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Once in a while CANCHID forwards a copy of HNPFlash from the worldbank.
This issue has a request for feedback on the first topic " World Report on
Violence and Health Wants YOUR Feedback - WHO".

Subscription instructions for HNPFlash are at the bottom of the posting.

Sam Lanfranco,
CANCHID ListHost/Admin

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Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 10:45:57 -0400
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Subject: HNPFlash: World Report on Violence and Health

Dear friends,


August is supposed to be slow, but FLASH is still on
fast-forward.........we have a plethora of news, views, websites, and
sister e-zines in addition to the usual menu of knowledge, trainings,
conferences, and job opps.  Please continue to share with us as we grow
together, because you're what it's all about.  Also, now we have an easier
website to subscribe from: http://www.worldbank.org/hnpflash


>From the deep tropics of Washington, D.C.,

Homira and Erika


CONTENTS:
-  World Report on Violence and Health Wants YOUR Feedback - WHO
-  New and Improved (for real) WB Economic Growth Website
-  Cool Virtual Libraries from PAHO
-  Knowledge Award of the Month:  Roger Hays, Oxford Policy Institute
-  NGO Networks for Health - thanks to Tom Merrick
-  Performance Improvement in RH - JHPIEGO
-  How are Market Forces Affecting the Quality of Health Care?  AHRQ Awards
-  Programs that Deliver - Logistical Management FPLM
-  Patient's Rights Newsletter from WHO
-  How's Your Monitoring and Evaluation?  New MEASURE Reports
-  Conferences:  IACAP, ASTMH, People's Health Assemply
-  Protect Your People:  WorldVision Security Manual
-  Impact on HIV:  Building Partnerships  FHI
-  Trachoma - Helen Keller International Initiative
-  EUROESLAV New Website:  Please comment!
-  Health Equity Discussion Listserv  - PAHO
-  Call for Papers:  Children and Human Rights, SID,
-  JOBs:  CEDPA, Cochrane Group, Liverschool of Tropical Health,
-  Queens University, Save the Children, IMC, Ford Foundation, ApAC.

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World Report on Violence and Health - Early next year, the World Health
Organization and its collaborating centres on injury and violence
prevention will publish its first World Report on Violence and Health. The
report is unique because it's the first one of its kind that deals with
violence on a global level in order to raise worldwide awareness on this
issue. To support the scientific chapters we will supplement the data with
first persons accounts from those who have experienced violence in order
to deepen the understanding of the issue. In order to make a difference,
we should allow victims and those who work closely to victims, to tell
their story. In particular we are looking for narratives or testimonies of
victims and perpetrators of violence, letters, poems and photos.

If you have access to first accounts on child abuse, youth violence,
violence against women, or violence against people with diseases such as
AIDS, would you be interested in providing me with a few case
studies/testimonies to put into the report?  Due to time constraints
please contact Nynke Poortinga, preferably by e-mail, as soon as possible.
She will be happy to give you all the additional information you need.
Contact:  Nynke Poortinga, WHO Violence and Injury Prevention Department,
20 Avenue Appia CH-1211 Geneva 27 Switzerland email to: [log in to unmask]
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New and improved World Bank Economic Growth Website! (this is not a joke)

The web-site features (among other things) a growth and policies database,
data on corruption and other governance indicators, 95 indicators of
social development over 4 decades, results on poverty alleviation and
growth, research papers on growth, data on social capital, a growth
projection model, and fun stuff like "paper of the month" and "growth book
of the month."  The web-site can be accessed at
http://www.worldbank.org/research/growth

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COOL stuff from PAHO:  Virtual Disaster Library and Virtual Health Library
This first edition of the Virtual Disaster Library developed by the Pan
American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) in collaboration with the Regional
Disaster Information Center (CRID) and the International Decade for
Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR)  contains more than 250 publications,
in English and Spanish, on disaster preparedness, mitigation and response.
Although these publications are oriented toward the countries of Latin
America and the Caribbean, they are also of interest to and useful for all
countries worldwide. http://www.paho.org/English/PED/pedtm3en.htm

