PAHO NEWS --- SYNERGY ONLINE --- May 2, 2001
PAHO News Index:
http://www.csih.org/Pahonews/index.html
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Health, Agriculture Ministers to Meet in Sao Paulo on Foot-and-Mouth
Disease, Zoonoses
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Washington, 30 April, 2001 (PAHO) -- Experts and authorities from 32
countries meet this week in Brazil to discuss policies to prevent and
control foot-and-mouth disease, zoonoses such as mad cow disease, and food
safety. The meeting, planned by the Pan American Health Organization, will
be held at the Renaissance Hotel in Sao Paulo, Brazil May 2 to 4. More:
http://www.csih.org/Pahonews/cow.htm
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International Commemoration Day for Dead and Injured Workers
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Washington, DC, April 27, 2001 - (PAHO) -- Advocates for health and safety
in the workplace from some 100 countries are marking April 28 as
"International Commemoration Day for Dead and Injured Workers" with a
series of worldwide activities to commemorate the lives and protest the
unnecessary suffering and deaths of victims of occupational abuse and
indifference. More: http://www.csih.org/Pahonews/Commemoration.htm
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Research Internships at the Harvard Center for Society and Health
http://www.csih.org/Pahonews/announcement_Harvard.pdf
Deadline: 15 May 2001
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The PAHO Research Coordination Program and the Harvard Center for Society
and Health have created this joint initiative to strengthen research
capacity for the study of health inequities in Latin America and the
Caribbean.
This will be carried out through internships aimed at research training
within the context of a research project involving quantitative data on
inequities and producing a scientific article for publication. Interns will
spend an academic year at Harvard and will participate in various
activities within the context of project development.
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Situation of Health in Chile 2001, Basic Indicators
http://www.csih.org/Pahonews/Chile.htm
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Following the Pan American Health Organization's initiative to promote the
analysis of Americas common indicators, the Government of Chile published
in Spanish the "Situation of Health in Chile 2001, Basic Indicators"
prepared jointly between the national authorities and PAHO. To order this
publication please contact the PAHO representative in Chile by e-mail:
mailto:[log in to unmask]
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New Job Opportunities at PAHO
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Finance Officer - Washington, D.C. - Deadline: 6/1/01
Emergency Preparedness Advisor - San Jose, Costa Rica - Deadline: 6/5/01
http://pahoapl.paho.org/pahoexternalenglish/ASEPage_JobList.ASP
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Training Courses
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Management and Finance for International Health
http://www.bumc.bu.edu/ih
Boston, MA, 17 Sept.-14 Dec. 2001 (12-Week
Certificate Course); 16 credits towards MPH
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Drug Policy Issues for Developing Countries
http://www.bumc.bu.edu/ih
Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 28 Oct.-9 Nov. 2001 (2-Week
Seminar); non-credit bearing. For more information about this seminar
please contact Dr. Sri Suryawati via email
mailto:[log in to unmask]
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Managing Disasters and Complex Humanitarian Emergencies
http://www.bumc.bu.edu/ih
Boston, MA, 11 February-3 May 2002 (12-Week
Certificate Course); 16 credits towards MPH (pending approval)
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Improving Health Care Quality: Strategies for Low & Middle Income
Countries
http://www.bumc.bu.edu/ih
Boston, MA, 18 March-5 April 2002 (3-Week Seminar); non-credit bearing
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Summer Certificate Program: International Health
http://www.bumc.bu.edu/ih
Boston MA, 28 May-23 Aug. (12-Week Certificate Course); 16 credits towards
MPH
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Do you have used medical equipment and medications to donate overseas?
http://canadianfeedthechildren.ca
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Canadian Feed the Children, in Toronto, takes all types of equipment in
working order - Xray machines, dental equipment, incubators, hospital
furnishings, wheelchairs, ECG machines etc. and will issue a tax receipt.
