The Malawi Country Training on Resource Mobilisation, Project Planning and Proposal Writing is part of a series of workshops designed to help strengthen the resource base of non-profit organisations in the region. The training is intended to equip participants with skills in resource mobilisation, business planning and proposal writing in order to promote their activities, services and benefits. The training seeks to build and enhance the capacity of participants to actively mobilise resources in order to meet the increasing challenges facing them and their institutions. It will help participants to gain an understanding of resource mobilisation principles and practices. Participants will learn the time-tested principles that govern the resource mobilisation process and fundamentals that lead to resource mobilisation success. For more information, contact Dr John Chikati at the email address given.
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This course provides an introduction to systems thinking and systems models in public health. It requires 4 weeks of study, 4-5 hours/week, as an online course. Problems in public health and health policy tend to be complex with many actors, institutions and risk factors involved. If an outcome depends on many interacting and adaptive parts and actors the outcome cannot be analyzed or predicted with traditional statistical methods. Systems thinking is a core skill in public health and helps health policymakers build programs and policies that are aware of and prepared for unintended consequences. An important part of systems thinking is the practice to integrate multiple perspectives and synthesize them into a framework or model that can describe and predict the various ways in which a system might react to policy change. Systems thinking and systems models devise strategies to account for real world complexities.
CHP is a publication of the People's Health Movement, South Africa (South Africa). It is produced with the aim of offering an alternative, "peoples health" perspective and stimulating debate on critical issues related to health and health care in South Africa and elsewhere. CHP is produced once a month and distributed electronically with a distribution list of around 500 people. It is also distributed to a number of email lists. The distribution list consist of professionals interested in health care issues, staff in NGO's, trade union membership, media, government officials, activists.
The People's Health Movement invites readers to consider writing for Critical Health Perspectives (CHP); either by writing something new, adapt something already written, or comment on a report or paper. Guidelines for submissions can be found at the weblink below and at the People's Health Movement website. CHP is a publication of the People's Health Movement, South Africa (South Africa). It is produced with the aim of offering an alternative, "peoples health" perspective and stimulating debate on critical issues related to health and health care in South Africa and elsewhere.
On 13 and 14 December 2013, the Government of Senegal will host the “Dakar Financing Summit” on Africa’s infrastructure. African Heads of State and Government, influential business leaders and financiers will meet to provide concrete outcomes to accelerate financial investments for priority regional infrastructure projects on the continent. The Summit is a rallying call for the public and private sectors to partner towards infrastructure development in Africa. The Dakar Financing Summit is organized by the NEPAD Agency and African Union Commission, in collaboration with the African Development Bank (ADB) and UNECA. To register go to the website given.
SAfAIDS is developing a database of experts on various issues on HIV and AIDS. The experts may be called upon to undertake work on behalf of SAfAIDS from time to time for a fee. Established in 1994, SAfAIDS is a regional HIV/AIDS organisation based in Harare, Zimbabwe. Its goal is to disseminate HIV/AIDS information to promote, inform and support appropriate responses to the epidemic. Interested individuals should submit detailed CVs to SAfAIDS at the email adress below.
Metrics for Management is excited to announce the launch of the Davidson Gwatkin Equity Measurement Prize. This annual juried competition will award up to four cash prizes each valued between $5,000 and $10,000 to an individual or team of authors for research that uses the EquityTool and its data to assess and improve services that reach the poor or to gain insight into wealth equity in low- and middle-income countries.
Health Policy Analysis (HPA), seeks to understand and explain the policy process. The Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research is supporting a fellowship programme in HPA for 2017-18, for PhD students, or those registered for an equivalent degree, based in LMICs who seek to research the politics of health policy change – focussed, for example, on agenda setting, an aspect of policy formulation, an experience of policy implementation, the politics of policy evaluation/learning, or another, relevant, area. The PhD ideas must also be nested in relevant policy, political science, public administration and/or organisational theory. Proposed applicants must be a national of an LMIC already registered or be currently finalising registration for a PhD, or equivalent, in an LMIC university, and at a stage where they have NOT yet finalised their study protocol or started data collection. Those selected as HPA fellows under this programme will be supported to conduct their PhD research and will be required to attend 2 week-long thesis workshops during this time – broadly, to support the finalisation of their protocol (year 1) and a related paper (year 2). HPA fellows will receive distance learning support between workshops and receive bursary support for their PhD research, linked to the preparation and completion of workshop-related outputs. Applicants must submit the following: a full and complete CV, with copies of all post-graduate university level academic certificates; a 1-2 page motivational statement for your application, indicating how this programme will fit with their existing PhD plans and timelines; a 4-5 page note outlining the work which they hope/plan to do, the theoretical base and methodology and justifying its significance in terms of current HPA work in LMICs; a letter of support from their supervisor (on their university letterhead), and a brief CV of their supervisor; evidence of registration (completed or in progress) for a PhD or equivalent, at an LMIC university, including the disciplinary area of study, year of entry, expected graduation data and current phase of studies; and the name and contact details of 3 referees, with clarification of their relationship to each; of whom at least 2 should have supervised the applicant an academic capacity. Preference will be given to women candidates, those under 40 years of age and to candidates from low income countries (LICs).
Please join the People's Health Movement and other organizations in working toward a water-secure future by signing the People's Statement on the Right to Water. Your organization's endorsement will help demonstrate support to establish access to safe, sufficient and affordable water as an international human right. It will also show the breadth of opposition to the commodification of water.
A 2 day Master class will be held on Defending Medical Malpractice and professional Negligence Cases scheduled for 29-30 November, 2017 in Randburg, Johannesburg, RSA. Medical malpractice liability is incurred when patients suffer damages, which may be attributed to sub-standard care provided by health practitioners or hospital personnel involved in their treatment. This master class aims to provide a sound knowledge of the legal rules applicable to the practice and administration of healthcare. The master class covers legal relationships of physicians and patients down to legal terms, professional attitudes, and the principles and basic concepts of laws involved in providing medical services. For further information contact SECOLO. For further information contact info@secolo.co.za.