The majority of this collection is made up of material published by the
Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Relief Coordination Program of the Pan
American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) during the past 20 years.
Specifically it includes:  The complete collection (in English and
Spanish) of the newsletter Disasters:  Preparedness and Mitigation in the
Americas, published quarterly since 1979, a unique source of information
that tracks the progress of the health sector of the Americas on its
journey toward disaster reduction, highlighting most of the Regionīs
significant achievements along the way.  All the manuals and scientific
and technical publications on disaster preparedness, mitigation and
response in the health sector.  Disaster Chronicles on the Regionīs major
disasters and the response to them.  Guidelines and case studies,
applicable to training activities.  An exhibit titled "Towards Natural
Disaster Reduction: The Journey of Latin America and the Caribbean" opened
July 19 at the UN Economic and Social Council meeting in New York City.
The exhibit, organized by the Permanent Mission of Colombia to the United
Nations together with PAHO, shows how Latin American and  Caribbean
countries have increased their preparedness for disasters, and their
successes in disaster relief as well as in mitigation, preparation, and
response. The exhibit highlights many initiatives in this area, like
disaster mitigation projects in hospitals and water systems, in schools,
transportation corridors, or energy systems. It includes also information
on the supply management system, SUMA, the Regional Disaster Information
Center (CRID) and the use of the Internet in disaster management. In
addition, check out their totally cool Virtual Health Library
http://www.bireme.br/bvs/I/ihome.htm _____________________________

KNOWLEDGE AWARD OF THE MONTH:  ROGER HAY for Oxford Policy Brief, No. 2:
April 2000...for more info...email:  [log in to unmask] Briefly summarized
below: Abstract:  The evidence is accumulating that consumers of health
care services in many low-and middle-income countries have turned away
from poor quality, publicly-financed services to private providers.  At
the same time, many services effectively have been privatised as low-paid
government health workers have come to rely increasingly on fees for their
income.  This unplanned and unregulated process was accelerated by the
introduction of cost-recovery policies which legitimized the charging of
fees for services and for pharmaceuticals.  Its roots lie in well-meaning
attempts to provide comprehensive publicly financed health care with
insufficient resources and insufficient attention to provider incentives
and regulation.  The outcomes have been both inefficient and inequitable.
Solutions will be elusive, but probably lie in new, more selective and
affordable public roles, and different incentives for health care
providers.  Sections:  The erosion of public health
services....introduction of health care fees has not delivered its
promised financial benefits....the growing privatisation of health
services......efficiency losses......where unregulated private provision
replaces publicly-funded health services, efficiency, and equity losses
ensue......equity losses....Policy responses.....clinicians employed in
the public sector have substantial opportunities for rent-seeking
Designing incentives for health service providers....Market
incentives...Organizational incentives....Reforming institutional
environment....Conclusions.....embedded institutions that once may have
provided inducement for government health professionals, operating on low
pay and without formal organizational incentives, to work hard for their
patients, have been eroded.  these trends may be regretted, but they also
need to be accepted and other incentives sought to achieve the same
outcome.....an alignment of financial and non-financial incentives is
required for increased health-sector prodcutivity.  These incentives need
to be synergistic and to reinforce each other: no single incentive,
operating alone, is likely to be effective.  Adequate financial rewards
for public sector health workers are now a necessary, though not a
sufficient, condition for a reversal of the decline in health services
that are publicly financed and delivered.  In countries where the govt
health sector is too large to be financed adequately, poor pay has so
eroded the effectiveness of management incentives and sanctions, that the
scope for efficiency gains by way of performance management and
output-related budget management is limited. Unless govt wage rates
approximate market-clearing wage rates, these incentives are likely to
remain weak and regulation will prove indordinately expensive....but 'bad
habits' are unlikely to be reversed by an increase in govt wages alone.
Expectations may already have been formed of widely-available rent-seeking
opportunities in the public health service.  If so, higher wages may not
reduce rent-seeking behavior.  Instead, income expectations may simply
advance ahead of pay increases.  At worst, there may be a
wage-rent-seeking ratchet in place which will be difficult to reverse in
the short runa nd may be managed only by introducing a new cohort of
public sector health workers to new pay, employment and management
conditions.  Contact:  Roger [log in to unmask]

