The 2013 World Health Organisation (WHO) Barcelona Course in Health Financing will review effective policy instruments to improve health system performance through better health financing policy. The special theme of the course is moving towards and sustaining universal coverage with a highlight on how to counter the impact of economic downturns. The course is built around the following modules: designing a benefit package (equity, affordability and transparency); raising revenues (thinking outside the box); pooling health revenues (the cost of fragmentation); purchasing (getting more health for the money); and coordinating reform (aligning policy instruments with policy objectives). The course is free.
Jobs and Announcements
The Barcelona Course in Health Financing: Universal Coverage
13–17 May 2013: Barcelona, Spain
Contact: whobar@euro.who.int
The Centre for African Family Studies (CAFS) Proposal Writing training
The Centre for African Family Studies (CAFS) presents the Proposal Writing training course scheduled to take place in Nairobi, Kenya from 5 to 9 March 2007. This is an intensive one-week learning opportunity for board members, managers and program staff who wish to diversify funding and resources for their organizations. This one-week course is designed to equip the participants with skills to develop a proposal using logical framework approach.
Further details: /newsletter/id/31894
The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa 15th General Assembly: Africa and the Crisis of Globalisation 17 – 21 December 2018, Dakar, Senegal
Deadline for abstracts or panel proposals: 15 April 2018
The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) announces its 15th General Assembly in Dakar, Senegal from 17-21 December 2018. The theme chosen for the General Assembly is ‘Africa and the Crisis of Globalization'. Scholars wishing to be considered for participation in the 15th Assembly as paper presenters or convenors of panels are invited to send abstracts or panel proposals for consideration by the CODESRIA Scientific Committee by 15th April 2018. Successful applicants will be expected to submit full papers for a second round of review by 1st July 2018. The selected participants in the GA will be informed in August 2018. Abstracts for paper presentation should not exceed 600 words while panel proposals should not exceed 1,200 words. Each should clearly indicate the sub-theme in which the paper or panel is located. The Council has created a portal on the website through which all abstracts and panel proposals will be submitted.
The Demographic and Health Surveys Fellows Program
Deadline for Submissions: 10 November, 2017
The Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Fellows Program aims to increase capacity of university faculty from DHS countries and to build long-term institutional sustainability for universities to train students and faculty to further analyze DHS data. The Program provides intensive mentorship to teams of three university faculty members that are selected on a competitive basis from four to six universities every year. The fellowship includes two separate workshops and preparation of publication-quality research papers with mentoring from DHS Program researchers. In addition to original research projects, fellows are also required to design and implement a range of internal capacity strengthening activities at their home universities.
The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation two-year international scholar award
Through its grant awards, the Foundation seeks to advance and recognise the work of outstanding professionals committed to eradicating pediatric AIDS.This program is for individuals from, and working in, developing countries. The Foundation is especially interested in projects that allow scholars to gain developing country experience while increasing the research capacity of the in-country location. The Foundation is now offering a postdoctoral fellowship for clinicians/scientists from developing countries. The program is aimed at healthcare professionals who have specific training or experience with HIV/AIDS and hold an MD or PhD.
The First FAO/WHO/AU International Conference on Food Safety: ‘The Future of Food Safety: Transforming knowledge into action for people, economies and the environment’
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 12-13 February, 2018
Ongoing changes in climate, global food production and supply systems affect consumers, industry and the planet itself. These changes can have an impact on food safety systems and pose sustainability and development challenges. This is a pivotal moment demanding urgent reflection on actions needed to bolster food safety -the impetus for the two international meetings. At the Addis Ababa Conference, priorities will be discussed so that food safety strategies and approaches can be aligned across sectors and borders, reinforcing efforts to reach the SDGs and supporting the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition. Strategic actions will be defined through Ministerial panels involving health, trade and agriculture officials and experts thematic sessions covering the topics of: the burden of foodborne diseases and the benefits of investing in safe food; safe and sustainable food systems in an era of accelerated climate change; science, innovation and digital transformation at the service of food safety; empowering consumers to make healthy choices and support sustainable food systems. The conference will result in a high-level political statement advocating for increased and better coordinated collaboration and support to improve food safety globally.
THE GAMBIA: SOCIAL SCIENTIST
MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORTORIES
Applications are invited for an appointment as a Social Scientist to manage the evaluation of the Stepping Stones programme. This is the UNAIDS recommended best practice for community mobilisation in HIV prevention and has the long-term goal of reducing or restricting the growth of HIV prevalence in The Gambia. You will be responsible for the smooth running of the study, which includes closely supervising the Field Assistants in data collection.
Further details: /newsletter/id/29763
The gendered impact of globalisation on health
Call for submissions
The "Globalization, Gender and Health" project partners are currently drafting a discussion paper on behalf of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research-Institute of Gender and Health. The publication discusses the findings from a critical synthesis of a broad range of literature on globalization, gender and health, and also incorporates insights from diverse groups of professionals, scholars, activists and policy-makers worldwide. The purpose of this initiative is to formulate a global research and training agenda for the impact of globalization on gender and health. The report is available at the website below. Colleagues are invited to submit relevant case studies from different countries and regions (particularly developing or low income countries) that highlight the positive and/or negative differential impact the current wave of globalization has had on the health of women/girls and men/boys as outlined in the report.
Contact: globalization@crwh.org
The Global Climate and Health Summit
Durban, South Africa: 4 December 2011
The First Global Climate and Health Summit aims to bring together key health sector actors to discuss the impacts of climate change on public health and solutions that promote greater health and economic equity between and within nations. The Summit is geared to build the profile of the health sector vis-à-vis the COP17 negotiations in Durban, and to also help build a broader, longer lasting global movement for a healthy climate. Objectives of the Summit include: raise the profile of public health and the health sector vis-à-vis the public debate and global negotiations on climate change; catalyse greater health sector engagement on climate issues in a broad diversity of countries; build a common, more coordinated approach to addressing the health impacts of climate change; and develop shared advocacy strategies for strong national and global policy measures to mitigate and adapt to climate change.
The Global Climate and Health Summit
Durban, South Africa: 4 December 2011
The First Global Climate and Health Summit aims to bring together key health sector actors to discuss the impacts of climate change on public health and solutions that promote greater health and economic equity between and within nations. The Summit is geared to build the profile of the health sector vis-à-vis the COP17 negotiations in Durban, and to also help build a broader, longer lasting global movement for a healthy climate. Objectives of the Summit include: raise the profile of public health and the health sector vis-à-vis the public debate and global negotiations on climate change; catalyse greater health sector engagement on climate issues in a broad diversity of countries; build a common, more coordinated approach to addressing the health impacts of climate change; and develop shared advocacy strategies for strong national and global policy measures to mitigate and adapt to climate change.