PAHO News -- March 14, 2003
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In this issue:
-CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: 2003 ABRAHAM HOROWITZ AWARD FOR INTER-AMERICAN
HEALTH -PAHO DIRECTOR DR. MIRTA ROSES PERIAGO PLEDGES SUPPORT IN
HONDURAS
-RADIATION: BENEFITS AND DANGERS
-2003 PAHO PUBLICATIONS CATALOG NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE
-GRANTS OFFERED FOR RESEARCH ON SOCIAL PROTECTION IN HEALTH: DEADLINE
MARCH 15! -CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: CHAGAS DISEASE INTERVENTION
DEVELOPMENT & IMPLEMENTATION RESEARCH -SEXUAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF
ADOLESCENTS AND YOUTH IN THE AMERICAS
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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: 2003 ABRAHAM HOROWITZ AWARD FOR INTER-AMERICAN
HEALTH
PAHO is requesting nominations for the 2003 Abraham Horowitz Award for
Inter-American Health. This award recognizes leadership and excellence
in individuals whose public health achievements have resulted in major
improvements to the lives of the peoples of the Americas. Nominees may
be individuals or groups whose scientific or pedagogic achievement, in
any field of inter-American health, is consistent with the award's
intention to stimulate excellence and recognize work in the region.
Candidates may be active in their careers, active though in formal
retirement, or retired having demonstrated an outstanding lifetime
career. The deadline for submission of nominations is May 30, 2003.
For further information, visit:
http://www.paho.org/English/PAHEF/horwitz.htm.
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PAHO DIRECTOR DR. MIRTA ROSES PERIAGO PLEDGES SUPPORT IN HONDURAS
During an official visit to Honduras, PAHO Director Dr. Mirta Roses
Periago praised the country's vaccination program and said the
organization will work with the Honduran government on a project to
improve attention in the Hospital Escuela of Tegucigalpa. Dr. Roses met
with Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, and discussed ways to strengthen
PAHO support to the country, strikes in the health sector, and the
growing public health problems of urban and domestic violence. The PAHO
director described strategies developed in Columbia to prevent violence,
such as limiting hours for sale of alcohol and earlier closing times for
nightclubs. She agreed to facilitate information so that Honduras can
study similar models. For the full press release, visit:
http://www.paho.org/English/DPI/pr030310.htm.
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RADIATION: BENEFITS AND DANGERS
Radiation can be both beneficial and harmful, depending on how it is
used and how it is disposed of or stored after use. Safety in this area
has been a priority PAHO since 1960, when it established a radiation
protection unit at the regional level. This unit cooperates with
governments in adopting international standards for the use of
radiation. Today, as fear of biological and radiological terrorism is
growing, knowing about the uses of radiation and what to do in an
emergency is crucial. For the full news release, visit:
http://www.paho.org/English/DPI/pr030307.htm.
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2003 PAHO PUBLICATIONS CATALOG NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE
The Publications Catalog 2003 is now available online in PDF format.
Subjects include: communicable diseases and noncommunicable diseases,
health promotion and health sector reform, health inequities, violence,
bioethics, gender issues, and the relationship between poverty and
obesity. Download your copy from the PAHO Online bookstore:
http://publications.paho.org/english/news.cfm?ID=79.
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GRANTS OFFERED FOR RESEARCH ON SOCIAL PROTECTION IN HEALTH: DEADLINE
MARCH 15!
To generate knowledge on strategies to improve social protection in
health and to spark interaction between research and policymakers on
this topic, PAHO and Canada's International Development Research Centre
(IDRC) are inviting institutions and research groups to submit proposals
for the project "Research Planning Grants on Strategies to Extend Social
Protection in Health." This Request for Proposals (RFP) includes
research that focuses on strategies to reduce the exclusion from social
protection in health. Research may examine causes and magnitude of the
problem only in so far as it informs the design of a response. The focus
is, therefore, on planning and evaluating responses to the problem of
exclusion in health. This RFP focuses on the first phase of this
project, and will provide eight planning grants, two in each one of the
sub-regions of Latin America and The Caribbean. The deadline for
submissions is March 15, 2003. For more information, visit:
http://www.paho.org/English/HSP/HSO/HSO03/abst-rfp-ops-idrc-eng.htm.
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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: CHAGAS DISEASE INTERVENTION DEVELOPMENT &
IMPLEMENTATION RESEARCH
The WHO Special Program for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases
(TDR) and PAHO/WHO invite research proposals in the areas of
proof-of-principle and implementation research on Chagas disease
(American trypanomiasis). The deadline for receipt of proposals is June
31, 2003. For further information, including application guidelines,
visit: http://www.paho.org/English/HCP/HCT/RES/chagas-call-03.htm.
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SEXUAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF ADOLESCENTS AND YOUTH IN THE AMERICAS
PAHO has published the document "Sexual Health and Development of
Adolescents and Youth in the Americas: Program and Policy Implications"
on its website. This document argues for a paradigm shift for policy
makers and program planners to take on a new, positive outlook on youth,
with a holistic approach that includes sexuality. The document is
available in PDF format at:
http://www.paho.org/English/HPP/HPF/ADOL/SRH.pdf.
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