The Second Conference of the African Health Economics and Policy Association (AfHEA), will be held in Nairobi, Kenya, from 11 to 13 March 2014. The overall theme of this conference is "The Post-2015 African Health Agenda and UHC: Opportunities and Challenges".
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Third International Conference of the African Health Economics and Policy Association
Nairobi, Kenya 11 March 2014 - 13 March 2014
Third International Conference Of The African Health Economics And Policy Association
Nairobi, Kenya 11 March 2014 - 13 March 2014
The Second Conference of the African Health Economics and Policy Association (AfHEA), will be held in Nairobi, Kenya, from 11 to 13 March 2014. The overall theme of this conference is "The Post-2015 African Health Agenda and UHC: Opportunities and Challenges".
Third MIM Pan-African Conference
On-line registration is now available for the Third MIM Pan-African Conference to be held in Arusha, Tanzania, November 18-22, 2002. We would like to invite you to participate in the Conference. The Conference is expected to attract more than 600 participants from around the world, making it one of the largest conferences devoted to malaria research and control held on the African continent. The Conference will focus on scientific progress and potential in malaria research with the aim of promoting the exchange of scientific ideas within Africa. It will consist of plenary presentations by world-renowned experts, parallel sessions on a broad range of topics, and daily poster sessions. There will be ample opportunity to ex-
change ideas with malaria research faculty in "Meet-the-Professor" sessions. The diversity of participants will provide a global per-
spective on scientific solutions for effectively preventing malaria and reducing its burden.
Further details: /newsletter/id/29045
Third People’s Health Assembly
6-11 July 2012 in Cape Town, South Africa
The People’s Health Assembly (PHA), organised by the People's Health Movement (PHM), is a global event bringing together health activists from across the world to share experiences, analyse global health situation, develop civil society positions and to develop strategies which promote health for all. It will look at forms of action to address identified challenges and build capacity among health activists to act. It is an opportunity for PHM as a whole to reflect on the global struggle, to review and reassess, to redirect and re-inspire. This through analysing PHM’s situation, reflecting on pathways, barriers and strategies, sharing of experiences and crystallising out new directions, slogans, commitments for the movement. PHA3 is not just about developing our movement. It is also about impacting directly in the struggle for social change: for health for all, decent living conditions for all, work in dignity for all, equity and environmental justice.
Third South African Tuberculosis Conference: 12-15 June 2012, Durban, South Africa
Registration deadline: 18 May 2012
The Third South African Tuberculosis Conference will build on the momentum of the previous TB conferences and give communities an opportunity to assess progress towards reaching TB/HIV targets. The theme for the Conference is “Reaching the target”.
Towards Unity for Health
What is The Network: Towards Unity for Health? The Network: TUFH is a global association of individuals, groups, institutions and organisations committed to improving and maintaining health in the communities they have a mandate to serve. The Network: TUFH is a Non-Governmental Organisation in official relationships with the World Health Organization (WHO).
Further details: /newsletter/id/30438
Training Course in Consultancy Skills in International Cooperation in Health
10 - 28 November, 2003, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
In international development co-operation there is an increasing demand for regional experts and consultants to conduct formal evaluations and write comprehensive consultancy reports. Despite the expert's professional competence, reports and documents often do not satisfy the expected quality standards of international agencies. These weaknesses result from lack of familiarity with formal expectations and 'unwritten' rules of international agencies. This course intends to improve knowledge and skills in planning, writing, editing as well as how to assess the quality of consultancy reports in the field of international public health.
Further details: /newsletter/id/29928
Training course: Health Impact Assessment for extractive industry projects in LMIC
12-16, October 2015, Solwezi, Zambia
SHAPE Consulting Limited, in collaboration with the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) and First Quantum Minerals, announce a training course in Health Impact Assessment (HIA) for the energy, mining and infrastructure sectors, with a focus on low- and middle-income countries. The course will be held at the First Quantum Kalumbila Mine in North-Western Zambia. This setting will allow the unique experience of gaining theoretical knowledge and practical experience in an actual operational mine in its human and natural environment. The objectives of the course are to introduce the concept of HIA and equip participants with knowledge, methods and tools to undertake an HIA in a low- and middle-income country context; to enable participants to apply the theoretical knowledge provided in the course into real life situations through use of case studies and field visits in the project area; and to equip attendees with the ability to commission and review HIA’s, including development of adequate terms of reference and effective review of outputs.The content of the course will include theoretical and practical elements specific to the extractive industry sector: Introduction to the concept of HIA and current global practice; HIA standards, guidelines and links to relevant best practice documents; The phases of HIA and respective tools and methods; Application of the phases of HIA based on case studies.; Integration of HIA into social and biophysical studies and sustainable development planning.; Field visits to the First Quantum Kalumbila Mine project area, where specific contents of the course will be revisited in real life situations (ongoing activity throughout the course) A certificate of attendance will be presented on completion of the course.
Training in Health Insurance, South Africa, April 2006
The Health Economics Unit at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, is running a 5-day short course addressing the changing role of health insurance in low- and middle-income countries. The course will run from the 3 - 7 April 2006. The course focuses on the financial management of risk pools in diverse settings covering a broad spectrum of insurance arrangements including community-based health insurance, private voluntary insurance for the formal sector and social or national health insurance.
Further details: /newsletter/id/31316
Contact: asifile@heu.uct.ac.za
Training Program in International Health
PAHO/WHO - 2002
Application Deadline: July 31, 2001. The purpose of the Program is to promote leadership in international public health by enabling participants to develop a broader vision of international and regional health trends, and a more profound understanding of technical cooperation in this field. The Program is oriented towards young health professionals from the Americas who possess a demonstrated capacity for leadership and an interest in deepening the international dimension of their activities in the health area. Participants in the Program are known as "residents" and are incorporated into the work of PAHO for a period of eleven months starting at the end of January 2002.
Further details: /newsletter/id/28570