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Tom Merrick has kindly shared:  NGO Networks for Health (Networks) is an
innovative five-year global health project created to meet the burgeoning
need for family planning, reproductive health, child survival, and
HIV/AIDs (FP/RH/CS/HIV) information and services in developing countries.
Aware that new forms of cooperation are called for if communities are to
meet these challenges, five PVO Partners-ADRA, CARE, PATH, Plan
International, and Save the Children-are collaborating to implement the
Networks project. Networks' vision is to empower and enable individuals,
families, and communities to improve their health. Networks pursues its
vision by creating innovative and enduring NGO partnerships and fostering
and supporting networks that enhance the scale and quality of FP/RH/CS/HIV
programs. Networks has begun project activities in Armenia, Malawi, and
Nicaragua with more countries to follow.  NGO Networks for Health, 1620 I
Street NW, Suite 900 Washington, DC 20006 Tel.: 202-955-0070 x32
http://www.ngonetworks.org

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PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT: DEVELOPING A STRATEGY FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
SERVICES Author(s): Caiola, N.; Sullivan, R.  Produced by: JHPIEGO
Consortium, (2000) During the past several years there has been a global
trend in business and industry to move from training to performance
improvement. This paper presents a review of selected performance
improvement and training literature that has been helpful to JHPIEGO in
identifying issues related to this trend and in shaping our performance
improvement strategy.  For more info, please see:
http://www.reproline.jhu.edu/english/6read/6pi/pistrat1.htm
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Market Forces Grant Awards AHRQ announced on July 19 the award of $12.5
million in total projected funding over the next 5 years to establish
three new centers of excellence to conduct research on how market forces
are affecting the quality of health care, access to care, and health care
costs.  Go to http://www.ahrq.gov/news/press/pr2000/mforcespr.htm to see
their press release.

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FPLM Programs That Deliver outlines the critical logistics lessons learned
by FPLM, a project working since 1986 in approximately 40 countries in
Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean. The result of 15 years of
collaboration with national family planning and health programs and
nongovernmental organizations interested in improving their supply chains,
the monograph contains a careful description of why health and family
planning programs cannot succeed unless the supply chain delivers a
reliable, continuous supply of contraceptives and essential products to
customers. It also provides a number of different perspectives on the
logistics management process, focusing chapters on the policymaker's role
in improving and supporting the supply chain, the customer's point of
view, and the needs and motivations of the people and organizations
coordinating logistics systems.

Programs That Deliver explains the key components of a logistics system
and discusses trends that affect and may transform family planning and
public health supply chain management in developing countries issues such
as health sector reform, decentralization, cost recovery, the donor
environment, and the role of the private sector.  To order a copy, send an
E-mail to: [log in to unmask] or call Heather Davis at (703) 528-7474.

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European Partnership for Patients' Rights and Citzens' Empowerment.
Newsletter from WHO - Editorial team:  Tina Andersen and Lars Fallberg.
For more info and subscriptions, contact [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] or
[log in to unmask] fax:  +45 39171870 tel:  +45 39171314

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MEASURE Evaluation/Carolina Population Center has developed a series of
publications in order to disseminate information from its surveys,
workshops and research.  There are five types of publications:  Technical
Reports, Workshop Reports, Working Papers, Evaluation Bulletins and
Manuals/Guides. The following is a description of each type of publication
and attached is a list of all current MEASURE Evaluation publications of
each type.  Copies of any of these publications can be received by
emailing [log in to unmask] and specifying the publication number, quantity
and postal address. There are more MEASURE Evaluation publications to come
soon, but you can access the updated publication list at
http://www.cpc.unc.edu/measure. Technical Reports:  Technical reports are
based on MEASURE Evaluation supported surveys or analysis of DHS data
sets.  These reports have a broad scope and usually focus on a specific
location (e.g. DISH in Uganda).  Workshop Reports: Workshop reports come
from MEASURE Evaluation workshops on special topics (e.g. capacity
building and quality of care) Working Papers: Working papers are technical
papers that eventually are intended for journal publication.  The papers
are published by the project before journal publication so they can be
distributed and referenced.  Evaluation Bulletin: The Evaluation Bulletin
is a publication series with summaries of MEASURE Evaluation studies and
current thematic issues.  The bulletin will contain short articles on one
broad topic such as quality of care. This publication is intended for a
general audience. Manuals/Guides:  In the future, there will a manual and
handbook series, which will be a reference to assist in decision-making
about program monitoring and evaluation.  These manuals are intended for
to have a wide focus and draw from several country surveys.

