The World Health Organisation (WHO) is calling for papers for all sections of the Bulletin and encourage authors to consider contributions that address any of the following topics: disease burden assessments in low-income countries, since information in this area is scarce; vaccination implementation and policy, particularly on the cost and public health benefit of vaccination programmes; and the evaluation of nonpharmaceutical public health measures since these are widely described as control measures, but there is less published evidence on their effectiveness than for pharmaceutical interventions (vaccines and medicines). In particular, WHO seeks submission of papers that document experiences from low-resource settings.
Jobs and Announcements
Call for papers for the WHO Bulletin
Deadline for submissions: 20 October 2011
Call for papers: Global Health Conference 2011
Deadline: 1 August 2011
Authors involved in original research, innovative projects or novel programmes related to global health are encouraged to submit abstracts for the Global Health Conference 2011 to be held in Canada in November 2011. Abstracts in all areas of global health are welcomed including: the global burden of disease; innovations and interventions to advance global health equity; globalisation, global trade and movement of populations as drivers of health inequity; partnerships and capacity building for education and research in global health; social, economic and environmental determinants of health; and human rights, legal issues, ethics and policy. Abstracts may focus on a new finding, the development of a programme, project or new global health tool, moving from development to implementation, policy or ethical issues, or related topics.
Consultation on the paper for the World Conference on the Social Determinants of Health
Closing date: 3 June 2011
The World Health Organisation (WHO) seeks comments and feedback on the current draft of the Conference technical paper, which aims to inform the conference discussions and provide policy-makers with an overview of key strategies to implement action on social determinants of health. In particular, WHO would like comments on whether the draft fully covers the five themes of the Conference, and whether any major strategies for implementation of action on social determinants have been omitted. Please note that comments will not be posted to the public web site.
E-drug: Training Course in Pharmacoeconomics
10-24 June, Accra Ghana
The WHO/Geneva, the WHO Regional Office for Africa, the Ghana National Drugs Programme of the Ministry of Health Ghana, the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons and the Faculty of Pharmacy, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology will jointly organize a 10-day training course on the use of pharmacoeconomics in medicines selection.
The course aims to build capacities of managers in health insurance programs, procurement agencies and relevant staff in public and private health facilities to make evidenced based decisions on selection of medicines for their essential medicines lists which are used for procurement, re-imbursements under health insurance programs and promote cost effective use of medicines. Preference will be given to participants from the African region, as well as emphasizing preference for people working in the public sector.
Join the Million Message March to the United Nations
iMAXi Cooperative and other partners: 2011
The Million Message March 2011 is a collaborative communication campaign to mobilise community support and political commitment for the Right to Health and Universal Access. It aims to reach out globally to collect one million messages (by SMS or tweets) from people in need of treatment and care (for HIV, cancer, TB, diabetes, hepatitis and other life-threatening diseases) and their families, care-givers and allies. These ‘Voices’ will be amplified, disseminated and projected along the ‘March’ starting at the World Health Assembly in May, through two UN High Level Meetings (HIV in June and Non-Communicable Diseases NCDs in September), and other major health events. The Million Message March will ‘arrive’ on Human Rights Day, the 10th of December, at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) so that the messages can ‘Speak-Up’ and be heard at the top of the UN and its Member States. The March began at the World Open Health Assembly (WOHA2011), in tandem with the World Health Assembly, 16-18 May 2011, with a global 'chat' live from Asia, Africa, Europe and NYC.
Call for abstracts: SANNAM Biennial Conference
Closing Date: 15 June 2011
The SANNAM Biennial Conference and Annual General Meeting will take place from 16-18 November 2011 in Gaborone, Botswana. SANNAM is calling for abstracts for the conference, the main theme of which is ‘Engaging Communities for Accelerating the Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals in the SADC Region’. Sub-themes include: health care programmes for addressing the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs); transforming general educational education for MDGs; strengthening educational nursing and midwifery for improvement for MDGs; community participation and MDGs; capacity building, leadership and MDGs; monitoring and evaluation progress for achievement/milestones on MDGs; challenges/factors related to MDGS; enhancing the environment for achieving MDGs; the expansion of nursing services to meet MDGs; collaboration and partnerships for MDGs; and human resources for achieving MDGs.
Call for abstracts: Seventh PHASA Conference: "Closing the health equity gap: Public health leadership, education and practice”
Closing date: 4 July 2011
The theme of the 2011 PHASA conference, which will be held from 28-30 November 2011, in Johannesburg, South Africa, is "Closing the health equity gap: Public health leadership, education and practice”. The theme will enable participants to review the progress that South Africa has made in achieving equity in health status, health care, the social determinants of health and access to resources.
Call for applicants: ACU Titular Fellowships 2011
Closing date: 1 July 2011
The ACU Titular Fellowships provide opportunities for staff from member universities and employees working in industry, commerce or public service in a Commonwealth country to spend periods of time in other member universities or relevant institutions outside their own country. Preference will be given to workers in the following priority subject areas: agriculture, forestry and food sciences, biotechnology, development strategies, earth and marine sciences, engineering, health and related social sciences, information technology, management for change, professional education and training, social and cultural development and university development and management. Fellowships will be tenable for up to a maximum of six months.
Contact: acuawards@acu.ac.uk
Call for papers: WHO/PLOS collection: No health without research
Pang T And Terry RF: PLoS Medicine 8(1), 25 January 2011
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and Public Library of Science (PloS) are calling for papers for a joint WHO/PLoS collection on the theme of the 2012 World Health Report on Research for Health. This flagship report from WHO will, for the first time in its history, focus on research for better health. The primary target audience of the report will be ministers of health in the WHO member states, and the goal of the report is to provide new ideas, innovative thinking, and pragmatic advice for member states on how to strengthen their own health research systems. In addition to primary research (both quantitative and qualitative) and well-developed case studies, WHO and PLoS also invite the submission of review and policy articles on how national health research systems contribute to the broader international research endeavour, especially in the context of the following areas: global health research governance; inequitable access to the benefits and products of research; global standards for responsible research conduct; and future research trends with implications for the developing world.
Call for Proposals for Research Grants: Africa Initiative
Deadline for submitting proposals is Tuesday, May 31, 2011.
The Africa Initiative, a joint partnership between The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) and Makerere University (MAK), that the research grants competition is now accepting new proposals for funding of up to $15,000 CAD. They would like to invite applicants to submit proposals that are field-based and address substantive-policy relevant challenges facing African policy makers at national, regional, and global levels in one or more of the areas of conflict resolution, energy, food security, health, migration, and the cross-cutting theme of climate change. The Africa Initiative encourages proposals from relevant fields of physical sciences and social sciences. Priority will be given to African-based scholars, and early- to mid-career Canadian-based researchers. Applicants must have a post-graduate degree or be in the advanced stages of a doctoral program.