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.
Jobs and Announcements
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
HEALTH FOR ALL NOW ! Revive Alma Ata
This book is a collection of papers, statements and campaign material to further the cause of Alma Ata.
Contact: secretariat@phmovement.org
Proposal Writing Training Course in the Field of HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
25- 28th March 2004
This course is designed to equip researchers with managerial skills to meet competitive demands of proposal writing in response to local and international funding opportunities. Proposal writing skills is of particular interest to researchers who intend to establish research groups/entities with the capacity for repeated grant funding.
Further details: /newsletter/id/30131
Research Methodology Training Course in the Field of HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
8-19th March 2004
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/30080
THE TROPICAL INSTITUTE OF COMMUNITY HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT in AFRICA: THE 3RD TICH ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
Abstracts will highlight one or more of the following sub-themes: Strengthening health systmes and empowering local structures through partnerships; Counting and accounting for action: Striving for sustainable CB-HIS; Packaging and financing CBHC: A system for equitable resource generation, allocation and tracking; and Alternative models for CBHC workforce in the context of poverty and ill health.
Further details: /newsletter/id/30120
THE TROPICAL INSTITUTE OF COMMUNITY HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT in AFRICA: THE 3RD TICH ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE
Call for Abstracts
Abstracts will highlight one or more of the following sub-themes: Strengthening health systems and empowering local structures through partnerships; Counting and accounting for action: Striving for sustainable CB-HIS; Packaging and financing CBHC: A system for equitable resource generation, allocation and tracking; and Alternative models for CBHC workforce in the context of poverty and ill health.
Further details: /newsletter/id/30124