Are you committed to equity in health and health care? Do you believe in the importance of translating research into action for greater equity? Would you like to work with skilled and committed individuals in developing countries around the world? Are you willing to travel? This is an exciting opportunity for a committed, enthusiastic, and hard working public health professional to work with world-renowned researchers, advocates and policy-makers focused on cutting-edge public health work.
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Embodying Inequality: Epidemiologic Perspectives
Edited by Nancy Krieger, Policy, Politics, Health and Medicine Series
'To advance the epidemiological analysis of social inequalities in health, and of the ways in which population distributions of disease, disability, and death reflect embodied expressions of social inequality, this volume draws on articles published in the International Journal of Health Services between 1990 and 2000. Framed by ecosocial theory, it employs ecosocial constructs of "embodiment," "pathways of embodiment," "cumulative interplay of exposure, susceptibility, and resistance across the lifecourse," and "accountability and agency" to address the question; who and what drives current and changing patterns of social inequalities in health?' For ordering information visit the URL provided.
Public Health in Complex Emergencies training programs for the remainder of 2004
* July 26-August 7 - Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, Bangkok, Thailand;
* November 1-14 - Institute of Public Health, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
Please click on the URL below for more information.
Further details: /newsletter/id/30500
Regional Conference on Youth and HIV/AIDS
'Youth Net and Counselling' will be hosting a conference on youth, children and HIV/AIDS. Below is the synopsis of the conference between August 24 - 27, 2004 at the Sun and Sand Holiday Resort, on the Shores of Lake Malawi, Malawi.
Further details: /newsletter/id/30508
SaFAIDS news call for papers
Papers or articles are requested for SAfAIDS News newsletter. The newsletter targets:
- professionals working in the HIV/AIDS sector
- staff in ASOs, NGOs, FBOs, government bodies, UN agencies and
universities in the region
- policy makers
- Community based organisations.
Further details: /newsletter/id/30485
11TH Canadian Conference on International Health
October 24 - 27, 2004, Ottawa, Canada
The Canadian Conference on International Health, following the path set in the previous two years, further examines the global stage and the conflicting forces that shape the politics of health and impact our own health. The Conference objective is to provide an open and stimulating forum for practitioners, researchers, educators, policy makers, and community advocates.
Contact: conference@csih.org
2004 SADC Heads of State and government summit on agriculture and food security
The Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) on Agriculture and Food Security was held in Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania on 15 May 2004, and was chaired by His Excellency, Benjamin W. Mkapa, President of the United Republic of Tanzania. The Summit was held under the theme: Enhancing Agriculture and Food Security for Poverty Reduction in the SADC Region.
Further details: /newsletter/id/30439
Fatal Indifference: The G8, Africa, and Global Health
Ronald Labonte, Ted Schrecker, David Sanders, and Wilma Meeus
The G8 (the United States, England, France, Germany, Japan, Italy, Russia, the European Union, and Canada) represents the major political driver of contemporary globalization. It is also the most powerful political force behind the multilateral institutions that are shaping global economic practice and governance. The aid, trade, and investment policies and practices of G8 member nations largely shape the development possibilities of poorer countries around the world. This book provides a “report card” of commitments over the past three G8 summits (1999, 2000, and 2001) with a preliminary assessment of the most recent 2002 summit in Kananaskis, Canada.
Fellowships on Sexuality and Education in Sub-Saharan Africa
The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) based in Nairobi, Kenya is an international non-profit, non-governmental organization committed to conducting high quality and policy relevant research on population and health issues facing sub-Saharan Africa. Through funding from the Ford Foundation's Education and Sexuality Program, the Center seeks to facilitate development of scientific research on sexuality in sub-Saharan Africa. The program is aimed at strengthening scholarly capacity to investigate the notions and perceptions of sexuality, the process of learning, and transmission of sexuality knowledge across generations in the region.
Further details: /newsletter/id/30435
Proposed SADC Code on Gender and HIV/AIDS
The AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa (ARASA) is leading an initiative to establish a Code for the SADC region on Gender and HIV/AIDS. This Code is similar to the 'Code on HIV/AIDS and Employment' that was adopted by SADC 1997, but focuses specifically on the gendered dimensions of the AIDS epidemic. ARASA, in consultation with a number of human rights, gender and AIDS-services, has drawn up a draft Code entitled "Urgent Measures needed to Promote the Equality of Women and the Reduction of Women's Risk of HIV infection". This Code is available in English http://www.alp.org.za/resctr/other/misc/20040405_ARASA4.doc and Portuguese http://www.alp.org.za/resctr/other/misc/20040405_ARASA3.doc. A consultative meeting for experts in the fields of gender, HIV/AIDS and human rights in the region is planned for June 2004 in order to discuss and finalise the Code.