State-supported low-cost housing is a significant tool and electoral strategy across African cities, which often draws on notions of urban formality, social decency, rights, material integrity, welfare, and citizenship to underpin its aims. This session examines he contradictions of
housing urban poor people in cities where affordable and well-located
space is highly restricted, where social inequalities and tensions are
rife, and where unemployment persists in shaping residents daily
lives. The panel hopes to attract papers from across the continent to
build understanding of the lived experiences of state-housing in an
effort to contribute to further scholarship in this relatively
neglected area. Delegates can submit paper titles and abstracts via the link on the website and will be notified by email of the acceptance or rejection of their proposal.
Jobs and Announcements
New Solutions seeks submissions for a special issue that will focus on the informal economy. The broad definition suggested by Women in Informal Employment: Globalising and Organising (WIEGO) will be used as a basis for this issue: “the informal sector refers to the production and employment that takes place in unincorporated small or unregistered enterprises; informal employment refers to employment without legal and social protection—both inside and outside the informal sector; and the informal economy refers to all units, activities, and workers so defined and the output from them. Together, they form the broad base of the workforce and economy, both nationally and globally.” (WIEGO Working Paper No. 1). Because New Solutions is a policy journal, manuscripts, including scientific papers, should include a perspective that addresses relevant policy concerns. Manuscripts are welcome for any of its journal sections, including: Scientific Solutions, Feature Articles, Movement Solutions, Documents, Voices, and Comment and Controversy. Earlier submissions are encouraged to ensure consideration. Pre-submission inquiries may be sent to the editors.
The Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute in conjunction with the WK Kellogg Foundation announce the launch of a national peer- reviewed journal dedicated to community health partnerships. Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action addresses topics focusing on the growing field of community-based participatory research (CBPR) while promoting further collaboration and elevating the visibility and stature of CBPR as a means toward eliminating health disparities. The first issue is expected in Spring/Summer 2006. For more information, including how to subscribe and how to submit papers, visit the Journal's web site at: http://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/pchp
CIESE, an independent research organisation which is in the process of being created, is calling for proposals for papers for its inaugural Conference which will take place in September 2007 in Maputo. IESE's central objective is to promote research from an interdisciplinary and heterodox perspective, bringing together different approaches and research groups in a process of mutual reinforcement. The focus of IESE's research is the analysis and development of public policy. All interested parties are invited to submit, by 15 May 2007, a two-page summary of the paper, clearly indicating the theme, sources of information, the research central questions and the methodology, as well as information on their institutional position and contacts.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is calling for papers for all sections of the Bulletin and encourage authors to consider contributions that address any of the following topics: disease burden assessments in low-income countries, since information in this area is scarce; vaccination implementation and policy, particularly on the cost and public health benefit of vaccination programmes; and the evaluation of nonpharmaceutical public health measures since these are widely described as control measures, but there is less published evidence on their effectiveness than for pharmaceutical interventions (vaccines and medicines). In particular, WHO seeks submission of papers that document experiences from low-resource settings.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is calling for papers for all sections of the Bulletin and encourage authors to consider contributions that address any of the following topics: disease burden assessments in low-income countries, since information in this area is scarce; vaccination implementation and policy, particularly on the cost and public health benefit of vaccination programmes; and the evaluation of nonpharmaceutical public health measures since these are widely described as control measures, but there is less published evidence on their effectiveness than for pharmaceutical interventions (vaccines and medicines). In particular, WHO seeks submission of papers that document experiences from low-resource settings.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is calling for papers for all sections of the Bulletin and encourage authors to consider contributions that address any of the following topics: disease burden assessments in low-income countries, since information in this area is scarce; vaccination implementation and policy, particularly on the cost and public health benefit of vaccination programmes; and the evaluation of nonpharmaceutical public health measures since these are widely described as control measures, but there is less published evidence on their effectiveness than for pharmaceutical interventions (vaccines and medicines). In particular, WHO seeks submission of papers that document experiences from low-resource settings.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is calling for papers for all sections of the Bulletin and encourage authors to consider contributions that address any of the following topics: disease burden assessments in low-income countries, since information in this area is scarce; vaccination implementation and policy, particularly on the cost and public health benefit of vaccination programmes; and the evaluation of nonpharmaceutical public health measures since these are widely described as control measures, but there is less published evidence on their effectiveness than for pharmaceutical interventions (vaccines and medicines). In particular, WHO seeks submission of papers that document experiences from low-resource settings.
A call is now made for submission of abstracts for presentation during the First Global Forum on Human Resources for Health. The abstracts should present experiences, lessons learnt and/or other intriguing new information that contribute to the achievement of the forum objectives and should be developed under any of the following Forum Themes: Leadership Education, Training and Skill mix, Migration and Retention, Financing, Management, Partnerships and linking up for action. Abstracts should be submitted to the Forum Organizing Committee (FOC)via email by 31 December 2007.
Global Public Health invites the submission of full-length articles for a special journal issue on the theme Participatory Visual Methodologies and Global Public Health, co-edited by Claudia Mitchell and Marni Sommer, Send note of intention to submit & working title to evasquezgph@gmail.com