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CONFERENCES:

International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care (IAPAC) announces "On the
brink of a Centry of Challenge:  IAPAC Sessions 2000"   November 1-3, 2000,
Chicago, IL   Contact:  Gary Mohr  email:  [log in to unmask]  33 North LaSalle
Street, Suite 2600  Chicago, IL  60602-2601 Tel (312) 795-4930
http://www.iapac.org

American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 49th Annual Meeting October
29-Nov. 2, 2000, Houston TX  email:  [log in to unmask]    tel:  847-480-9592
http://www.astmh.org

CI, ROAP is but one of a number of Civil Society Organizations
facilitating a People's Health Assembly, one event of which will be a
physical assembly of about 600 people from around the world at
Gonoshasthaya Kendra, Savar, Bangladesh from 4-8 December 2000. This will
be followed by a smaller follow-up forum (teach-in) and then post-Assembly
activities in a number of countries during 2001. Details of the PHA
rationale and process can be found at http://www.pha2000.org.  Contact:
Dr. Ken Harvey, PHA Secretariat, CI ROAP, 252-A Jalan Air Itam 10460
Penang Malaysia tel: 604-229 1318; fax: 604-228 6506 email:
[log in to unmask] website: www.pha2000.org

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Protect Your People - World Vision Security Manual
The most valuable resource in an aid organization is undoubtedly its people.  It
is from the hands of field workers that aid is delivered to those in need.
Unfortunately, international aid workers are now more vulnerable than ever, as
evidenced by the increased number of attacks on them in recent years. Dealing
effectively with the threat of such attacks requires forethought and
preparation.  Until now, there has not been a broad-scope yet concise
publication to help  organizations address these importantan issues.  This
manual can help you develop a comprehensive security policy that considers
issues such as vehicle safety, cultural appropriateness, and hostage situations.
tel:  1-626- 301-7720   email:  MARC [log in to unmask]  fax:  1-626 301-7789
http://www.wvi.org
800 West Chestnut Ave, Monrovia, CA  91016-3198
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Impact on HIV: Building Partnerships  Volume 2, Number 1, June 2000
Family Health International's (FHI) latest issue of Impact on HIV, a semiannual
magazine about HIV/AIDS prevention and care, is now on-line. This issue
highlights effective partnerships for HIV/AIDS prevention and care involving a
range of partners, from community members to business owners. It includes
articles on community mobilization to support orphans and other vulnerable
children in southern Africa, a network of people living with HIV/AIDS in India,
and a successful private-public partnership to prevent HIV and other sexually
transmitted infections in South African mining communities. Other articles
examine the growing role of nongovernmental organizations in Russia's response
to a burgeoning epidemic, the results of a dynamic strategic planning process in
the Dominican Republic, and the growth of youth drama groups dedicated to HIV
prevention in Kenya.Contact David Hock  e-mail: [log in to unmask]
http://www.fhi.org/en/aids/impact/iohiv/ioh21/index.html
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Helen Keller International TRACHOMA has begun a five-year project to expand
community education and school health interventions in eight countries to help
reduce trachoma, which is the second leading cause of blindness in the world.
This project is funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Another 150
million, mostly children, need treatment for active disease. 540 million people,
or 10% of the world's population, are at risk of developing the disease. The
World Health Organization has endorsed a four-part strategy to eliminate
trachoma as a blinding disease:
S: A simple surgical correction for trichiasis
A: Antibiotic treatment for active infection
F: Regular face washing helps prevent the spread of the infection
E: Specific environmental improvements that reduce contributing factors

A new partnership with the Worldspace Foundation affords the opportunity to
download information via satellite using inexpensive digital radios, enabling
better information dissemination and distribution of education materials to
remote areas. For example, training manuals such as HKI's Basis Eye Care for
Community Health Workers can be downloaded and adapted for local use.  please
contact the program at:  [log in to unmask]
Kirsten Laursen, Project Team Leader; Benedict Tisa, Senior Technical Advisor
mailto:[log in to unmask]  http://members.tripod.com/~btisa/index.htm

