Synergy Online – April 2007

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In this issue:
·	International Women’s Health Symposium
·	2nd International Conference of the Journal of Travel Medicine &
Infectious Disease call for papers
·	Canadian Public Health Association
·	Centre for Pediatric Pain Research seeks Research Program Manager
·	Canadian Conference on International Health 2007

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International Women’s Health Symposium:
     Every year, within our annual clinical meeting, the Society of
Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC) holds an
International Women’s Health Symposium.  This one day event provides
a forum for SOGC members, volunteers, other Canadian health
professionals and NGO representatives to share information and
discuss issues related to Safe Motherhood and Newborn Health in
developing countries. This year’s International Women’s Health
Symposium which will be held on Thursday, June 21, 2007 at the Westin
Hotel in Ottawa, Ontario from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. There is no
registration fee.  The ssymposium will focus on themes identified for
the Global Conference – including women as agents of social change.
The Symposium will explore issues of maternal and newborn health and
reflect on the challenges faced over the last 20 years, as well as
looking forward to ongoing successful interventions, including the
important role of professional associations.  For more information,
contact Jackie Oman, International Women’s Health Program at the
Society’s National Office (613) 730-4192 ext. 277 or by email at
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2nd International Conference of the Journal of Travel Medicine &
Infectious Disease call for papers:
     Following the success of the 1st International Conference of the
Journal of Travel Medicine & Infectious Disease, this second event in
the series will bring together leading experts for a comprehensive and
topical programme focusing on the latest research and policy in travel
medicine and infectious disease.  Organized by Elsevier in association
with Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, this one-day conference
immediately precedes the RSTMH Centenary Conference and a special
registration package will be available for delegates wishing to
attend both events.  The scientific programme will include
comprehensive coverage of travel medicine and infectious disease
issues. Topics which will be considered include those of the recent
advances in the prevention of infectious disease for specific travel
risk groups such as paediatrics, those attending religious gatherings
and the particular risk of exposure to meningocoal meningitis and
issues surrounding long tern protection afforded by vaccination.
Other topics to be discussed include the prevention of malaria in
endemic areas as well as the management of the returning traveller.
Following recent natural disasters such as the Tsunami and the
hurricanes affecting North America, the consequences of such
disasters will be reviewed and discussed with its concomitant public
health implications.  This conference is intended for all those who
practice or are interested in the discipline of travel medicine and
infectious disease; in particular travel medicine health care
practitioners, medical practitioners, nurses, pharmacists and
students who practice travel medicine within the fields of primary
care, occupational medicine, infectious disease and tropical
medicine, emergency medicine as well as public health medicine. 
Contributions are invited for oral and poster presentation at the
conference. Abstracts should be submitted via the conference website
www.travelmedicine.elsevier.com by 11 May 2007.  For more information
or to submit an abstract visit www.travelmedicine.elsevier.com or
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Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) International Award:
     This award provides CPHA with the opportunity to recognize
contributions to international public health. The Awards Committee
will consider nominations for those individuals or organizations that
have made a contribution to promoting public health in resource poor
societies through the development of healthy public policy,
strengthening of primary health care services, promotion of the value
of equity in access to health promoting environments, and/or the
enhancement of community participation.  For nomination information,
please consult the 98th CPHA Conference section of CPHA's website:
www.cpha.ca.

Centre for Pediatric Pain Research seeks Research Program Manager:
     The Centre for Paediatric Pain Research is looking for a Research
Program Manager.  The Program Manager will be responsible for managing
the day-to-day operation of the Teasdale-Corti Team Grant Paediatric
Pain Management in Urban and Rural Thailand

 http://www.idrc.ca/geh/teasdale-corti/ev-110013-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html

and for general administrative supervision of other research grants
and programs. The candidate should be able to work independently with
minimal supervision and direction. He/she will be expected to develop
a project management plan, exercising a considerable amount of
judgment and initiative with the responsibility to achieve project
timelines.  He/she will supervise research assistants and assist
students to ensure project goals are met in a timely and efficient
manner. The Manager will also be responsible for the budget,
organizing meetings, supervising data collection, literature
searches, co-coordinating workshops, writing progress reports, and
ensuring that the project runs in accordance with Research Ethics
Board guidelines. Other responsibilities may involve general
administrative tasks including, but not limited to, payroll entry,
preparation of ethics amendments, preparation of grant and ethics
review submissions for other research projects, maintenance of the
CPPR website, report preparation, preparation of media releases,
advertisements, and promotional materials, etc.  Further information
about the position may be obtained from Dr. G. Allen Finley,
Professor of Anaesthesia and Psychology, Dalhousie University
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Canadian Conference on International Health 2007:
     The 2007 Canadian Conference on International health will be held
from November 4-7, 2007 at the Marriott Hotel, Ottawa, Canada.  The
conference, entitled Global Change and Health: Who Are the
Vulnerable? will focus on threats to health from these changes,
factors increasing vulnerability, and ways of responding to
challenges, and their results.  There is increasing recognition that
the impact of human activity is reshaping our world:
o	Ecological systems that support life and have evolved over millennia
are being dramatically affected by increases in greenhouse gas
emissions, climate change, extreme weather events, and the loss of
ecological biodiversity with potentially dramatic implications for
global health.
o	Changes in land use, deforestation, use and transnational dumping of
toxic substances and antimicrobials are introducing new health risks.
o	Social systems that support equitable distribution are being
undermined by the globalized economy. Government’s role in providing
essential health and education services and infrastructure is being
diminished while growing populations face increasing poverty.
o	Poverty has grown, and the disparity between the poor and the few
with unprecedented wealth leaves an increasingly marginalized middle
class and accelerates transnational and national inequalities with
implications for social determinants of health and emerging
epidemics.
o	Global Governance must address these challenges with policies and
programs even as global health funding is increasingly derived from
private philanthropy that is essentially outside of publicly
accountable governance structures. The call for abstracts is now
available at www.csih.org or email [log in to unmask] . The deadline
is May 30, 2007.

Call for papers:  Women's Worlds 2008, 3-8 July 2008, Madrid Spain: 
We are placing a special emphasis on two central themes: violence and
migrations. MMWW08 organizers will still like to receive a wide
variety of proposals in ALL fields of knowledge and working areas. 
For more information visit:
http://www.mmww08.org/index.cfm?nav_id=13
or visit www.globalforumhealth.org







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