PAHO NEWS --- SYNERGY ONLINE --- SYNERGIE EN DIRECT
February 16, 2001
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PAHO News Index:
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Press Releases
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Pan American Health Organization Appeals for $5.6 million for Humanitarian Assistance for El Salvador After Second Earthquake
http://www.paho.org/English/DPI/press_010215.htm
Washington, February 15, 2001 (PAHO) - The Pan American Health Organization
today issued a new appeal for $5.6 million in humanitarian assistance for
emergency needs in the health sector of El Salvador following Tuesday's second
deadly earthquake, which left at least 255 dead, thousands homeless, and severely
damaged rural water systems.
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Training Courses
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Master of International Health Care Management, Economics and Policy
2001-2002 http://www.sdabocconi.it/en/master/mihmep/index.html
Milano, Italy - September 2001 - July 2002 (Applications will be examined for
selection at 3 different stages: March 30th, April 30th, June 15th 2001. Applications
with all accompanying documents must be submitted no later than June 15th 2001.
Application received after that date will be considered only if places are still
available) Scholarships, fully or partially covering tuition fees, are offered by
sponsoring companies and organisations.
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Fellowships and Awards
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Ford Foundation launches International Fellowships Program.
http://www.fordfound.org/
The new International Fellowships Program (IFP) represents the largest single grant
in the history of the Ford Foundation. Ford will invest $280 million over the next 10
years to support up to three years of formal post-baccalaureate study for Fellows
from countries in Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Latin America and Russia, where
the Foundation maintains overseas programs. Additional sites will be added in
2001-2002. The program will assist approximately 350 new Fellows a year,  for a
total of 3,500 Fellows over the next decade.
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The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation http://www.csih.org/Pahonews/gates.htm
has announced the establishment of the Gates Award for Global Health in the
amount of $1 million, to recognize an organization that has made a major and
lasting contribution to the field of global health. The Global Health Council will
administer the Award. Nominations may be submitted by anyone from any country.
The deadline for submitting nominations is February 28, 2001.
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Five Pan American Fellowships at the National Institutes of Health (NIH),
USA http://www.csih.org/Pahonews/Fogarty-NIH%20announcementVF.htm -
Post Doctoral Training in Biomedical, clinical, epidemiological and behavioral
studies, Submission Deadline: April 16, 2001
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Research on Health Inequities in Support of Policies Aimed at Their Reduction
http://www.paho.org/Project.asp?SEL=PR&LNG=ENG&PRGRP=events:
Research Internships at the Harvard Center for Society and Health -
Application deadline: May 15, 2001
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Job Opportunities
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Paho seeks a Reg. Adv. on Noncommunicable Diseases
http://pahoapl.paho.org/pahoexternalenglish/ASEPage_JobDetail.ASP -
Washington, D.C. - Deadline for application: 2/28/01
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Paho seeks a Project Manager
http://pahoapl.paho.org/pahoexternalenglish/ASEPage_JobDetail.ASP -
Washington, D.C. Deadline for application: - 2/27/01
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Paho seeks a Social Scientist
http://pahoapl.paho.org/pahoexternalenglish/ASEPage_JobDetail.ASP -
Washington, D.C. - Deadline for application: 2/21/01
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New Publications
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REVITALIZING MEDICARE: SHARED PROBLEMS, PUBLIC SOLUTIONS
http://www.tommydouglas.ca/intro.html
Canada's public healthcare system provides the most fair and efficient mechanism
to meet the health challenges for Canada in the future. That's the finding of a new
study commissioned by the Tommy Douglas Research Institute. The study rejects
alarmist calls for privatization, noting that many of the innovations already reforming
the country's health care system are much easier to introduce in Canada's public
system than in the fractured, private, for-profit system south of the border.
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Update on the Summit of the Americas
CSIH has been and continues to be actively engaged in consultations and
monitoring of issues related to the upcoming Summit of the Americas in Quebec
City in April. To this end, we have been working with the Canadian Council for
International Cooperation (CCIC) and most particularly with the Americas Policy
Group. We are now exploring with CCIC the various entry points for participation at
the People's Summit prior to the actual Summit. Here are some websites you may
want to access to learn more about the issues and themes of the Summit. From
the NGO perspective, CCIC's website is one you should regularly visit for updates.