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EUROELSAV (ETHICAL, LEGAL, AND SOCIAL ISSUES IN NEW VACCINE RESEARCH AND
VACCINATION POLICIES IN EUROPE): http://www.euroelsav.net . The site still in an
experimental stage, and we would really appreciate any comments and suggestions
from your part. The Euro Elsav project is a EU funded research project in the
scope of the BIOMED programme, and it started in 1999. The project final
conference will be held in Rome, on November 24-25, 2000.
Please do not hesitated to contact Emilio Mordini or Rosaline Ricco
([log in to unmask]) if you are interested in receiving more details or if you like
to be enlisted in the project mailing list.
Emilio Mordini, MD, Psychoanalytic Institute for Social Research
11, Passeggiata di Ripetta - 00186 Rome - Italy Tel +39 0632652401  Fax +39
0632652433 Portable: +39 348 6549759  email: [log in to unmask]
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Equity, Health and Human Development  This electronic discussion group  of the
Division of  Health and Human Development (HDP) of the Pan  American Health
organization is a RESOURCE ONLY listserv to disseminate  information, promote
communication and interdisciplinary links  to individuals andorganizations
working on Equity, Health and Human Development.  EQUIDAD  list distributes
information on documents, reports,  projects, events, handouts, bibliographies,
listings of new sources, library catalogues and archives,  internet resources,
and datasets on themes such as research, public policies,  health legislation,
democracy, governance, health determinants, health  economics, sociology,
poverty, ethics, gender and equity.  EQUIDAD is administrated  by HDP and the
information is posted in  English, Spanish and/or  Portuguese.  To subscribe to
EQUIDAD, send a message to: [log in to unmask]   In the body of the message,
type: SUBSCRIBE  EQUIDAD
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Call for Papers on children's health and human rights Health and Human Rights
Vol. 5, No. 2 is planning a special issue on children's health and human rights
to appear in 2001. Submissions will be accepted through October 15, 2000. Our
goal is to present a wide variety of conceptual work and practical applications
that will become a resource for policymakers, activists, and academics around
the world. The journal publishes scholarly articles, commentaries, editorials,
profiles, book reviews, and  bibliographies. All pieces are peer-reviewed by
experts in the field. Our most recent special issue, on reproductive and sexual
rights, presented the work of prominent scholars and activists from around the
world, including Rosalind Petchesky, Tomris Tirmen, Alice Miller, Barbara
Klugman, Bonnie Shepard, and Nafis Sadik, Executive Director of the United
Nations Population Fund. Contributors to other issues have included community
activists, scholars, and such distinguished global leaders as Kofi Annan,
Secretary-General of the United Nations; Gro Harlem Brundtland, Director-General
of the World Health Organization; and Mary Robinson, United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights.  Published by the Center since 1994, Health and
Human Rights explores the reciprocal influences of health and human rights,
including the impact of public health programs and policies on human rights, the
health  consequences of human rights violations, the importance of health for
the realization of human rights, and the ways in which promotion of human rights
can be incorporated as an integral part of public health strategies. Subscribers
include individuals working in health and in human rights within nongovernmental
and governmental organizations, as well as academic institutions worldwide.
Please send submissions to:
Laura Horton, Assistant Editor, Health and Human Rights, FXB Center for Health
and Human Rights 651 Huntington Avenue, 7th Floor Boston, MA 02115 USA Tel:
617-432-4311 Fax: 617-432-4310 mailto:[log in to unmask] Guidelines for authors
available upon request or at
http://www.hri.ca/partners/fxbcenter/journal/SubmissionGuidelines.pdf
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The Society for International Development (SID) and the Bernard Leer Foundation
are pleased to announce a special issue of the Development journal on Women's
rights and child's rights to be published in June 2001 for distribution at the
UNGASS on children in 2001.  We are looking for contributions from scholars,
policy makers and activists who are working either in the area of women's rights
or child's rights (or both) to write an article on the links among the different
demands for rights by women and child rights groups within specific
socio-cultural contexts. Articles should consider the similar concerns of women
and children living in poverty how children's rights to well-being are
intricately linked to women's rights to health, education, security and
sustaining livelihoods. Contributors should consider if there are actually
conflicting rights, for example in terms of early childhood care: how does
women's rights to work conflict with children's rights to have love and care and
security? Other concerns could be: how to encourage women and children to voice
their concerns and needs in public fora, how to explain the cultural and other
impediments for both groups to exercise their rights, how to create ways for
women and children to know more about their rights. The articles should be
original, written in accessible language and if possible with examples drawn
from specific socio-cultural contexts.  It will also directly feed into a future
issue planned in 2001 with UNICEF on 'Violence Against Women and the Culture of
Masculinity'  Those interested should send by e-mail to [log in to unmask], cc:
[log in to unmask] their name, bio-note, article title and 100 word abstract.
Those applying should also indicate if they would like a complimentary copy of
Development 43.1 referred to above. The deadline for applications would be 30
September 2000.  Each author will receive a complimentary copy of the journal
and  25 off-prints.
Monique Thibaut tel: +39-06-487 2172 fax: +39-06-487 2170 E-mail:
[log in to unmask]
via Panisperna, 207 00184, Rome, Italy  http://www.sidint.org
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JOBS:

The Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA) is a nonprofit
international organization dedicated to empowering women.  CEDPA has been
awarded a USAID contract to provide Technical Advisors in AIDS and Child
Survival (TAACS) to USAID offices overseas and in Washington.   ** These
positions requires US  citizenship.  Security clearance will be required.

**  VACCINE ADVISOR AND PROGRAM MANAGER:  Position located in USAID Washington.
Will maintain long term strategy and implementation plan for USAID's efforts to
accelerate the development, availability, and utilization of new and/or improved
vaccines, as well as market low-cost health and nutrition technologies for
children in the developing world.  Advanced degree in international public
health or related fields, plus minimum of 5 years of experience in international
public health and/or family planning.  Demonstrated ability to collaborate with
multiple partners including UN organizations, multilateral/bilateral
organizations, NGOs, and foundations.  Excellent benefits.  Send resume/CV,
references and salary history to Elizabeth Coleman, Recruitment Coordinator.
Your application cannot be considered without complete materials.  Fax to
202-332-4496, or e-mail to [log in to unmask]   No calls, please.  Open until
filled.

SENIOR HIV/AIDS ADVISOR-USAID KENYA: Position based in Nairobi, Kenya. This
position will serve as the USAID's chief program manager and technical advisor
for HIV/AIDS.  He/she will act as the liaison with other USG agencies;
coordinate with donors;  provide strategic planning and develop new programs;
monitor, evaluate and report on HIV/AIDS partners in Kenya to USAID.  Minimum of
Master's degree in public health, social science or related field.  Ten years
experience managing and implementing PH and HIV/AIDS programs overseas. USAID
experience desirable. Demonstrated experience working with developing country
program managers/policy makers, international donors and NGOs in support of
HIV/AIDS or RH, focus in Africa preferred.  Excellent benefits.  Send resume/CV,
references and salary history to Elizabeth Coleman, Recruitment Coordinator.
Your application cannot be considered without complete materials.  Fax to
202-332-4496, or e-mail to [log in to unmask] No calls, please. Announcement
closing date:  September 4, 2000.

Liverschool of Tropical Medicine -  Needs Lecturer in Research Synthesis, to
work on systematic reviews, preferably in infectious diseases; a Lecturer in
Medical Statistics, to contribute to review work, individual patient data
analysis and methodological research; a Research Assistant with a health care
background to develop a project around clinical guidelines development; and a
Trials Search Manager, who will work with the Cochrane Infectious Diseases
Group.  Further details are available on our International Health Division web
page:  http://www.liv.ac.uk/lstm/ihd98-1.html, which includes details on the
Effective Health Care Alliance Programme.  Further information is available from
and applications including curriculum vitae and the names and address of three
referees should be sent to the Personnel Officer, Liverpool School of Tropical
Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 5QA. Informal enquiries to Paul Garner,
Programme Manager on tel. 0151 708 9393, e-mail [log in to unmask]
Deadline for applications is 31 August 2000 (statistics post deadline 21
September) and posts are available immediately.

