Synergy Online – April 18, 2002
In this issue:
-9TH ANNUAL CANADIAN CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL HEALTH: DEADLINE FOR
ABSTRACTS EXTENDED
-LAST CHANCE TO APPLY FOR CSIH INTERNATIONAL HEALTH YOUTH INTERNSHIPS!
-CONFERENCE: IMPACT OF GLOBAL ISSUES ON WOMEN AND CHILDREN
-WILL YOU BE PATICIPATING IN THE XIV INTERNATIONAL AIDS CONFERENCE,
BARCELONA 2002?
-STUDENT UNIVERSITY NETWORK FOR SOCIAL AND INTERNATIONAL HEALTH:
UPCOMING EVENTS
-SHARE YOUR VIEWS ON "THE ROLE OF HEALTH RESEARCH IN CONTRIBUTING TO
GLOBAL HEALTH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA"
-COURSES ON POPULATION AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH OFFERED BY CPHA AND THE
WORLD BANK
-TAKE A PEEK AT THIS USEFUL CIHR WEB PAGE LISTING UPCOMING STRATEGIC
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
-THIS MONTH’S REPORTS ONLINE MAGAZINE FOCUSES ON HEALTH
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9TH ANNUAL CANADIAN CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL HEALTH: DEADLINE FOR
ABSTRACTS EXTENDED
The deadline for submitting abstracts for the 9th Annual Canadian
Conference on International Health has been extended to May 15th! The
conference will be held in Ottawa, October 27-30th, and is organized and
hosted each year by the Canadian Society for International Health. This
year the theme is “Poverty, Health & Equity: From Global Challenges to
Innovative Solutions”. Submission forms and guidelines can be found in
the Call for Abstracts PDF document, now available at:
http://www.csih.org/what/FINALcallforabstracts9thCCIH.pdf.
Conference information is listed on the CSIH website:
http://www.csih.org/what/conferences.html. For more information, please
contact CSIH at [log in to unmask]
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LAST CHANCE TO APPLY FOR CSIH INTERNATIONAL HEALTH YOUTH INTERNSHIPS!
April 19th is the deadline for NetCorps Internship recruitment! The job
descriptions for these internships can be found at:
http://www.csih.org/what/Internships/currintern.htm. The internships
available are technical in nature. However, CSIH hopes to receive
additional non-technical internships later in the year. Please sign up
for the CSIH distribution list and you will be informed when these new
internships are posted!
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CONFERENCE: IMPACT OF GLOBAL ISSUES ON WOMEN AND CHILDREN
The international conference “Impact of Global Issues on Women and
Children” will be held February 16-21, 2003, in Bangkok, Thailand. The
conference offers participants from different disciplines the
opportunity to share their knowledge, experience and expertise about the
effects of globalization (positive and negative) on children and women.
The main objectives of the conference are: to limit (reduce) internal
and external influences affecting the quality of life of targeted risk
populations; to share implementation and evaluation strategies used to
decrease incidents of abuse against women and children; and to explore
the outcomes (i.e. lessons learned) of projects related to women and
children. The deadline for submitting abstracts is October 30, 2002.
For more information on the conference, visit:
http://www.fhs.mcmaster.ca/slru/.
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WILL YOU BE PATICIPATING IN THE XIV INTERNATIONAL AIDS CONFERENCE,
BARCELONA 2002?
Health Canada will be preparing a calendar on the participation of
Canadians at Barcelona 2002, The XIV International AIDS Conference. The
purpose of the calendar is: to showcase Canadian activities in
Barcelona; to let Canadians know the activities in which Canadians are
participating at Barcelona 2002; and to facilitate networking among
Canadians at the conference. The calendar will be available prior to the
conference and everyone who submits information will receive a copy.
For a description of the information required, please contact David
Garmaise at: 1238 Kingston Avenue, Ottawa, ON, K1Z 8K6. Tel.: 613
722-3363. Fax: 613 722-2838. Email: [log in to unmask] The deadline
is April 26, 2002.
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STUDENT UNIVERSITY NETWORK FOR SOCIAL AND INTERNATIONAL HEALTH: UPCOMING
EVENTS
The second annual Dalhousie Interfaculty International Health Conference
will be held May 3-4, 2002, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Speakers include
Dr Richard McLaughlan, Head of Dalhousie Family Medicine, discussing
"The Gambia Project: Teens teaching teens about STDs and HIV" and Dr
Elizabeth Singer, Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery/Emergency
Medicine at NYU, talking on "Torture as a weapon of war; working with
torture survivors seeking asylum in NYC". There will also be student
poster presentations. Admission is free and open to students from all
faculties. The program is available at http://www.medicine.dal.ca/iihc.
The Student University Network for Social and International Health
(SUNSIH) will hold its national conference this year at the University
of Ottawa on the weekend of October 26-27, 2002, prior to the Canadian
Conference on International Health. Please contact conference
coordinators, Jennifer Hulme and Chantal Amyotte at
[log in to unmask] and [log in to unmask] for more information
and content suggestions!
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SHARE YOUR VIEWS ON "THE ROLE OF HEALTH RESEARCH IN CONTRIBUTING TO
GLOBAL HEALTH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA"
In June 2002, G8 Leaders will meet in Kananaskis, Alberta to approve an
Africa Action Plan that defines how G8 members countries will meet the
objectives of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), a
report produced for the last G8 meeting in Genoa in 2001. The partner
organizations in the Global Health Research Initiative (CIHR, IDRC,
CIDA, Health Canada) and the Coalition for Global Health Research-Canada
seek to inform the G8 process by providing a recommendation and
supporting background paper on how increased investment in health
research contributes to improved health and economic development in
Africa. The partners and the Coalition are seeking additional input
through consultative processes that are designed to coordinate the views
of the developing country research community, and invite the views of
international and national research organizations with a shared interest
in global health research. For more information on providing your
input, see:
http://www.cihr.ca/partnerships/international/championing_e.shtml.
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COURSES ON POPULATION AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH OFFERED BY CPHA AND THE
WORLD BANK
Two courses on population and reproductive health will be held this June
in Dakar, Senegal. “Adapting to Change Core Course on Population,
Reproductive Health and Health Sector Reform” will be held from June
10-22, 2002. “New Agendas for Poverty Reduction Strategies: Integrating
Gender and Health” will take place June 24-28, 2002. The courses focus
on the francophone countries of West and Central Africa and will be
conducted in French. The deadline for registering for these courses is
April 30, 2002. For course information, see:
http://www.worldbank.org/wbi/reprohealth/ or http://www.reprohealth.org.
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TAKE A PEEK AT THIS USEFUL CIHR WEB PAGE LISTING UPCOMING STRATEGIC
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
The website for the Canadian Institutes of Health Research offers a
useful summary of upcoming strategic funding opportunities handled by
the CIHR institutes and their partners. Visit the web page at:
http://www.cihr.ca/institutes/funding_opportunities/fo_institutes_e.shtm
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THIS MONTH’S REPORTS ONLINE MAGAZINE FOCUSES ON HEALTH
The International Development Research Centre’s online magazine Reports
celebrated World Health Day by focusing an issue on health topics. To
read Reports’ selection of stories on health-related research, visit:
http://www.idrc.ca/reports/index.cfm
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