In the context of a joint collaboration between the Zimbabwean Ministry of Health, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) and the Institute of Public Health, Epidemiology and Development (ISPED) of the University Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, a two-year prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) programme will be initiated at the end of 2004 in three rural districts of Zimbabwe.
Jobs and Announcements
Vacancy: Research Fellow – Innovation, Public Health and Intellectual Property
South Centre
The Innovation and Access to Knowledge Programme (IAKP) of the South Centre seeks applicants for a 12 month Research Fellowship in Innovation, Public Health and Intellectual Property. Applicants should send their applications indicating their interest and highlighting their relevant qualifications and experience as well as detailed CVs, letter of interest, references, preferably by email, by 18h00 Central European Time (CET) on 14 December 2007 to: Ms. Caroline Ngome Eneme, Administrative Assistant, Innovation and Access to Knowledge Programme, South Centre, Chemin du Champ D’Anier 17, P.O.B. 228, 1211 Genev
Vacancy: Social scientist/demographer/epidemiologist in rural Malawi
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
A social scientist/demographer/epidemiologist is sought to play an important role in a large Wellcome Trust-supported research programme based in northern Malawi. The programme includes demographic surveillance in a population of 32,000, and an HIV and sexual behaviour survey. This represents an unusual opportunity for involvement in a major long-term programme. The closing date for applications is 27 August 2008.
Further details: /newsletter/id/33294
Contact: personnel@lshtm.ac.uk
Vacancy: Technical officer, Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research
Deadline: 14 April 2009
The Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, World Health Organization, is hiring a technical officer, P4, in the areas of pharmaceutical policy and use of evidence to inform policy making. Based in Geneva, the officer will lead a programme of work that engages research users to identify and build consensus around global research priorities in the access to medicines field; manage calls for proposals, administer and provide technical support to grants focused on synthesising and generating new knowledge on access to medicine issues; promote networking between research institutions working in the pharmaceutical policy field and help build capacity in the field through workshops and other interventions; monitor and support Alliance grants to country teams that aim to promote the use of evidence in policy making; and act as the point person for the Alliance on coordination with the EVIPNet (Evidence Informed Policy Networks).
Virtual Symposium: Finding Joy in Healthcare in Africa
WiSER University of the Witwatersrand, Medical and Health Humanities Africa network, Primary Health Care Directorate, University of Cape Town: 1-2 September, 2021, Online
Dominant perceptions of healthcare in Africa portray it either in terms of failure, disrepair, chaos and disappointment. Little attention is paid, within scholarly research, to the joy that accompanies pursuing or achieving health and wellbeing. This inaugural symposium explores, from past, present and future perspectives, how healthcare practitioners, health systems and people seeking healthcare in Africa approach issues of joy, trust, confidence, or comfort at individual, familial, community or national levels. The organisers invite artists, activists, health practitioners and academics to re-imagine health and healthcare in Africa through workshops, academic papers, discussion forums and two keynote addresses. (Note abstract submission has closed).
Visiting Scholar in Feminist Perspectives on Globalization
2004-2005 Academic Year
The Pauline Jewett Institute of Women's Studies at Carleton University and the Institute of Women's Studies at the University of Ottawa, with the support of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), are launching a four year project to allow scholars from the developing world, working in the field of “Gender and Development”, to spend a research term at their institutions. The “Visiting Scholar in Feminist Perspectives on Globalization” will contribute in facilitating the expansion of gender and development research at both universities, and also provide a unique opportunity for collaboration between feminist scholars in Canada and the developing world.
Further details: /newsletter/id/29993
We the Peoples 2005 Survey
"We invite your collaboration in the We the Peoples 2005 Survey. We the Peoples is an annual survey which analyses and reports on civil society activities, achievements and views regarding the Millennium Declaration and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). 2005 promises to be a year of opportunity. In September, a summit-session of the United Nations General Assembly will review progress since the Millennium Declaration of 2000. In July, the G-7 will meet in the UK. Around the world national coalitions are seeking to hold their governments to account for promises made. An international "Call to Action" Campaign is mobilizing civil society to press for accountability and significant progress on aid, debt cancellation and trade justice."
Week of Action on Trade Justice: April 16 – 23
Join NGOs across the U.S. for a week of education, mobilization and advocacy on a variety of trade justice issues. The week is timed to lead into an important WTO negotiating deadline as well as spring meetings of the World Bank and IMF where trade-related loans, grants, conditionalities and facilities will be discussed. For more information contact Jennifer Cruz at jkurz@interaction.org.
Wellcome Photography Prize 2019
Deadline for entries: 17 December 2018
The Wellcome Trust invite photographers and other image makers from all disciplines to enter the Wellcome Photography Prize, which celebrates compelling imagery that captures stories of health, medicine and science. Wellcome are looking for entries that can captivate people with stories of science and medicine, and start conversations about some of the health challenges people face. The winner of each category will receive £1,250, with the overall winner receiving a prize of £15,000. Prizes will be presented at an awards ceremony in London on 3 July 2019. All the winning and shortlisted entries will go on show in a major public exhibition at Lethaby Gallery, Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, from 4-13 July 2019. If you’re a winner, Wellcome will also offer opportunities to take part in events to showcase your work to a range of audiences. The winning images receive extensive international media coverage each year. There are four categories in the competition: Social perspectives – explore how health and illness affect the way we live; Hidden worlds – reveal details hidden to the naked eye; Medicine in focus – show health and healthcare up close and personal; Outbreaks (2019 theme) – capture the impact of disease as it spreads.
Wellcome Trust seeks world class researchers to tackle most ambitious biomedical research questions
Wellcome Trust: January 2010
Researchers during the early stages of their independent research careers often find it hard to obtain grant support in competition with more established colleagues. This is paradoxical since there is evidence that researchers at the start of their independent careers are at their most creative. The Wellcome Trust Investigator Awards will be specifically targeted at this group of researchers; Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator Awards will be reserved for fully-established independent researchers. Investigator Awards will be made available at two levels of experience and seniority: Wellcome Trust Investigator Awards and Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator Awards. In addition to these new awards, the Trust will be introducing Enhancement Awards, which will be available to Wellcome Trust Investigators, Research Fellows and Strategic Award holders. These will provide flexible additional funding to support evolving research programmes and could, for example, support equipment, collaborations, and additional research costs.