They also take pharmaceuticals from hospitals or companies but not from
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Canada to play key role in second round of talks on international tobacco
control convention
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/english/archives/releases/2001/2001_43e.htm
(Health Canada - 2001 April 30)
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Health Minister Allan Rock and Foreign Affairs Minister John Manley
announced today that Health Canada, in conjunction with the Department of
Foreign Affairs and International Trade, will lead a Canadian delegation to
the World Health Organization in Geneva on April 30 for six days of
negotiations on an international tobacco control convention.
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Health Policy Research Program - Request for Letters of Intent -
Competition Deadline: May 16, 2001
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/iacb-dgiac/nhrdp/indexe.html
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Health Canada's Research Management and Dissemination Division (RMDD),
situated within the Applied Research and Analysis Directorate of the
Information, Analysis and Connectivity Branch, is pleased to announce the
first Request for Letters of Intent (LOI) for Health Canada's Health Policy
Research Program (HPRP).
The HPRP is intended to generate quality extramural policy-relevant
research to meet the specific needs of Health Canada. In conjunction with
in-house policy research, the HPRP will build the evidence base for
decision-making on key policy issues of concern to Health Canada over the
next two to five years. It will help bridge the gap between what is known
and what is applied in policies and programs relevant to the department
(and to other health policy makers).
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Feedback sought on proposed natural health products regulations
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hpb/onhp/phase2_e.html
(Health Canada - 2001 April 18)
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Health Canada is seeking feedback a proposed regulatory framework for
natural health products. Documents presented for this second round of
consultations include the next draft of the proposed regulatory framework,
a plain language guide to the framework, an overview of consultation
initiatives to date, and a recap of themes heard during the first phase of
consultations.
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Consultation on CIDA's Draft Action Plan on Health and Nutrition
starting tomorrow!
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Get ready for CIDA's consultation on its draft health and nutrition action
plan! The six-week consultation period should begin tomorrow. At that time,
the draft document will be posted on CIDA's web site
http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/HNAP.
To encourage the widest possible participation in the consultation process,
participants will be invited to share their comments and analysis via the
Internet. All interested stakeholders in the areas of health, nutrition,
and water and sanitation including non-governmental organizations,
universities, development experts, governmental ministries, the private
sector, concerned citizens, and grass-roots organizations in the North and
in the South should stay tuned to CIDA's web site for more details
http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/HNAP.
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$234 Million Investment Spurs Growth in Canada's Health Research: Mental
Health And Addiction Research to Benefit
http://www.cihr.ca/news/press_releases/01/pr-0115_e.shtml
(Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
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TORONTO (April 18, 2001) - Health Minister Allan Rock and Dr. Alan
Bernstein, President of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR),
announced today a Government of Canada investment of over $234 million to
fund health research across the country, through CIHR. Over one-quarter of
the funded researchers will advance our knowledge of mental health,
neuroscience and addiction issues.
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National organ and tissue donation plan
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/english/archives/releases/2001/2001_36e.htm
(Health Canada - 2001 April 11)
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Health Minister Allan Rock today announced the Government of Canada will
contribute more than $20 million over the next five years for a plan to
help increase and coordinate safe organ and tissue donation in Canada.
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New Site : CIDA's Institutional Cooperation Program
http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/cida_ind.nsf/b2a637b3ebb3f4e68525677e0071f3e
1/0e9deec3dd456e8b85256a110064245d?OpenDocument
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The goal of CIDA's Institutional Cooperation Program is to improve people's
lives in developing countries.
To fulfil this goal, the Program supports initiatives that help strengthen
the institutions, people, and communities in developing countries. The
Program manages three different programs-the Educational Institutions
Program, the Membership and Specialized Organizations Program, and the
Scholarships and Environment Program.