Other sites from the Organization of American States include: www.oas.org
www.summit-americas.org;
www.americascanada.org;
www.civil-society.oa.org;
www.focal.ca

If your organization is looking to become accredited, you can visit the ISP site of
the OAS: www.ispnet.org

The Canadian Centre for Foreign Policy Development has also prepared a report
which may be of interest: www.cfp-pec.gc.ca

In addition, a series of roundtables are now archived at
www.panam-ydesign.net/ccfpd/video.html

If you haven't already downloaded the CSIH position paper on Economic
Globalization, Trade Liberalization, Governance & Health
http://www.csih.org/papers/Tradehealth_e.html (see below), this will help position
the health issues in relation to trade issues.
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New Publications
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SITUACION ACTUAL DE GENERO Y VIOLENCIA INTRA FAMILIAR CONTRA LA
MUJER EN SAN LORENZO http://www.csih.org/Bolivia/Analisis_VIF.pdf
Lic. Duyen Nuguyen, y Dr. Carlos Barrero Ortega, Asistentes Tecnicos SCSI Tarija,
Proyecto de Desarrollo de Capacidades para la Reforma de Salud en Bolivia -
Distrito piloto San Lorenzo
El interes principal del estudio es el acercamiento al problema de VIF contra la
mujer en San Lorenzo, para sensibilizar tanto politicamente como tecnicamente a
entidades llaves institucionales y de la comunidad.

En primer lugar, el estudio tiene como propositos de:
 - Establecer reglas y lineamientos para el trabajo al nivel de servicios a fin de
prevenir y recuperar la salud de las personas afectadas por la VIF.
 - Contribuir a la prevencion y control de la morbi-mortalidad ocasionada por la
violencia intra familiar/ domestica.

En segundo lugar, el estudio precisa sus objetivos generales como los siguientes:
 - Investigar y establecer la situacion actual de VIF contra la mujer (incidencia,
percepciones y actitudes, factores y circunstancias).
 - Reflexionar sobre los factores potenciales de proteccion a la VIF en San Lorenzo.
 - Formular estrategias intersectoriales e interinstitucionales para enfrentar la VIF
en San Lorenzo.
 - Ampliar el rol y las responsabilidades de los servicios de salud en la "red para la
lucha contra la VIF" con una atencion integrada con calidad y calidez.

En tercer lugar, el estudio propone los objetivos especificos siguientes:
 - Adecuar procedimientos y tecnicas y aplicar bases legales del accionar del
personal de salud.
 - Uniformar el desempeno del equipo de salud en prevencion y vigilancia
epidemiologica de la VIF.
 - Facilitar instrumentos de registro para la planificacion, seguimiento y evaluacion.
 - Determinar responsabilidades y coordinar acciones medico-legales a la atencion
de VIF en el sector.

For more information, please contact Maija Kagis [log in to unmask] or Maria
Victoria Palacio [log in to unmask] at CSIH.
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GLOBAL ECONOMIC PROSPECTS AND THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES 2001,
World Bank, Dec. 2000, 208 pages, ISBN 0-8213-4675-X, US$25.
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THE ECONOMICS OF GENDER IN MEXICO: Work, Family, State, and Market,
Elizabeth G. Katz and Maria C. Correia, editors, Jan. 2001, Stock no.D14886
(ISBN 0-8213-4886-8, US$22
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THE CHALLENGE OF URBAN GOVERNMENT: POLICIES AND PRACTICES,
Maria Emilia Freire and Richard Stren, Editors, Jan. 2001, 488 pp., Stock
No.D14738, ISBN 0-8213-4738-1, US$30
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COLOMBIA: ESSAYS ON CONFLICT, PEACE, AND DEVELOPMENT, Andres
Solimano, editor, Jan. 2001, 150pp. Stock no. D14670, ISBN 0-8213-4670-9, US$25
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ALTERED STATES "Globalization, Sovereignty, and Governance", Gordon Smith
and Moises Naim, IDRC 2000, ISBN 088936-917-8, 96 pp., $15.
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CRITICAL CHOICES, "The United Nations, Networks, and the Future of Global
Governance", Wolfgang H. Reinicke and Francis Deng, et al., IDRC 2000, ISBN
0-88936-921-6, 140pp., $20
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GLOBALIZATION ON TRIAL, "The Human Condition and the Information
Civilization", Farhang Rajaee, IDRC/Kumarian 2000, ISBN 0-88936-909-7, 160pp.,
$25
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TRANSNATIONAL SOCIAL POLICIES, "The New Development Challenges of
Globalization", edited by Daniel Morales-Gomez, IDRC/Earthscan 1999, ISBN
0-88936-854-6, 240pp., $30
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To get a description of those books and hyperlinks to order them, please
visit the following website: www.csih.org/Synergy/Newpubl01.html
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Mise a jour sur le Sommet des Ameriques

La SCSI a mene et continue de mener des consultations sur le prochain Sommet
des Ameriques qui se tiendra en avril a Quebec, afin de suivre l'evolution des
dossiers qui l'interessent. Pour ce faire, nous collaborons avec le Conseil canadien
pour la cooperation internationale (CCCI), notamment avec le Groupe des politiques
sur les Ameriques. Nous examinons actuellement avec le CCCI les divers points
d'acces possibles pour participer au Sommet populaire qui precedera le Sommet
proprement dit.

