The e-3x5 is an electronic discussion group and information network created by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and UNAIDS in collaboration with SATELLIFE. The goal of e-3x5 is to provide a forum for dialogue and exchange of information on the WHO and partner-supported initiative to get 3 million people living with HIV/AIDS in resource-limited countries on antiretroviral therapy (ART) by the end of 2005, as a first step to achieving the goal of universal access to treatment as a human right.
Jobs and Announcements
Grand Challenges in Global Health initiative: Letters of intent deadline
This is a reminder about a path-breaking research opportunity: the deadline for submitting Letters of Intent under the $200 million Grand Challenges in Global Health initiative is January 9. A version of the announcement and detailed program information is available on the Grand Challenges in Global Health Web site.
Research Methodology Training Course - HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
8 - 19 March 2004, South Africa
This research training course is designed to prepare researchers and postgraduate students with requisite knowledge for formulating sound projects to meet the requirements of postgraduate training of the University of the Witwatersrand and other universities.
Further details: /newsletter/id/30116
SOUTHERN AFRICA: PROGRAMME OFFICER
Equinet
The Regional Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa (EQUINET) is seeking a dynamic and committed public health professional as a programme officer to support the work in EQUINET. EQUINET works on issues of equity in health in southern Africa and supports research, policy development and analysis, information dissemination, networking and advocacy through institutions across southern Africa.
The programme officer works closely with the programme manager, the co-ordinators of EQUINET’s theme work and the steering committee. The work involves:
- Reviewing and providing technical and administrative support to the research, publication and policy intervention work, within specific themes and across the network;
- Preparing calls for grants, meeting and conference announcements, briefings and reports;
- Implementation and reporting on network wide activities (skills workshops, training, student grants, cross cutting research and analysis, conferences, publications and policy intervention);
- Ensuring the production and dissemination of EQUINET publications;
- Organising and ensuring reporting on core EQUINET processes, including evaluation work, the steering committee meetings and the EQUINET conference;
- Presenting EQUINET work and analysis in policy platforms, networks and joint alliance work in the Southern African Development Community (SADC);
- Providing input to the EQUINET website, newsletter and data bases.
Further details: /newsletter/id/30140
AFRICAN CONFERENCE FOR SEXUAL HEALTH AND RIGHTS
25-29 February 2004, Johannesburg, South Africa
An invitation is extended to healthcare practitioners, educators, psychologists, social workers, sexual health and rights policymakers and advocates to attend this milestone congress. Sexual health and rights are fundamental human rights and this conference intends to promote the advancement of these throughout Africa.
AFRICAN TELEHEALTH SYMPOSIUM
Africa Telehealth Group, in close collaboration with MED-e-TEL, will be holding a satellite symposium concurrently with the MED-e-TEL 2004 International Trade Fair. The theme of the satellite symposium, as captured in its title, is: “The African Diaspora, Telehealth and Telemedicine: A Symposium for Joint Action”. While focusing on Africans in the Diaspora, the symposium would, nonetheless, seek to pool the energies of both continental Africans and those Africans born or living outside the African continent who have knowledge, expertise, or a passion to contribute to the effective development of e-health in Africa.
Further details: /newsletter/id/30100
All Africa Telemedicine and Telehealth Conference
Yaounde, Cameroun June 12-16, 2004
After more than three decades of independence, Africans continue to be overburdened by problems of underdevelopment, poverty and insecurity. At the same time, for the most part efforts to evolve modern social and political institutions to respond to global changes, challenges, and opportunities have either failed or remained weak. Yet, the continent's ability to attain a productive, flexible and responsive orientation to the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century depends, in part, on its collective ability to devise and utilize such institutions. This conference seeks to act as a catalyst for continental institution building in the health sector, pulling together individuals and organizations with expertise in health and information technology, as well as those working towards the integration or sharing of health treatment systems across the continent.
Further details: /newsletter/id/30101
Call for Applications: Young Researcher Grants - 2003-2004
The Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research aims to promote the generation, dissemination and use of knowledge for enhancing health system performance. One of its strategic objectives is to facilitate the development of capacity for the generation, dissemination and use of knowledge among researchers, policy makers and other stakeholders. The Alliance is calling for applications for grants to strengthen the capacity of Masters or PhD teaching programs involved in the field of HPSR in developing countries. A total of up to USD 25,000 will be provided for a period of one year, renewable on the basis of results.
Graduate Scholarship in Poverty Alleviation and Community Development
Brandeis University: The Heller School for Social Policy and Management
The Poverty and Development (P&D) Scholarship for the Master of Arts in Sustainable International Development will be awarded to an early to mid-career development planner committed to poverty alleviation and community development within Southern Africa. The competition is open to nationals of the following countries: Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The Scholarship begins in late August 2004.
Further details: /newsletter/id/30121
Graduate Scholarship in Poverty Alleviation and Community Development
Brandeis University: The Heller School for Social Policy and Management
The Poverty and Development (P&D) Scholarship for the Master of Arts in Sustainable International Development will be awarded to an early to mid-career development planner committed to poverty alleviation and community development within Southern Africa. The competition is open to nationals of the following countries: Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The Scholarship begins in late August 2004.
Further details: /newsletter/id/30123