Emerging Voices for Global Health (EV4GH) is an innovative multi-partner training program for young, promising and emerging health policy & systems researchers, decision makers and other health system actors with an interest to become influential global health voices and/or local change makers. EV4GH coaches “Emerging Voices” to participate actively in international conferences where global health issues are addressed and to raise their voice in scientific and policy debates. The EV4GH programme is managed by an internationally representative governance committee consisting of EV alumni elected by previous EV4GH participants and a few invited members from academia. There are two tracks for which participants can apply to be an EV 2018. While one track is reserved for researchers involved in health policy and systems research, the other track seeks to attract health professionals, activists, decision or policy-makers and/or other health systems actors.
Jobs and Announcements
CODESRIA invites applications from academics and researchers from African universities and research centres to participate in the 2017 session of the Gender Institute, in Dakar, Senegal May 14-25, 2018. The 2017 session of the institute seeks to provide an opportunity for participants to reflect on gains made and persisting challenges, especially in respect of the ways in which the engagements have made universities in Africa better institutions to spearhead social transformation. Candidates submitting proposals for consideration should be PhD students or early career academics in the social sciences and humanities and those working in the broad field of gender and women studies. Scholars outside universities but actively engaged in the area of policy process and/or social movements and civil society organizations are also encouraged to apply. Twenty places are available.
Applications are open for the above post in South Africa to manage the coordination of programme activities related to the implementation of the Comprehensive Care Management and Treatment plan and National Strategic Plan 2017-2022 for persons living with HIV and AIDS. Oversee the implementation of the Comprehensive HIV, TB, and Branch clinical guidelines and reviews thereof. The candidate will oversee the capacity building of clinicians (basic and advanced), quality improvement implementation for HIV plans. The candidate will liaise with all stakeholders such as NHLS, District Support Partners, MRC, Universities for guideline reviews. The post-holder will be expected to develop effective mechanisms to monitor progress of programme implementation and regular reviews of programme performance, writing reports as per statutory requirements.
The nomination process for the International Children’s Peace Prize 2018 has started. KidsRights calls upon individuals and organizations across the globe to nominate eligible children, regardless of race, place of birth or social standing, who have demonstrated the skill and determination necessary to personally improve the rights of children. The child should not be older than 17 years by the time of the nomination deadline, from anywhere in the world, and have a clear history of standing up and fighting for his/her own rights and/or the rights of other children, which has led to a concrete result. The child should agree to being nominated for the prize. The messages of all the nominees will be posted on the Kidrights website. The nomination form and the full list of criteria can be found on the website.
'Comparing the Copperbelt' is an ERC-funded research project, running at the University of Oxford from 2016-2020. The project aims to examine the Copperbelt (in both Zambia and the DR Congo) as a single region divided by a (post-)colonial border, across which flowed minerals, people and ideas. This workshop aims to bring together researchers on and in the Copperbelt region to share ideas on social, environmental and cultural history. Research papers from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds (history, anthropology, economics, etc.), approaches and regional focuses (both old and new mining regions) are welcomed. The workshop seeks to bring together academics, trade union leaders and environmental activists to foster discussions about the history and current condition of the Copperbelt region.
Now in its 3rd year, the Aid & Development Africa Summit returns to Nairobi, Kenya on 27-28 February 2018, uniting humanitarian and development leaders, decision makers and advisors from NGOs, government and UN agencies and the private sector. The Summit will look into latest policy and project updates, best practice and innovations to improve humanitarian aid operations and infrastructure resilience in sub-Saharan East Africa. Participants will gain first hand insights from development banks, donors and government agencies into their financing priorities and funding guidelines as well as benefit from networking opportunities. The agenda is being developed in consultation with key organisations, such as WFP, IRFC, World Vision, USAID, UNICEF, World Bank, Save the Children, UN Habitat, CRS, FHI360, Oxfam, Habitat for Humanity International, IRD and will include case studies, panel discussions, workshops, and interactive roundtable sessions.
The Community Chest and Cornerstone Institute invite activist and development practitioners to apply for a scholarship to undertake a Bachelor of Arts Honours in Community Development at Cornerstone Institute. The scholarship provides for 70% of the tuition fee for the programme. Applicants are encouraged to secure the remainder of the fees from non-governmental organisations working in social development.
Theorising Africa seeks to explore what it means to be human, to be a member of society, through the exploration of identity, aesthetics, and politics by placing cultural theory and African epistemic frameworks in dialogue. For this seminar series, conveners at The University of Leeds are interested in looking to Africa for its history of ideas: How has African thought transcended boundaries and how can it continue to do so? What can African thought contribute to the many blind spots in the fields of cultural theory? How can these contributions account for the work of knowledge-making? In what ways are these contributions necessary? The conveners seek papers and proposals on topics including, but not limited to: African literary theory; Reframing the history of ideas – philosophical interrogations; Cultural analysis; Psychoanalysis; African Futures; Law; Politics and bio-violence; Feminisms and policy; Community building; The creaturely; Animism; Theology; Art History; Challenges to the legacy of the writer; Any non-conforming inquiry which doesn’t fall into a field. Proposals (max 300 words + bio) in Word format are to be sent to findingpocoafrica@gmail.com
The Nordic Africa Institute’s African Scholar Program is targeted at researchers based in Africa who need time and a conducive environment for finishing and writing up their ongoing research. It offers a Senior Researcher position at the Nordic Africa Institute for 12 months. The Institute is looking for a qualified researcher from African universities and research institutions with demonstrable research interest. The successful candidate might use the period of his/her employment to complete on-going research, develop new research projects, or complete articles, books or monograph manuscripts. The scholar-researcher should take advantage of the intellectual and logistical resources of the institute and is expected to contribute meaningfully towards actualizing its vision and mandate in return.
The South African Health Review (SAHR) is an accredited peer reviewed publication, widely respected as an authoritative source of research, analysis and reflection on health systems.
The editorial team of the 2018 SAHR is currently seeking abstracts that give consideration to advances made in the health system over the past 21 years, and reflect on areas of improvement for the future. In particular, abstracts that address the following range of topics are requested: Human resources for health, responses to the prevention and management of non-communicable diseases; and progress and challenges towards implementing universal health coverage. Preference will be given to manuscripts that offer critical review of the implementation of policies and programmes in the health sector and that give examples of good practices and multisectoral partnerships with demonstrated effectiveness, or of implementation and scale-up of initiatives designed to strengthen the health system. Abstracts should be submitted to: sahr@hst.org.za