On the 9th of September, with partners and peers around the world, the World Care Council began a year-long process of Taking the Pulse of Global Health. This series of 'Outreach for Input' actions aims to gather the views and opinions of thousands of people on the state of health care services in their communities, and what they think is needed in the future. Using online polls, telephone surveys, web-forums and physical meetings, a new system of public consultation is being launched. This process is to encourage the greater involvement of all individuals, as part of civil society, and their organisations, in decisions about health in their country. Broad participation in these actions will help advocates and activists to influence health policy 'at the top', and help to forge the tools for change to be held by many hands 'on the bottom'. Results and data will be published on the World Care Council website, and can provide both food for thought and fuel for action. The first Global Survey is now online. It takes about ten minutes to complete the 30 multiple choice questions.
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On the 9th of September, with partners and peers around the world, the World Care Council began a year-long process of Taking the Pulse of Global Health. This series of 'Outreach for Input' actions aims to gather the views and opinions of thousands of people on the state of health care services in their communities, and what they think is needed in the future. Using online polls, telephone surveys, web-forums and physical meetings, a new system of public consultation is being launched. This process is to encourage the greater involvement of all individuals, as part of civil society, and their organisations, in decisions about health in their country. Broad participation in these actions will help advocates and activists to influence health policy 'at the top', and help to forge the tools for change to be held by many hands 'on the bottom'. Results and data will be published on the World Care Council website, and can provide both food for thought and fuel for action. The first Global Survey is now online. It takes about ten minutes to complete the 30 multiple choice questions.
You are invited to submit your abstract for the 2009 conference, describing your research and advocacy efforts to address the many dimensions of sexual violence by 27 March 2009. Abstracts should be submitted according to the conference themes, namely sexual violence and HIV, sexual violence and mental health, sexual violence and conflict and emergency settings, sexual violence and prevention, and health sector responses to sexual violence. The call for abstracts welcomes multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural perspectives and preference will be given to efforts undertaken in, or focusing on low- and middle-income countries. There are four types of sessions that you can apply for: oral and posters presentations, round tables and seminar meetings. To submit an abstract, visit the forum website.
The American Journal of Public Health is calling for submissions to this symposium edition. The Symposium edition has no limits on submissions within the area of reproductive and sexual health, and no preferred topics or disciplinary background. The target date for submissions is 17 September 2007.
The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine are holding this event in recognition of the historical importance of the Alma-Ata declaration, and the continuing interest in primary health care from a range of stakeholders. The key objectives of the symposium are to highlight successes of failures of primary health care (PHC) in the last 30 years; discuss how to apply the lessons learned to strengthen health systems for future challenges; look at the threats / challenges to the PHC approach and how to combat them; outline the tensions between disease specific programmes and PHC approaches - how can they be addressed?; identify Alma-Ata values and how they can be translated into programmes; and consider the implications of PHC for decision makers( donors, governments, research funders, academic institutions) in the future.
As part of the United Nations (UN) led effort to catalyse a “global conversation” on the post-2015 agenda through a series of global thematic and national consultations, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), together with the Government of Sweden, have launched a global consultation around health. The purposes of the consultation are to: stimulate wide ranging discussion at global, regional and country levels, on progress made and lessons learnt from the present Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) relating to health; and discuss and develop a shared understanding on the positioning of health in the post-2015 development framework. WHO and UNICEF will also propose health goals and related targets and indicators for the post-2015 development agenda, as well as approaches for implementation, measurement and monitoring. The online global health consultation has now been launched online, at the address given above. You are urged to visit the website to review key documents, submit background papers, join moderated e-discussions and contribute to the discussion on twitter using the hashtag #health2015.
SolidarMed is a leading non-profit organization working to improve the health of people in rural Sub Saharan Africa. This position comprises both the management of the project “Support to Edgar Maranta School of Nursing” and the coordination of the country program. It is a fixed term appointment based in Ifakara, Tanzania to start as soon as possible, with a certain flexibility. The key responsibilities include coordination, monitoring, budgeting, reporting and annual planning of the country program and providing strategic and public health guidance and leadership to the program. An advanced degree in health and a Master in Public Health, good understanding and clinical experience of issues related to maternal and child health, and infectious diseases such as HIV, TB and malaria are required. Experience in a public health context in Sub-Saharan Africa, ideally at district level, sound knowledge and experience of management and administration and good writing and reporting skills (in English) and basic Kiswahili are required.
The Head of Project will assume overall responsibility for delivering a major mass media project to address HIV/AIDS in Tanzania. The project will meet agreed targets and objectives, and be delivered on time and on budget. The role will include management of an in-country production team and project office, ensuring the quality and cohesion of media outputs, establishing and managing effective partnerships with local media, government, NGOs and other key stakeholders.
The Training and Research Support Centre (TARSC), and University of Zimbabwe, Department of Community Medicine (UZ-DCM) invite applications for the 2009 Winter School Public Health short course-training programme to be held at UZ Health Sciences Building from the 6 to 11 July 2009. The programme is aimed at building capacities for people working particularly at district level in health-related work, but who may not have had the benefit of formal training in health. The course thus aims to include people in Zimbabwe from local government, from health related services and sectors working in areas related to health at district level, from civil society and from community leaders with roles in health. The course aims to build an understanding of public health and of health systems, particularly at district level. Contact the Programme Coordinator on the email address or visit the TARSC website for further details. Applications close April 17th 2009.
In 2006, the United Nations General Assembly (GA) agreed to undertake a comprehensive review in 2011 of the progress achieved in realising the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS. Civil society involvement is being called for in the UN General Assembly 2011 Comprehensive AIDS Review, to be held in New York in June 2011 (still to be confirmed). A Civil Society Task Force (CSTF) is being set up as a mechanism to facilitate input of civil society and the private sector in the 2011 Review, including the preparatory process. The Task Force will include twelve individuals from a broad range of civil society groups and from geographically diverse countries. The Task Force will lead on: shaping and implementing the design for the Civil Society Dialogue in April 2011, including format, topics, messages and speakers; devising criteria and the call for nominations for civil society speakers; identifying, preparing and briefing civil society speakers for all formal sessions; and briefing civil society participants in the High Level Meeting. Those civil society advocates interested in participating in joint advocacy and mobilisation are invited to join the AIDS Review listserve.