The Southern African Network of Nurses and Midwives (SANNAM) is calling for suppport for Zimbabwean nurses at a critical time of deepening political and socio-economic crisis. SANNAM can provide further information on the network and the support it aims to mobilise.
Jobs and Announcements
Call for assistance for nurses in Zimbabwe
Southern African Network of Nurses and Midwives: 29 January, 2009
Call for case studies and human interest stories on food and globalisation
The Global Health Watch (GHW)
Participate in the second Global Health Watch, by submitting human interest stories and case studies. GHW are calling on activists, health workers and academics from around the world to submit case studies and testimonies or stories based on individual or group experiences to supplement the second edition of the report and reinforce its main themes. While guides to the various themes can be found at the GHW parent website, the "Food and Globalisation" chapter framework summary can be found at the weblink below.
Further details: /newsletter/id/32224
Call for case studies and human interest stories on urbanisation
Global Health Watch
The Global Health Watch would like to ensure that people's health issues and indigenous health issues are reflected within the second edition of Global Health Watch, and would like assistance and input in writing and sourcing human interest stories written in a simple narrative style. Where it is not possible to integrate stories submitted within chapters, they will put them on the web site. They would like both positive and negative stories, successes and failures, etc.
Call for case studies and testimonies for Global Health Watch
Deadline for first draft: 30 August 2010
Global Health Watch is putting out a call for the submission of country- or region-specific case studies and testimonies. These case studies and testimonies will form part of the electronic platform of the alternative world health and selected case studies shall also be incorporated into the final document of Global Health Watch 3 – scheduled for publication in 2011. Topics include: positive and negative examples of policies and actions to secure improved and equitable access to health care; examples of interventions to address public sector corruption and inefficiency; examples of effective, efficient and inclusive public health care systems; evidence showing the negative effects of commercialised health care on professional ethics; case studies on what is driving good and bad processes of decentralisation, with some analysis illustrative case studies of where deconcentration, devolution and delegation have worked, where it hasn’t worked and why; the good and bad practices bilateral and multi-lateral external funders on public health stewardship and on the performance of health care systems; examples of civil society resistance to the effect of privatised public water and electricity utilities on equitable and fair access; case studies of the positive and negative impact of multi-national corporations on health policy; case studies of the difficulty that governments have in responding to the needs and demands of multiple international agencies (creditors such as the World Bank, traditional bilateral external funders and relatively new institutions such as GAVI and the Global Fund). Global Health Watch is looking for concise submissions of 1,000 to 2,000 words with pictures.
Call for case studies and testimonies: Global Health Watch 2007-2008
Global Health Watch
The Global Health Watch (GHW) is a non-government initiative aimed at supporting civil society to more effectively campaign and lobby for 'health for all' and equitable access to health care. Participate in the second Global Health Watch, by submitting case studies. GHW are calling activists, health workers and academics from around the world to submit case studies and testimonies based on individual or group experiences to supplement the second edition of the report and reinforce its main themes.
Call for Case Studies for Global Health Watch 4
No deadline given
The Global Health Watch (GHW) is an alternative World Health Report that incorporates the voices of marginalised people and civil society into discussions around social justice and global health. The GHW coordinating group has identified broad areas to be covered in the 4th issue of the Watch, which is officially scheduled for release in October, 2014. They are now seeking your assistance in sourcing case studies that can add value to each of these important topics. These case studies and testimonies will form part of the electronic accompaniment to the development of the Watch and in some cases may also appear in the electronic or print edition of the Watch. The case studies will amplify and give a more personal voice to the contents of the Watch. They will also make the issues more accessible and meaningful to readers who may be able to see their own experiences reflected in the experiences of others. Submissions should be 500-2000 words. These can either be stories (personal story or reflections written in your own words) or case studies (synthesis of experiences which may include direct quotes illustrating an issue or a number of issues). They should be relevant for people's health, and reflect a personal or group experience.
Contact: ghwcasestudies@yahoo.in
Call for case studies: Reducing the risk of exporting unethical practices to low and middle income countries
Deadline: 2 March 2016
TRUST Equitable Research Partnerships invites the submission of case studies identifying the risks of exporting non-ethical research practices to low and middle income countries. The TRUST project addresses the risks of ethics dumping - that is the export of research practices that would be considered unethical in Europe - for both public and privately funded research. With the globalisation of research activities, there is an increasing risk of research involving sensitive ethical issues being conducted by European organisations outside the European Union, without proper compliance structures and follow-up. To contribute to the research, TRUST are launching this bottom-up call. Five full case studies will be funded from successful applicants to this competition. These cases must refer to research undertaken in low or middle income countries by researchers, sponsors or funders from high income countries; in any field of research (e.g. life sciences, social sciences, agriculture, environment, animals, security, etc.). The deadline for submission of abstracts is March 2nd, 2016 with full submission of selected proposals on May 2nd 2016. The five winners will each receive €2,000. The competition is part of the TRUST project, co-funded by the European Commission under grant number 664771.
Call for CIVICUS World Assembly Workshop Proposals
E-Civicus, 20 October 2006
The overall theme for the 2007 CIVICUS World Assembly is 'Acting Together for a Just World', focussing on 'Accountability: Delivering Results'. CIVICUS recognises that transparency and accountability are essential to good governance and the achievement of a just world. At the 2007 CIVICUS World Assembly in May, CIVICUS will convene representatives of civil society organisations, government and international government organisations, media, business and donors to discuss and debate how to assist each other to be more accountable, and will encourage better engagement across sectors to achieve accountability. Application deadline: 20 December 2006.
Call for comments: Human Rights Guidelines for pharmaceutical companies in relation to access to medicines
Hunt P and Health Action International (HAI), 19 September 2007
This analysis has been developed keeping in mind the responsibilities of States, many of its elements are also instructive in relation to the responsibilities of non-State actors, including pharmaceutical companies. The draft Guidelines are grouped into overlapping categories; at the beginning of each group, there is a brief italicised commentary signalling some of the elements of the right-to health analysis that are especially relevant to that category. Importantly, the present Guidelines remain a draft. Comments on this draft are invited and should be sent as soon as possible - and before 31 December 2007.
Call for concept notes: Expanding fiscal policies for global and national tobacco control
No Closing Date Given
The International Development Research Centre and the Canadian Global Tobacco Control Forum are calling for concept notes concerning the expansion of fiscal policies for global and national tobacco control. The key objective of this call is to generate knowledge designed to accelerate the adoption of effective fiscal policies for tobacco control in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). Key thematic areas include: research on the impact of various types of tobacco taxes or pricing policies; region-based research to establish actual and model budgets for tobacco control; research on coordinated regional and global taxes, tariffs and/or other levies on tobacco products and the profits from tobacco sales; and research to identify barriers to, and strategies for, accessing Official Development Assistance for tobacco control. The principal applicant must be a citizen or permanent resident of a LMIC and with a primary work affiliation in a LMIC institution.