Call Closes On March 20 2006
The Regional Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa (EQUINET) promotes policies for equity in health across a range of priority theme areas (See www.equinetafrica.org). EQUINET invites applicants for small research grants for post graduate and undergraduate students in East and Southern Africa. Students are encouraged to submit focused proposals that look at a specific issue and either organise secondary evidence or gather empirical evidence in one of the priority areas of EQUINET work listed below.
Latest Equinet Updates
Call for Applicants: Student Research Grants on Equity in Health
Grant application date extended
Further details: /newsletter/id/31301
Contact: admin@equinetafrica.org
Student research grants on equity in health
Call for Participants
EQUINET invites applicants for small research grants for post graduate and undergraduate students in East and Southern Africa. Students are encouraged to submit focused proposals that look at a specific issue and either organise secondary evidence or gather empirical evidence in one of the priority areas of EQUINET work.
Further details: /newsletter/id/31267
Training Workshop on Participatory methods for research and training for a people centred health system
Contact us if you are interested in such training
EQUINET will be holding a Workshop on Participatory Methods for for research and training for a people centred health system in Bagamoyo, Tanzania, March 1-4, 2006. TARSC and IHRDC under the EQUINET umbrella and with support from CHESSORE have developed a toolkit of materials on participatory reflection and action (PRA) methods for research and training for a people centred health system. The materials provide information on areas for strengthening community voice and roles in health systems and introduce and provide examples of participatory approaches for training and research that supports this. EQUINEt will also be providing some small grants to support research and training using PRA methods for those who have completed the course.
Those interested in this area of training please contact us at admin@equinetafrica.org
Further details: /newsletter/id/31256
Regional meeting on Promoting Health in Trade agreements, 29 October 2005
The workshop on Protecting health in Trade agreements held in Johannesburg in October 2005 was held within an EQUINET programme with Centre for Health Policy South Africa and SEATINI Zimbabwe that aims to build capacities in state, legislative and civil society institutions to know, understand, analyse and promote public sector equity oriented health systems within trade and investment policies and agreements. The workshop reviewed the work and research papers of the capacity building programme implemented in Tanzania and Zimbabwe to date.
Training Workshop on Participatory methods
Call Closes January 23, 2006!
Training and Research Support Centre (TARSC), the Ifakara Health Research and Development Centre (IHRDC) with The Southern African Regional Network on Equity in Health (EQUINET) and CHESSORE Zambia invites applicants to participate and share experiences in a Workshop on Participatory Methods for research and training for a people centred health system being held in Bagamoyo, Tanzania, March 1-4, 2006.
EQUINET regional review meeting: A common agenda for equity in health in east and southern Africa
Harare, 10-12 October 2005
The regional review meeting brought together steering committee members; theme, process and country co-ordinators; colleagues working in key areas of work central to EQUINET’s agenda; and civil society colleagues. The meeting reviewed EQUINET current work to shape and critically debate the form and content for the annual equity analysis at regional (and country) level.
Report of the regional review meeting: Promoting health in trade agreements
Johannesburg, 29 October 2005
The workshop aimed to review the work and research papers of the capacity building programme implemented in Tanzania and Zimbabwe to date. The purpose of the workshop was thus to review the training, findings and programme in order to identify issues arising for policy support, future capacity building, extension to other countries in the region and to strengthen linkages with other work on trade and health.
Equity in the distribution of health personnel in southern Africa: Report of regional meeting, 18-20 August 2005, Johannesburg
The EQUINET regional meeting on Human Resources for Health August 19-20 2005 in Johannesburg South Africa discussed and debated Human Resources for Health (HRH) research and policy with a view to improving the equitable distribution of HRH within southern Africa. By the end of the deliberations, the delegates from government, non government, health worker, national, regional and international level at the meeting highlighted key areas of shared perspective on HRH.
Meeting report: Monitoring equity in ART provision in the context of health systems, Lilongwe, Malawi, 29-30 August 2005
A regional meeting (hosted by EQUINET/Oxfam working with SADC in February 2004) identified the need to monitor equity in access and health systems issues as critical to supporting visibility, policy dialogue and programme planning on these issues of equity and health system strengthening. EQUINET, through Training and Research Support Centre, carried out work to assess the existing monitoring taking place in relation to expanding ART coverage and contracted the Equi-TB Knowledge Programme – now REACH Trust - Malawi, to write a paper on the area of monitoring equity and health systems impacts of ART expansion at subnational and national level, with recommendations for regional level monitoring.
Resolutions of the Health Civil Society in Southern and East Africa meeting, 13 October 2005
Health civil society groups in Zimbabwe and east and southern Africa, met on 13 October 2005 to discuss struggles for health and agreed on the resolutions available through clicking on the web link provided, to be presented at the Southern African Social Forum on 14 October 2005.