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First Summit on Nutrition and Health of the Americas, Challenges of the
Millenium (Retos y Desafios del Milenio), August 1-4, 2001, organized by
the Puertorican College of Nutrionist and Dietitians at the Wyndham El
Conquistador Resort & Country Club, Fajardo, Puerto Rico. To get more
information email to: mailto:[log in to unmask]
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14th Annual Health Policy Conference: Trading Away Health? Globalization
and Health Policy Centre for Health Services and Policy
Research, University of British Columbia, Friday 9 November 2001 University
Golf Club, Vancouver, BC.
http://www.csih.org/Synergy/Conf01e.html
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Voici une premiere liste de noms : Nick Carson, Ashifa Jiwa, Heather
Thompson, Janet Ogden Calder, Martinus Desmet, Roberto Fuentes Garcia,
Andrea Ruth Fisher, Kaendi Munguti, Marissa Wohllebe, Tammeza Chatur,
Arlette Sawchuk, Erick Dillman
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Avez-vous des equipement medicaux usages et des medicaments a donner
outremer?
http://canadianfeedthechildren.ca/
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Canadian Feed the Children, a Toronto, accepte toutes sortes
d'equiment en etat de fonctionnement - appareils a rayons X,
equipements dentaires, incubateurs, mobilier d'hopital, fauteuils
roulants, machines ECG, etc. et emettront un recu pour les impots. Ils
acceptent aussi des medicaments provenant d'hopitaux ou de compagnies mais
non d'individus. Si vous souhaitez faire un don, veuillez contacter
Pat Dacey, Procurement Officer, au 416-757-1536 poste 240 / 1-800-387-1221
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Le Canada jouera un role cle dans la deuxieme serie de pourparlers sur la
convention-cadre internationale de lutte contre le tabagisme
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/francais/archives/communiques/2001/2001_43f.htm
(Sante Canada - 30 avril 2001)
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Le ministre de la Sante, Allan Rock, et le ministre des Affaires
etrangeres, John Manley, ont annonce aujourd'hui que Sante Canada, de
concert avec le ministere des Affaires etrangeres et du Commerce
international, dirigera une delegation canadienne a l'Organisation mondiale
de la sante le 30 avril dans le cadre d'une serie de six jours de
negociations sur une convention-cadre internationale de lutte contre le
tabagisme.
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Programme de recherche sur la politique en matiere de sante - Demande de
lettres d'intention - Date limite du concours : 16 mai 2001
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/iacb-dgiac/pnrds/index.html
(Sante Canada - 1er avril 2001)
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La Division de la gestion et de diffusion de la recherche de Sante Canada
(DGDR), qui fait partie de la Direction de la recherche appliquee et de
l'analyse (DRAA), direction generale de l'information, de l'analyse et de
la connectivite, est heureuse d'annoncer la premiere demande de lettres
d'intention (IL) pour le Programme de recherche sur la politique en matiere
de sante (PRPS).
Le PRPS a pour but de faire produire des recherches extra-muros de qualite
sur les politiques afin de repondre aux besoins particuliers de Sante
Canada. Conjointement avec la recherche effectuee a l'interne sur les
politiques, le PRPS permettra de creer et d'appuyer, au cours des deux a
cinq prochaines annees, la prise de decisions sur les principales
questions strategiques pertinentes a Sante Canada. Il aidera a combler
l'ecart entre ce que l'on sait et ce que l'on met en pratique dans les
politiques et les programmes interessant le Ministere (et autres
decideurs dans le domaine de la sante).
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Sollicitation de commentaires sur un cadre reglementaire propose pour les
produits de sante naturels (Sante Canada - 18 avril 2001)
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Sante Canada sollicite des commentaires sur un cadre de reglementation pour
les produits de sante naturels. Des documents presentes pour cette deuxieme
ronde de consultations comprennent la nouvelle ebauche du cadre de
reglementation propose, un guide en langage clair pour le cadre en
question, un apercu de nos projets de consultation jusqu'a present et la
recapitulation des themes entendus dans le cadre de la premiere phase de
consultation.
