It is tempting to see the recent global concern about health and environments as new. The reality is, it has a long history. The public health profession grew in the housing conditions of the 19th century urban poor, demands for walkable neighbourhoods are long standing and the broader healthy cities agenda globally all pre-date COVID-19. This conference seeks to bring recent experiences and responses into dialogue with longer-standing areas of research into health, wellbeing and environments. The event will have multiple thematic strands built around submissions. The conference welcomes case studies, design proposals, research projects, investigative papers and theoretical considerations as written papers, Zoom and pre-recorded presentations.
Jobs and Announcements
Closing date for applications: October 20 2001
The Regional Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa (EQUINET) has played a role over the past three years in highlighting issues of equity in health in southern Africa. It does so by networking professionals, civil society and policy makers to promote policies for equity in health, undertaking research, initiating conferences, workshops, and discussions through the internet, and providing inputs at the SADC forums.
Noting the already significant work taking place on poverty, poverty reduction strategy papers and the links to health, and equally the strength of policy commitment to equity in health, and noting work already done by EQUINET in this area (which will be provided), EQUINET seeks to commission a paper to inform policy and research work on poverty, equity and health in southern Africa. More specifically the paper should address the following issues:
1. Using existing work done by EQUINET, WHO etc on poverty-equity-human rights links, briefly outline a conceptual framework relevant to public policy and practice for linking poverty and equity in health in southern Africa, where both poverty and inequality are extremely high. This should show both the points of distinction and of linkage between poverty and equity.
2. Identify from this, and supported where possible by evidence gathered by EQUINET, MAP and major poverty monitoring initiatives, where public policy priorities lie in dealing with the poverty-equity issues in health.
3. On the basis of the above, discuss the specific health sector measures / policies and features of policy processes that are pro-poor or enhance equity outcomes and those that exacerbate both inequity and poverty.
4. Critically assess the extent to which these measures and processes are present in PRSPs in southern Africa (using available web documentation of PRSPs and PRSP processes) and the implications for ensuring that PRSPs better integrate poverty-equity linkages.
Time frame: Six months, with an expected work time of three months.
Fee: Usd4 500
Process: Applicants are asked to submit a proposal for the grant that includes
i. a CV, clearly identifying previous work and documents authored in the areas of poverty, equity and health
ii. a sample of a paper produced by the applicant
iii. in one page a list in bullet form of the points to be considered in preparing the conceptual outline in item (1) of the paper and a paragraph of the broad issues most likely to be covered in item (4)
Applications should be sent, with contact postal, fax and email address to
TARSC 47 Van Praagh Ave, Milton Park, Harare, Zimbabwe
Ph: 263-4-708835 Fax: 263-4-737 220 Email: rloewenson@healthnet.zw
The Global Forum for Health Research invites you to submit an abstract for Forum 11 in any area of health research relevant to the overarching theme of Equitable Access: Research challenges for health in developing countries. Equitable access, the overarching theme of the Forum, begins with the recognition that all people are entitled – by virtue of their inviolable human rights – to have the opportunity to share in societal resources, to be treated with quality, dignity and respect, to actively participate in decision-making that affects them and to be fully included as active participants in society. The deadline for submission of abstracts is 31 January 2007.
Equinet and Oxfam would like to invite participants at the ICASA conference to a satellite session on equity and HIV/AIDS. The session is designed to discuss the often misunderstood meaning of 'equity' and how this is relevant to developing countries and their HIV/AIDS crisis. It will discuss if there is a need to develop frames of reference that are equity-based and not just poverty-based; and it will bring to attention the inter-relationships between wealth and poverty; and between justice and aid.
The Regional Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa (EQUINET) and Oxfam GB are inviting expressions of interest from individuals or organisations based within the region for a programme of work on Equity issues in HIV/AIDS, Health Sector Responses and Treatment Access in Southern Africa between February and July 2003.
The Regional Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa (EQUINET) and Health Systems Trust South Africa (HST) are inviting expressions of interest from individuals or organisations based within the region to contribute to a programme of work on Equity in the Distribution of Personnel in Southern Africa. Equinet is a network of research and advocacy organizations that have a specific concern for equity in health issues based within the SADC region (see www.equinetafrica.org or email admin@equinetafrica.org).
The Regional Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa (EQUINET) and Health Systems Trust South Africa (HST) have invited expressions of interest from individuals or organisations based within the region to contribute to a programme of work on Equity in the Distribution of Personnel in Southern Africa. This call for proposals is closing on March 12th. Full details about this call for proposals are available from the Equinet website: www.equinetafrica.org and from the HST website:www.hst.org.za
The Global Forum for Health Research and The Lancet are sponsoring their second joint essay competition on the occasion of Forum 11, the 2007 annual meeting of the Global Forum for Health Research in Beijing, People's Republic of China, 29 October to 2 November 2007. Entries relating to some aspect of the overall theme of Forum 11: Equitable access, research challenges for health in developing countries are invited from young professionals working in or interested in the broad spectrum of health research for development. The deadline for submissions is 20 April 2007.
In an effort to build local capacity surrounding access to medicines issues, OSI's Public Health Program is issuing a request for proposals. Grants for up to $75,000, renewable for up to three years, will be awarded to local NGOs with a mandate and demonstrated capacity to advance policy and civil society engagement related to access to medicines in Brazil, India, Kenya, Malaysia, South Africa, and Thailand. Interested organisations should submit an application no later than Monday 16 July 2007.
This course is intended to equip Clinical and Medical Scientists, including Postgraduate Students involved in the Management of Research with Guidelines on Ethical Issues in Health Research. Topics include: The Meaning of Ethics; Ethics and Science; Informed Consent; Ethical Issues in Public Health Research, The Laboratory, Publication and the Pharmaceutical Industry; Risks, Harms and Benefits; Gender Issues in Research; Publication Ethics; and Research in Developing Countries. The Closing Date for applications is 7 March 2008. The course runs from 17 to 20 March 2008. Contact Rita Pike on cell number: (Zimbabwe) 011 608849.