Jobs and Announcements

The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), in partnership with the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), is pleased to announce the ninth call for applications for the African Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellowships (ADDRF). The ADDRF Fellowship Program seeks to facilitate more rigorous engagement of doctoral students in research, strengthen their research skills, and provide them an opportunity for timely completion of their doctoral training. The Program targets doctoral students with strong commitment to a career in training and/or research. The overall goal of the ADDRF Program is to support the training and retention of highly-skilled, locally-trained scholars in research and academic positions across the region. The ADDRF will award about 20 fellowships in 2016 to doctoral students who are within two years of completing their thesis at an African university. In this phase of funding and in consideration of IDRC’s health programming priorities, candidates whose dissertation topics address health policy or health systems issues will be given special consideration. The application form and supporting documents (attached) must be submitted on email (see website for details).

DENOSA is hosting the Third South African Nurses’ Conference from the 24th to the 26th February 2016.This is a biannual event born out of a need to build capacity and create an enabling environment for South African nurses to effectively and positively influence health policy. It further affords the cadre an opportunity to critically analyse the South African health system and propose solutions. The Third South African Nurses’ Conference 2016 explores the theme: Together we can strengthen the theory and the clinical practice; inspire unity in seeking solutions to challenges facing the profession. The theme will be explored according to the following track of interest: Advancing a Holistic Nursing practice; Investing in Nursing: The Human Capital in health; Contemporary Nursing Issues; The Threshing floor: Teaching and learning; Students voice as the rising nurse leaders. The 3rd Conference intends to showcase the critical role nurses play in delivering holistic quality care. The Conference promises thought provoking plenary sessions, workshops and networking opportunities; with focus on the following tracks of interest: Advancing a Holistic Nursing practice; Investing in Nursing: The Human Capital in health; Contemporary Nursing Issues; The Threshing floor: Teaching and learning; Students voice as the rising nurse leaders.

Health Systems Trust (HST) is hosting a conference from 4-6 May 2016 at the Birchwood Conference Centre, Boksburg, Gauteng. Under the banner of Health for all through strengthened health systems: sharing, supporting, synergising, the event is designed to advance the global public health agenda in improving health outcomes. The conference will provide a forum in which those who contribute in various ways to the South African health system can exchange ideas, develop support mechanisms for common challenges, and foster synergies between interested groups. The vision of the organisers is of a vibrantly non-conventional conference experience. The three-day conference will convene approximately 300 healthcare workers from the public and private sectors as well as policy- and decision-makers, civil society groupings and academics. The past decade has seen an unprecedented wave of change and reform in order to strengthen the effectiveness of health systems, primarily through the introduction of primary health care re-engineering, National Health Insurance, and quality improvement and assurance. In addition, a range of programmatic activities designed to move towards increasing life expectancy, decreasing maternal and child mortality and combating HIV and AIDS and decreasing the burden of disease from TB have been implemented on a wide scale. New initiatives such as the 90-90-90 targets and attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals bring a further dimension to health systems strengthening. Collaborations among healthcare workers and stakeholders have researched, devised and applied a range of strategies and models to translate these reforms into reality. The HST conference will provide an opportunity to discuss challenges faced and solutions adopted at various levels in the health system. To avoid losing the opportunity to share these lessons and curate related good practice as broadly as possible, the organisers encourage interested parties to be a part of this conference. Applications for pre-conference workshops, individual and poster abstracts, and for media submissions close Sunday 10 January 2016.

Formed in 2006, the One in Nine Campaign is a network of organisations and individuals driven by feminist principles and the desire to live in a society where women are the agents of their own lives, including their sexual lives. The Campaign supports and advocates for the rights of women who speak out against sexual violence as well as other survivors in five ways: Solidarity in Action and Building Feminist Activism, Feminist Knowledge Production and Research, Media Advocacy, Justice and Legal Transformation and Direct Action. The One in Nine Campaign is calling for application from all interested individuals/service providers in the following fields: Organisational Development, Strategic planning and reviews, Resource Mobilisation /Fundraising for NGOs, Research, Documentation (written and/or visual), Monitoring and Evaluation, Staff development/Team building, Creative Arts for social change (all art forms welcomed), Health and Wellness, Marketing (especially for small businesses, NGOs, Cooperatives) and Setting up and registering of Cooperatives. The organisation seeks to update its Consultants database and preference will be given to individuals who identify as Women and feminists and registered service providers that are led by Women.