The Global Health Watch is an alternative world health report produced every two and a half years. The aim is to critique and assess the state of global health governance and action with a strong equity lens and with an explicit political and economic critique. One of the forthcoming chapters in the next Watch will be on the Gates Foundation and we are looking for informants, particularly from low and middle income countries, who have any considered views and observations on the Gates Foundation.
Jobs and Announcements
Request for comments, views and information on the Gates Foundation
Global Health Watch, 2007
Further details: /newsletter/id/32373
Request for input: Equity-oriented toolkit for health technology assessment
Jandu MB: Equity Update 4(2): 30 September 2010
The WHO Collaborating Centre for Knowledge Translation and Health Technology Assessment in Health Equity, housed at the Centre for Global Health at the University of Ottawa, is currently in the process of updating and expanding its Equity-Oriented Toolkit for Health Technology Assessment (HTA). The Equity-Oriented Toolkit is based on a needs-based model of HTA. It provides tools that explicitly consider health equity at each of the four steps of health technology assessment: burden of Illness, community effectiveness, economic evaluation, and knowledge translation and implementation. It also incorporates concepts of health impact assessment within the HTA process. The centre is seeking suggestions on validated and widely disseminated HTA tools that explicitly consider health equity and that are relevant to the toolkit. These tools may be specific analytical methods such as the Disability-Adjusted Life Years, checklists such as the Health Impact Screening Checklist, software programmes such as the Harvard Policy Maker, and databases such as the Cochrane Library.
Request for proposals: Vaccine-Preventable diseases
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is inviting letters of inquiry (LOIs) from qualified applicants to assist 12 GAVI-eligible countries establish external advisory groups and manage related grants. While this RFP will ultimately yield full proposals, the immediate request is for Letters of Inquiry from qualified applicants with the capability of managing an overall effort to strengthen national decision-making processes in up to 12 countries. On the basis of review of the LOIs, up to three organisations will be invited to begin preparation for submission of a full proposal. Submission of a full proposal will be by invitation only. Deadline for submission is 6 July 2007.
Research Award: Governance for Equity in Health Systems
Deadline: 12 September 2012
IDRC’s Research Awards provide a unique opportunity to enhance research skills and gain a fresh perspective on crucial development issues. This one-year, paid, in-house program of training and mentorship in research, research management, and grant administration allows awardees to pursue their research goals in a dynamic team environment in one of the world’s leaders in generating new knowledge to meet global challenges. The successful candidate is required to have strong research, analytical, and writing skills, as well as familiarity with key institutions (including Canadian) active in global health research and policy. Proficiency in English and French is essential. An understanding of the health implications of urbanization, social and gender analysis would be considered an asset.
Research fellows
The Institute of Development Studies
IDS is one of the world's leading organisations for research, teaching and communications on international development. The Institute works with a network of global partners to generate cutting edge knowledge as a basis for bringing alternative ideas and fresh solutions to the real world challenges of development policy and practice. Research at IDS is grouped around five key themes – governance, participation, competing in the global economy, governing science and technology, and managing risk and vulnerability. Much of the work at IDS is multidisciplinary in nature, and most is carried out in collaboration with partners from around the world. The research community at IDS consists of approximately 50 Fellows and 40 other researchers and academic support staff, and is enhanced by Visiting Fellows from many countries.
Further details: /newsletter/id/31169
Research Fellowship in Global Health Policy and Health Financing
Nossal Institute for Global Health The University of Melbourne
The University of Melbourne is offering an exciting opportunity for a developing academic leader in Health Financing and Policy to make a difference in poor countries. The Research Fellow will play a major role in establishing a Knowledge Hub in Health Finance and related health policy for low- and middle-income countries in the Asia-Pacific region. This new academic centre will bring together and develop expertise and knowledge on the financing of health services, identify research priorities and potential partner institutions, and link with other academic centres in Australia. The date for first review of applications was 31 August 2008, but late applications are accepted.
Research Methodology Training Course - HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
8 - 19 March 2004, South Africa
This research training course is designed to prepare researchers and postgraduate students with requisite knowledge for formulating sound projects to meet the requirements of postgraduate training of the University of the Witwatersrand and other universities.
Further details: /newsletter/id/30116
Research Methodology Training Course in the Field of HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
The Graduate School, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand is delighted to announce a Research Methodology Training Course in the Field of HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. This research training course is designed to prepare researchers and postgraduate students with requisite knowledge for formulating sound projects to meet the requirements of postgraduate training of the University of the Witwatersrand and other universities.
Further details: /newsletter/id/30911
Research Methodology Training Course in the Field of HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
8-19th March 2004
This research training course is designed to prepare researchers and postgraduate students with requisite knowledge for formulating sound projects to meet the requirements of postgraduate training of the University of the Witwatersrand and other universities.
Further details: /newsletter/id/30080
Research methods course in sexual and reproductive health, HIV and gender-based violence: 12–28 August 2013: Johannesburg, South Africa
Closing Date : 1 March 2013
Are you a clinician, researcher or other professional in the field of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) or HIV looking to improve your research skills? Are you currently conducting or planning to conduct SRH or HIV research in the near future and wanting to learn more about research methodology? The Research Methods Course in Sexual and Reproductive Health, HIV and Gender-Based Violence offers an opportunity to strengthen your research skills and your contribution to increased capacity for SRH and HIV research on the African continent. At the end of this intensive three-week course will you should be able to: initiate and participate in qualitative and quantitative research; critically appraise research findings; understand the major SRH/HIV issues affecting the African region; and access a network of other professionals in your field for information exchange and research collaboration. For more information on eligibility and course fees or to request an application form please contact Janine White-Jacobs at the email address given.
Contact: researchmethodscourse@wrhi.ac.za