Voici quelques adresses de sites Web que vous pouvez consulter pour obtenir des
informations complementaires sur les themes du Sommet. Vous pouvez consulter
regulierement le site du CCCI http://fly.web.net/ccic/ pour obtenir des mises a jour
sur le point de vue des ONG par rapport au Sommet.

Il y a d'autres sites pertinents de l'Organisation des Etats americains :
www.summit-americas.org;
www.americascanada.org,
www.civil-society.oa.org, et
www.focal.ca.

Si votre organisation desire se faire accrediter, vous pouvez consulter le site ISP de
l'OEA a : www.ispnet.org.

Le Centre canadien pour le developpement de la politique etrangere a prepare un
rapport qui pourrait vous interesser : www.cfp-pec.gc.ca. En outre, une serie de
tables rondes a ete archivee a :www.panam-bydesign.net/ccfpd/video.html.

Si vous n'avez pas encore obtenu le document de reflexion de la SCSI sur La
mondialisation economique, la liberalisation du commerce, la gouvernance et la
sante <http://www.csih.org/papers/Tradehealth_f.html>, vous y trouverez une
analyse des questions de sante dans le cadre de la problematique du commerce.
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Ebauche du Plan d'Action en matiere d'education de base
http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/education-e - L'ACDI veut savoir ce que vous en pensez!

Le manque d'education de base explique en partie la pauvrete, la maladie et les
conflits. Il empeche les gens d'exploiter pleinement leur potentiel en tant que
membres productifs de la societe; il les empeche d'apprendre comment ameliorer
leur etat de sante et nuit notamment a la lutte contre la propagation du VIH et du
sida; et il peut contribuer a la violence et a l'eclatement de conflits qui trouvent leur
source dans les malentendus et l'intolerance.

L'ACDI aimerait connaitre l'avis des partenaires interesses - y compris des experts
en developpement, des enseignants, des organisations non gouvernementales, des
citoyens concernes, tant au pays qu'a l'etranger - sur la structure generale du plan
d'action, ainsi que sur les questions liees a sa mise en oeuvre.

A partir du site web de l'ACDI : www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/education-f, cliquez sur
"Consultation sur l'ebauche du plan d'action" ou vous trouverez le plan ainsi que
d'autres renseignements necessaires a cette consultation. Si vous eprouvez des
difficultes a atteindre ce document, vous pouvez en demander un exemplaire
par courrier electronique a l'adresse suivante : [log in to unmask] et l'ACDI
vous enverra une copie en format texte.
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Nouvelles Publications
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SITUACION ACTUAL DE GENERO Y VIOLENCIA INTRA FAMILIAR CONTRA LA
MUJER EN SAN LORENZO http://www.csih.org/Bolivia/Analisis_VIF.pdf, Lic.
Duyen Nuguyen, y Dr. Carlos Barrero Ortega, Asistentes Tecnicos SCSI Tarija,
Proyecto de Desarrollo de Capacidades para la Reforma de Salud en Bolivia -
Distrito piloto San Lorenzo
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L'APPUI AU DEVELOPPEMENT COMMUNAUTAIRE, une experience de
communication en Afrique rurale de l'Ouest, sous la direction de Lucie Alexandre et
Guy Bessette. CRDI 2000, ISBN 0-88936-919-4, 200pp., 30$
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DES ETATS REMANIES, "Mondialisation, souverainete et gouvernance, Gordon
Smith et Moises Naim, CRDI 2000, ISBN 0-88936-918-6, 110pp., 15$
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CHOIX CRUCIAUX, "L'Organisation des Nations Unies, les reseaux et l'avenir
de la gouvernance mondiale", Wolfgang H. Reinicke and Francis Deng, et al.,
CRDI 2000, ISBN 0-88936-922-4, 150pp., $20
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LES POLIIQUES SOCIALES TRANSNATIONALES, "Les nouveaux defis de la
mondialisation pour le developpement", sous la direction de Daniel Morales-Gomez,
IDRC 2000, ISBN 0-88936-898-8, 264pp., $30
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Une description de ces livres, ainsi que des hyperliens pour les commander sont
affiches au site suivant: www.csih.org/Synergy/Noupubl01
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