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hpb/onhp/phase2_f.html
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La consultation sur l'Ebauche du Plan d'action de l'ACDI sur la sante et la
nutrition debutera le 3 mai !
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Prenez part a la consultation sur l'Ebauche du Plan d'action de l'ACDI sur
la sante et la nutrition ! La periode de consultation doit commencer demain
et se deroulera pendant six semaines. L'ebauche du plan d'action sera alors
affichee sur le site Web de l'ACDI
http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/PASN.
Afin de favoriser la plus grande participation possible au processus de
consultation, les participants seront invites a partager leurs points de
vue et analyses par l'intermediaire de l'Internet. Tous les partenaires
interesses dans les domaines de la sante, de la nutrition, de
l'approvisionnement en eau et de l'hygiene - incluant les organisations non
gouvernementales, les universites, les experts en developpement, les
ministeres du gouvernement, le secteur prive, les citoyens concernes et les
organismes locaux oeuvrant dans les pays du Nord et du Sud - devraient
consulter regulierement le site Web de l'ACDI pour obtenir plus
d'information.
http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/PASN
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Injection de 234 millions de dollars pour stimuler la croissance dans la
recherche en sante au Canada: La sante mentale et la toxicomanie en
profitent http://www.cihr.ca/news/press_releases/01/pr-0115_f.shtml
(Instituts de recherche en sante du Canada)
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TORONTO (18 avril, 2001) - Le ministre de la Sante, Allan Rock, et Dr Alan
Bernstein, president d'IRSC (Instituts de recherche en sante du Canada),
ont annonce aujourd'hui l'investissement de plus de 234 millions de dollars
par le gouvernement du Canada pour subventionner, par le truchement d'IRSC,
la recherche en sante dans l'ensemble du Canada. Plus du quart des fonds
consacres aux chercheurs en sante permettront de faire progresser nos
connaissances dans le domaine de la sante mentale, des neurosciences et de
la toxicomanie.
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Plan national pour le don d'organes et de tissus
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/francais/archives/communiques/2001/2001_36f.htmPlan
(Sante Canada - 11 avril 2001)
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Le ministre de la Sante, Allan Rock, a annonce aujourd'hui que le
gouvernement du Canada contribuera 20 millions de dollars, sur cinq ans, a
un plan visant a accroitre et a coordonner les dons d'organes et de tissus
au
Canada. La mise en oeuvre du plan sera assuree par un secretariat special
de Sante Canada situe a Edmonton et par le Conseil canadien pour le don et
la
transplantation.
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Nouveau site : Programme de cooperation institutionnelle de l'ACDI
http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/cida_ind.nsf/vall/CF05F60B2CB1274885256A1100
69F998?OpenDocument
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Le Programme de cooperation institutionnelle de l'ACDI a pour but
d'ameliorer le niveau de vie des populations des pays en developpement.
Afin d'atteindre ce but, le Programme appuie des initiatives qui
contribuent a renforcer les institutions et a soutenir les populations et
les communautes des pays en developpement. Il comporte trois volets : le
Programme des institutions d'education, le Programme des organisations
associatives et specialisees, et le Programme de bourses et de
l'environnement.
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Premier Sommet des Ameriques sur la nutrition et la sante, Challenges of
the Millenium (Retos y Desafios del Milenio), organise par le College des
nutritionistes de Puerto Rico a l'hotel Wyndham El Conquistador, Fajardo,
Puerto Rico, 1 au 4 aout 2001. Pour recevoir plus d'information (anglais ou
espagnol) ecrire a: mailto:[log in to unmask]
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14e Conference annuelle sur la politique de la sante : Trading Away
Health? Globalization and Health Policy, Centre for Health
Services and Policy Research, University of British Columbia, Vendredi 9
novembre 2001 University Golf Club, Vancouver, BC.
http://www.csih.org/Synergy/Conf01e.html
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