Fahamu’s Emerging Powers Project is issuing a call for grant proposals to examine the political, economic, social and cultural impact of the emerging powers footprint in Africa. The grant is specifically related to empowering civil society actors in gaining the appropriate knowledge and developing the necessary tools to articulate an informed perspective on the emerging powers in Africa and the corresponding impact. In particular, attention should be given to the forthcoming China-Africa Forum (FOCAC), the India-Africa Forum Summit, and the South Korea-Africa development cooperation meeting that is going to take place in 2015, as well as the recent Africa-Turkey Summit that took place in November 2014. Applicants are encouraged to explore how these platforms inform Africa’s relationship with emerging actors; what impact have these engagements had on Africa’s relationship with these and other actors; and how African civil society actors should advance African voice. The grants are for 5000 Euro, with further details on the application procedure on the website.
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The South African Health Review's Emerging Public Health Practitioner Award (EPHPA) is open to young public health practitioners or student researchers in the fields of health sciences, medicine or public health who are currently studying for their Masters or Honours degree, or are in the final year of their Bachelor's degree. It is offered to South African citizens or permanent residents who are under the age of 35 on 3 August 2018. To apply, please submit your complete chapter along with a copy of your South African ID and EPHPA Entry form. Individuals seeking to publish a paper dealing with any of the following issues are encouraged to apply: human resources for health (e.g. community health workers, production and distribution of healthcare workers, planning and forecasting, task-shifting, etc.); responses to the prevention and management of non-communicable diseases; and progress and challenges towards implementing universal health coverage.
The South African Health Review's Emerging Public Health Practitioner Award (EPHPA) is open to young public health practitioners or student researchers in the fields of health sciences, medicine or public health who are currently studying for their Masters or Honours degree, or are in the final year of their Bachelor's degree. Individuals seeking to publish a paper dealing with any of the following issues are encouraged to apply: Health workers (e.g. community health workers, production and distribution of healthcare workers, planning and forecasting, task-shifting, etc.); Responses to the prevention and management of non-communicable diseases.; Progress and challenges towards implementing universal health coverage. The South African Health Review's Emerging Public Health Practitioner Award is offered to South African citizens or permanent residents who are under the age of 35 on 3 August 2018. See website for further details.
The FAMSA General Assembly and Scientific Conference will bring together young vibrant minds as well as professionals and relevant stakeholders in both the public and private sectors from across Africa and beyond to discuss ideas and initiate steps to position Africa on the path to sustainable development in health and by extension in every other sphere of human development. The conference will feature keynote addresses, plenary sessions, workshops, trainings, hackathon sessions, and scientific presentations on carefully selected subthemes all related and contributory to the goal of repositioning healthcare in Africa for Sustainable Development. Sub themes for the conference include ‘The African Medical Student and the SDGs’, ‘Medical Education in Africa’, ‘Maternal and Child Health in Africa’, ‘The Burden of NCDs’, ‘Infectious Diseases in Africa’, ‘Sustainable Vaccination Schemes’, ‘Outbreak and Disaster Management’, ‘Mental Health’, ‘Health Policy and Financing’ and ‘Social Determinants of Health’.
EV4GH 2022 is a blended learning training program that uses innovative training methods and activities to enable emerging researchers, other health system actors, and change agents born after 1 January 1982 to present their work and engage on various global health platforms. It consists of an e-coaching and distance learning phase, followed by a face-to-face training phase held prior to the 2022 Health System Global Symposium. The global network of emerging voices (EVs) fosters networking and learning across contexts and regions. After the training program, EVs become members of the EV4GH thematic working group (TWG) and can then join other HSG TWGs.
This conference stems from the need for HIV/AIDS interventions to be based on sound information about the medium and long-term demographic, social and economic consequences of HIV/AIDS. Towards that end, the organisers have invited 50 researchers to present papers derived from rigorous empirical research. The conference offers a unique opportunity for an additional 50 participants to hear what is actually known about the socio-economic and demographic impacts of HIV/AIDS, to compare evidence from different countries and to exchange ideas on research and management strategies.
CTS Global is comprised of individuals with unique backgrounds and interests. Our team members are located domestically and around the world; profoundly impacting and adding value to every work assignment. The following positions are currently available with CTS Global: Clinical Laboratory Mentor; Infrastructure Projects Advisor; Cooperative Ag. Program Specialist; IT Specialists; Epidemiologist; Laboratory Advisor; Health Information Systems Advisor; Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor; HIV/AIDS Medical Officer; TADR Project Advisor.
In this 70th anniversary year, WHO is calling on world leaders to live up to pledges they made when they agreed to the Sustainable Development Goals in 2015, and commit to concrete steps to advance #HealthForAll. This means ensuring that everyone, everywhere can access essential quality health services without facing financial hardship. WHO invites everyone to play a part, stimulating conversations and contributing to structured dialogue towards policies that help your country achieve and maintain UHC. WHO also encourages governments to engage in structured conversations with a broad range of community stakeholders who are both affected by and essential to ensuring universal health coverage. Individuals, civil society and health workers are encouraged to communicate their needs, opinions and expectations to local policy-makers, politicians, ministers and other people representatives. The media is encouraged to highlight initiatives and interventions that help to improve access to quality services and financial protection for people and communities.
The Susie Smith memorial prize of £3000 will be awarded to a single piece of already published writing on HIV and AIDS from sub-Saharan Africa. Any type of piece – (e.g. poetry, fiction, article, chapter of a book) – of up to 10,000 words, in English, and published since January 2006, will be eligible. The judges will focus on two key elements: Quality of the piece itself (writing, analysis, insights); and evidence of impact of the writing in the media and/or with people, governments or other institutions. All submissions must be received by 18th April 2010 and include a cover letter outlining what kind of impact the piece has had and/or what it has achieved sent to Susie Smith Memorial Prize Submission
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The Susie Smith memorial prize of £3000 will be awarded to a single piece of already published writing on HIV and AIDS from sub-Saharan Africa. Any type of piece – (e.g. poetry, fiction, article, chapter of a book) – of up to 10,000 words, in English, and published since January 2006, will be eligible. The judges will focus on two key elements: Quality of the piece itself (writing, analysis, insights); and evidence of impact of the writing in the media and/or with people, governments or other institutions. All submissions must be received by 18 April 2010 and include a cover letter outlining what kind of impact the piece has had and/or what it has achieved, sent to: Susie Smith Memorial Prize Submission, Oxfam Great Britain, Oxfam House, John Smith Drive, Oxford, OX4 2JY.