In order to contribute to improved global treatment preparedness in countries and communities, WHO has established the Preparing for Treatment Program (PTP), based in the Department of HIV/AIDS at WHO headquarters in Geneva. To the extent possible, resources available through the PTP will be provided to partner organizations that have expertise and are currently engaged in or have capacity to undertake treatment preparedness activities.
Jobs and Announcements
WHO Call for Expressions of Interest: Monitoring and Evaluation
Further details: /newsletter/id/30753
WHO Call for papers on human resources
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WHO and the journals Education for Health and Human Resources for Health are now accepting papers for joint special issues addressing the critical need for a skilled, sustainable health workforce in the developing world. Submitted articles must fall under the broad theme: 'Towards a scaling-up of training and education for health workers'. Proposals for manuscripts are due by 31 July 2007 and final manuscripts are due by 30 October 2007.
WHO Health Leadership Service (HLS) opportunity
The World Health Organization is recruiting young health professionals to a two-year work and training programme, specifically aimed at strengthening the knowledge and skills essential for leadership roles in public health at all levels - international, national and local. The global effort to combat poverty, inequities, disease and epidemics calls for dynamic and capable leaders. These future leaders need to start their careers today, and they need continually to build their competences as their responsibilities increase.
Further details: /newsletter/id/30565
WHO Young Professionals Programme
Call for applications: No closing date indicated
Apply to the WHO's Young Professionals Programme aimed to provide career support, networking, mentoring, and tailored learning opportunities. The Programme intends to increase the representation of nationals from Least Developed Countries in WHO’s workforce and will develop capacity from and for developing countries through a structured program with clear learning objectives.
WHOs First Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health
30 October – 1 November 2018, World Health Organisation, Geneva
The Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health is the first-ever global event to focus on both air pollution and health. As a contribution towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, the Conference will feature a “Call for Urgent Action” where delegates will reach agreement on a target for 2030 to reduce the 7 million deaths caused by air pollution each year, Countries, urban mayors and civil society will be invited to make commitments to the global advocacy campaign www.BreatheLife2030.org to meet WHO Air Quality Guidelines and reduce climate emissions. The Conference will underline the links between air pollution and the global epidemic of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), and position the health sector to catalyse actions for health-wise policies on clean household energy, transport and waste.
WIDER Conference Call for Papers: Fragile States – Fragile Groups, Tackling Economic and Social Vulnerability
Helsinki, Finland, 15-16 June 2007
This conference will bring together researchers and practitioners to discuss different concepts and measures of fragility and vulnerability, to analyse causes and consequences of vulnerability, to consider appropriate policy options, and to identify future research directions. Conference topics will include: fragility concepts and measures; trade and financial shocks; weather and other environmental shocks; state failure and governance in fragile states; household vulnerability and fragile groups; poverty dynamics and economic insecurity; strategies for dealing with economic and social vulnerability; linking aid, debt relief, and fragility; and fragility and MDG implementation. Details of how to submit a paper for the conference can be found at the website listed above. The deadline for submissions is 16 March 2007. Final copies of accepted papers are required by 18 May 2007.
Wits HIV/AIDS in the Workplace Research Symposium
29th and 30th June 2004, Wits University, Johannesburg, South Africa
HIV/AIDS in the workplace constitutes an important research node for a wide range of disciples including business, economics, law, public health and the social sciences. This symposium will provide an opportunity for researchers in these fields to present and cross-fertilise their work. Within the context of the HIV/AIDS epidemic it is important that research is orientated towards sustainable solutions. Papers orientated to understanding underlying problems and how they should be addressed, along with papers from ‘action researchers’ including managers and trade unionists are welcomed.
Women's Law and Public Policy Fellowship Program
The Leadership and Advocacy for Women in Africa (LAWA) Fellowship Program was founded in 1993 at the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C., in order to train women's human rights lawyers from Africa committed to returning home to their countries to advance the status of women and girls throughout their careers. The LAWA programme is inviting applications for July 2008- August 2009 LAWA Fellowship Program; the deadline for submissions is November 30, 2007.
Workshop on ethics of research related to healthcare in developing countries
12 - 14 February 2004, Cape Town, South Africa
The Nuffield Council on Bioethics published a Report, ‘The ethics of research related to healthcare in developing countries’, in April 2002. A follow-up workshop will be held in February 2004 to explore developments in this area since the publication of the report. The workshop, co-hosted by the South African MRC and the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, will bring together researchers who are actively involved in externally-sponsored research related to healthcare in developing countries, for three days in Cape Town. The focus of the workshop will be to discuss and debate ethical and regulatory issues raised by new and recently revised guidelines and to identify obstacles to their effective implementation.
Workshop on Proposal Development for Scientific Research Funding in Sub-Saharan Africa
16-20 August 2004, Nairobi, Kenya
The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) based in Nairobi, Kenya, in collaboration with the University of Southampton are inviting nominations of senior social science or public health researchers to attend a workshop on research proposal development. The main objective of the workshop is to strengthen the capacity of African scholars and institutions in developing good fundable proposals for scientific research.
Further details: /newsletter/id/30436