The Global Health Workforce Alliance announces the launch of its Communities of Practice (CoPs), entitled - Human Resources for Health (HRH ) Exchange. The topic of the moderated on-line discussion will be Task Shifting. This is the 1st in a series of planned CoPs and forms part of our knowledge brokering effort. It will be held from April 28 - May 8, 2009 and supported by facilitators who are expert in the field of Public Health and the issue of Task Shifting.
Jobs and Announcements
Launch of Communities of Practice (COP) : Task Shifting
Global Health Worker Alliance
Launch of new grant: Development Innovation Fund
Closing date: April 2011
Small and medium-sized non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and community-based organisations can access funding opportunities from a new grant from the United Kingdom's Department for International Development (DFID) called the Development Innovation Fund. The application form has also been kept simple and is no longer than five pages. Any not-for-profit organisation located in a developing country can apply for funding. New organisations set up during last one or two years can also apply for this Fund. The organisation’s income during the last three years should not have exceeded more than £500,000. Project proposals can be submitted with budgetary requests of up to £60,000. Proposed projects may be awarded 100% funding support. There are three funding rounds but their timings have not been specified. Projects can be proposed for a period of 12 months only. The Fund has not specified any issue, theme or topic on which the funding will be prioritised. Applicant organisations can propose projects on any theme, such as from livelihood development, education and health, but all proposed interventions should directly work to reduce poverty in a developing country.
Launch of the first Call for Proposals of the new "Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme"
Deadline: 15 June 2016
This programme’s objective is to improve the skills and competences of students and staff through enhanced intra-African mobility and cooperation between Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Africa to encourage and enable African students to undertake postgraduate studies in the African continent. The call is for partnerships between a minimum four and maximum six African HEIs including the applicant) and one technical partner from the EU. Eligible applicants and partners are HEIs registered in Africa that provide courses at postgraduate level (master’s and/or doctorate degree) of higher education leading to a qualification recognised by the competent authorities in their own country. Only HEIs accredited by relevant national authorities in Africa are eligible. Branches of HEIs from outside Africa are not eligible.
Launch of the Rural Health Advocacy Project
Health Systems Trust: 18 August 2009
On 13 August 2009 the Rural Health Advocacy Project was launched at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, coinciding with the launch of the Wits Centre for Rural Health. A renewed focus on access to health care in rural areas is vital in a context of worsening key health indicators in South Africa, a 34% national vacancy rate for doctors and inequitable access to quality health care. The Advocacy Project aims to tackle these inequities by achieving measurable improvements in rural health services through: contributing towards policy development including human resources policies for rural health at provincial, national and international levels; advocating for improvements in rural health care in cooperation with rural communities and stakeholders such as government, academic institutions and the private sector; and highlighting challenges and achievements in rural health care.
Lawyers for Human Rights: National Director, South Africa
Application closing date: 1 October 2017
With six offices spread around the country, Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) has a national footprint and offers specialist public interest legal services in key programme areas such as refugee and migrant rights, land reform, housing, environmental justice, penal reform, gender equality, worker rights and strategic litigation. LHR is seeking to appoint a National Director to lead the organisation with various human rights programmes and law clinics around the country. The candidate will be required to provide strategic thinking, positioning and management of LHR and manage the organisations programmes and law clinics effectively. The candidate will represent the organisation and advocate with government, multilateral organisation, the United Nations and other relevant institutions, and coordinate closely with programs managers on fundraising. The candidate will need to identify and build strategic partnerships and networks and foster meaningful relationships and have a close and interactive relationship with the LHR Board on developmental issues and be accountable to the Board.
Leading Change: Building Healthier Nations
International Council of Nurses 24th quadrennial congress, 27 June–4 July 2009 Durban, South Africa
The ICN 24th Quadrennial Congress, its first in Africa, will showcase the key role nursing plays in leading the way to healthier nations. The Congress will permit access to and dissemination of nursing knowledge and leadership across specialities, cultures and countries. The three ICN pillars - Professional Practice, Regulation and Socio-economic Welfare - will frame the Congress sessions and programmes. To share your ideas and expertise you are invited to submit an abstract for a concurrent session, a symposium or a poster. The submission guidelines and abstract form will be available on the Congress website http://www.icn.ch/congress2009/abstracts.htm as of Monday, 17 March 2008.
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SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE
UWC's School of Public Health provides health and welfare personnel with the necessary tools to facilitate the process of transformation in the country's health and welfare sectors. The UWC SOPH has established itself as a national leader in public health teaching, research and service development: Its innovative educational and research activities focus on the implementation of district health systems. To qualify for this post, you will need a qualification in the Health Sciences gained at tertiary level, together with a minimum of a Masters degree, preferably in public health, primary health care or a related field. Possession of a doctoral degree would be an advantage. Proven experience in the development and management of health systems and programmes, as well as in health systems research is highly desirable, as is experience in the teaching and supervision of postgraduate students. Closing date: 3 August 2001.
Further details: /newsletter/id/28766
Letting them die – why HIV/AIDS intervention programmes fail
A new book entitled “Letting them die – why HIV/AIDS intervention programmes fail”, written by social psychologist Dr Catherine Campbell, addresses the questions of why people knowingly engage in sexual behaviour that could lead to a slow and painful premature death?; and why the best-intentioned HIV-prevention programmes often have little impact? Dr Campbell is a Reader at the London School of Economics and a Research Fellow at HIVAN, (the Centre for HIV/AIDS Networking, based at the University of Natal in Durban). The book's title is derived from South African satirist Pieter-Dirk Uys's comment that: "In the old South Africa we killed people. Now we're just letting them die."
Further details: /newsletter/id/29808
Life and Death in the Age of HIV/AIDS: Southern Africa's Epidemic in Comparative Perspective
The Southern African Research Centre (SARC) at Queen's University and the Department of History and the Library at the University of South Africa (UNISA) are planning two conferences on this subject during 2006. The first will take place at SARC in Kingston, Canada on May 7-10, with a focus on 'Public Health and the Representation of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic'. The UNISA gathering at the University's Sunnyside campus in Pretoria on August 14-16 will address a related but distinct set of issues: 'HIV/AIDS in Social Context: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives'.
Further details: /newsletter/id/31014
Linkages across the continuum of HIV services for key populations affected by HIV
Call for applicants: Call closes 16 December 2013
USAID invites applications to carry out a five year, $72 million, global program to strengthen the capacity of governments and civil society in partner countries to implement high quality, sustainable, evidence-based and comprehensive HIV and AIDS prevention, care and treatment services with key populations at scale. Grant number SOL-OAA-14-000013