What is The Network: Towards Unity for Health? The Network: TUFH is a global association of individuals, groups, institutions and organisations committed to improving and maintaining health in the communities they have a mandate to serve. The Network: TUFH is a Non-Governmental Organisation in official relationships with the World Health Organization (WHO).
Jobs and Announcements
Workshop on Proposal Development for Scientific Research Funding in Sub-Saharan Africa
16-20 August 2004, Nairobi, Kenya
The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) based in Nairobi, Kenya, in collaboration with the University of Southampton are inviting nominations of senior social science or public health researchers to attend a workshop on research proposal development. The main objective of the workshop is to strengthen the capacity of African scholars and institutions in developing good fundable proposals for scientific research.
Further details: /newsletter/id/30436
Cost-effectiveness Analysis Workshop
Durban, South Africa, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm, June 12
Cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) has become an increasingly important tool for analyzing health care systems and setting priorities. CEA was strongly endorsed by the World Bank in its 1993 report on Investing in Health as a way of ensuring that health systems provide “value for money,” and is now being promoted by other agencies as well, as in the case of the World Health Organisation’s WHO-CHOICE initiative. But is CEA a reliable way of getting the most out of limited health system resources? Or does it, rather, distract attention from equity concerns, undermine initiatives to provide primary health care, and distract us from directly challenging political choices that limit resources available for health systems?
Further details: /newsletter/id/30385
Global Health Watch due for launch in 2005
The Global Health Watch – a bi-annual production that will represent an alternative World Health Report will be launched at next year’s World Health Assembly in May 2005 and at the People’s Health Assembly in June 2005. The report is aimed to provide an alternative perspective on health that places equity, human and social rights; the politics and economics of development; and the centrality of health systems development at the forefront of international health debates. In addition, the report aims to act as a monitor of the performance of global health institutions such as WHO and Global Fund; development and multi-lateral agencies such as the World Bank and WTO; multi-national corporations; and the nations of the G8/OECD.
Further details: /newsletter/id/30368
Health Informatics conference
6-8 October 2003, Kimberly, South Africa - Abstracts due by 31 May
The South Africa Health Informatics Association, in conjunction with the Computer Society of South Africa, is organising the "Health Informatics: Southern Africa" 2004 conference. This will be held from the 6-8 October 2004 in Kimberley in the Northern Cape Province.
Malawi Health Equity Network (MHEN)
The Malawi Health Equity Network (MHEN) was formed in 2000 as a grouping of individuals and organisations working to promote equity in health in Malawi. This is a national network with central offices (secretariat) in Lilongwe. The Network aims to achieve this goal through networking, research, policy dialogue and advocacy. Key areas of interest by the Network include; essential drug availability in public health facilities, availability of health human resources, national budget formulation, linkages with parliamentary committees and HIV/AIDS.
Further details: /newsletter/id/30372
South Africa: Senior Researcher Posts: Public Health Epidemiology and Health Information Systems
The School of Public Health is a forerunner in the public health areas of health promotion, health equity, health information systems, nutrition, health programme development and human resource development. Two senior researchers are required for a new project, aimed at assisting development of health programmes such as HIV/AIDS and nutrition, at health district level. The senior researchers are expected to assist programme managers to develop information systems for their programmes.
Further details: /newsletter/id/30386
Southern Africa: HIV/AIDS Programme Officer
Open Society Initiative For Southern Africa
(OSISA) is a leading regional foundation, established in 1997 by investor and philanthropist George Soros, to create and sustain the institutions, policies and practices of an open society, where good governance, human rights and justice are respected and upheld. Its programmes broadly focus on Education, Media, Human Rights and Democracy as well as Information Communication Technologies. In addition to undertaking advocacy, and working through multi-level partnerships with others, OSISA oversees US$5 million in grants annually across a region made up of Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Further details: /newsletter/id/30375
Academic publishing made more accessible for scientists in developing world
The Open Society Institute (OSI) and Public Library of Science (PLoS) has announced a new grants program to support open access publishing in developing and transition countries. The grants will make it much easier for scientists based in developing and transition countries to submit articles to the premiere peer-reviewed research journals published by PLoS. "Scientists in poorer countries have been virtually excluded from the journal publishing world," said Darius Cuplinskas, director of OSI's Information Program. "Open access journals will remove barriers and make these scientists full members of the international scientific community.
Further details: /newsletter/id/30327
Director Health Systems Research Unit
South African Medical Research Council
The director should be a national leader in health systems research with a strong vision to 'improve the impact of health care on health'. The unit currently focuses on evaluating healthcare interventions; but the mandate could be expanded beyond this scope. Developing methodology and capacity in health systems research are key objectives. The Unit collaborates widely with scientists in South Africa and overseas.
Further details: /newsletter/id/30329