absence of disease and recognised the rights of women and men of all ages to enjoy a healthy sex life and the freedom to decide if, when, and how often to reproduce. Although there has been some progress since 1994 - a gradual integration of services for family planning and those for the management of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and the recognition of the need for information and services for adolescents, for example - sexual and reproductive ill-health still accounts for almost 20% of the burden of ill-health for women and 14% for men."
ISEqH Fourth International Conference
September 11 to September 13, 2006
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.
LLM in Human Rights Specialising in Reproductive and Sexual Health Rights
The Centre for Human Rights Studies in the Faculty of Law, University of the Free State, South Africa, invites applications for admission to study for a Masters Degree (LLM) in Human Rights specialising in Reproductive and Sexual Rights. The LLM in Human Rights specialising in Reproductive and Sexual Rights is the first of its kind on the African continent. The LLM was launched in 2005. It is an international programme that is aimed at equipping committed lawyers from the African continent with academic and practical skills for securing the realisation of reproductive and sexual rights at a domestic as well as an international level. The LLM programme is financially supported by the Ford Foundation.
Further details: /newsletter/id/31053
Critical Health Perspectives - Call for Papers
CHP is a publication of the People's Health Movement, South Africa (South Africa). It is produced with the aim of offering an alternative, "peoples health" perspective and stimulating debate on critical issues related to health and health care in South Africa and elsewhere. CHP is produced once a month and distributed electronically with a distribution list of around 500 people. It is also distributed to a number of email lists. The distribution list consist of professionals interested in health care issues, staff in NGO's, trade union membership, media, government officials, activists.
Further details: /newsletter/id/31025
Call for Proposals for the Collaborative Fund for HIV/AIDS
The Collaborative Fund for HIV/AIDS Treatment Preparedness in Southern Africa calls for submissions from organisations seeking funding for community-based HIV treatments advocacy and education programs. Grants will be allocated to successful applications for a period of up to one year to a maximum amount of 10,000 US dollars per application.
Further details: /newsletter/id/30986
Defend people's right to water!
Please join the People's Health Movement and other organizations in working toward a water-secure future by signing the People's Statement on the Right to Water. Your organization's endorsement will help demonstrate support to establish access to safe, sufficient and affordable water as an international human right. It will also show the breadth of opposition to the commodification of water.
Further details: /newsletter/id/30988
Life and Death in the Age of HIV/AIDS: Southern Africa's Epidemic in Comparative Perspective
The Southern African Research Centre (SARC) at Queen's University and the Department of History and the Library at the University of South Africa (UNISA) are planning two conferences on this subject during 2006. The first will take place at SARC in Kingston, Canada on May 7-10, with a focus on 'Public Health and the Representation of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic'. The UNISA gathering at the University's Sunnyside campus in Pretoria on August 14-16 will address a related but distinct set of issues: 'HIV/AIDS in Social Context: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives'.
Further details: /newsletter/id/31014
People's Health Assembly 2
Together, let us build a healthy world! The Second Peoples Health Assembly will be the culmination of a process of local and national reflections, discussions and debates, and of the exchange of experiences of communities and networks the world over. National and regional conferences and workshops centered around all aspects that influence the health and well being of the marginalized will be held in preparation of PHA 2. At the same time, there will be a mobilization of campaigns to help join together organizations and groups of people around the call for Health for All Now, No to War and no to the WTO.