INTERNATIONAL HEALTH SPECIALISTS  APac Health Systems, a company specialising in
International Health in the Asia/Pacific Region and committed to sustainable
health development, is inviting international health specialists to register
with their consultant database. Potential opportunities in the coming months
will be with AusAID funded rural health development projects in China. Short
term and long-term opportunities exist. Specialists with experience in China are
strongly encouraged to register. We would be pleased to receive general
registrations as well as those who are particularly interested in assignments in
China commencing in 2001/2002. Please contact: Brenda Kerr, APac Health Systems,
PO Box 2246, Milton 4064 QLD; Tel: 61-7-3365 5396; Fax: 61-7-3870 8344; email:
[log in to unmask]  Will Parks, PhD, Lecturer, Social Sciences in Public
Health, Tropical Health Program Australian Centre for International and Tropical
Health and Nutrition, University of Queensland Public Health Building Herston
Road  Herston Brisbane Qld 4006 Australia Tel: +617 3365 5408 Fax: +617 3365
5599 email: [log in to unmask]http://www.acithn.uq.edu.au

Save The Children: Monitoring, Evaluation, and Training Specialist  Job
Category: Education & Trainingv Type: Full time Salary: $46,500 - $56,500
Description: DEPARTMENT: INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS  LOCATION: WESTPORT, CONNECTICUT
or WASHINGTON. D.C.  OVERVIEW: Save The Children, a US and international relief
and development agency, seeks a candidate to be responsible for providing
monitoring, evaluation, and training support to the Children-In-Crisis
field-based programs as well as developing appropriate M&E tools for assessing
these programs. The Specialist will also work on designing appropriate training
modules for enhancing staff capacity in community-based programming on displaced
and war-affected children, working children, and HIV/AIDS orphans. Major
responsibilities include provision of technical support, evaluation and
documentation of existing programs, development of assessment tools and
appropriate evaluation mechanisms for psychosocial programming, design of new
training modules and extensive field training.

The Ford Foundation is currently recruiting for a Program Officer, Sexuality and
Reproductive Health for Southern Africa (to be based in Johannesburg). The
position will concentrate on supporting national and local governments, the NGO
community and other elements of civil society grappling with HIV and AIDS.
Contact:  Meagen Baldwin
Search Consultant, The Ford Foundation Tel: +1-212-573-4794 Fax: +1-212-351-3644
mailto: [log in to unmask]

Health Reform and Policy Advisor-Egypt:  Position is based in USAID, Cairo.
Will provide technical direction and support for the development of USAID Egypt
PH activities. Assist in design, management and evaluation process for new
Results Packages. Conceptualize and develop a new set of health and population
policy reforms.Graduate degree with substantial health/population focus needed.
Min. 7 years professional experience (significant experience and expertise in
influencing health and/or population policy formation and evaluation preferred),
with at least two years residence overseas. Must have experience managing or
implementing USAID contracts/grants. Previous residence/work exp. in the Middle
East and/or Egypt highly desirable. Excellent benefits.  Send resume/CV,
references and salary history to Elizabeth Coleman, Recruitment Coordinator.
Your application cannot be considered without complete materials.  Fax to
202-332-4496, or e-mail to [log in to unmask]  AA/EOE.  No calls, please. The
Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA)** This position
requires US citizenship.  Position will require security clearance**
Announcement closing date:  September 11, 2000.

International Medical Corps (IMC) has Immediate Openings in Various Countries
http://www.imc-la.org.  Feel free to call and visit website for up-to-date
information on IMC's current programs.  Applicants should submit resumes by
email to [log in to unmask] Resumes can also be submitted by mail or fax, but email
is preferred as we have an electronic database of applicants.  Contact:  Amanda
Willett, 11500 West Olympic Blvd., Suite 506, Los Angeles, CA 90064-1524
Phone: (310) 826-7800 Fax: (310) 442-6622 Email: [log in to unmask]
Current positions include: Finance/Administrative Officer, Country Directors,
Deputy Directors,  Medical Directors,  Oncologist/Chemotherapist,  Medical
Director, EMS Officer,  Maternal Child Health Program Director,  Maternal Child
Health Program Deputy Coordinator, Maternal Child Health Program Training
Coordinator, Maternal Child Health Program/Minorities Program Coordinator
Obstetrician/Gynecologist, Maternal Child Health Program Trainer: Nurse
Practitioner, Obstetric Ultrasound Technical Trainer, Construction Engineering
Supervisor, Field Accountant, Nutrition Coordinator, Surgeon Trainer, Hospital
Administration Trainer, Medical Team Leader, Surgeon, Site Manager/Program
Coordinator,  Logistics Procurement Officer


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HNPFlash Issue No. 37, August 14, 2000
Electronic Newsletter and Archiving Service on Health, Nutrition and Population
Homira Nassery, Editor
Erika Yanick, Information Coordinator
The World Bank Human Development Network
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