Synergy Online – September  2006
  Also available on the web: >>http://www.csih.org/synergy/synergy.html
  In this issue:
  * Canadian Conference on International Health
* Red Cross seeks Community Health Care Project Coordinator 
* Red Cross seeks Mother/Child Health Care Project Coordinator 
* Community-Campus Partnerships for Health 10th Anniversary Conference 
* WHO Influenza Pandemic Task Force holds first meeting
* Global Health Resource Group Meeting
* MSF works in Darfur to help alleviate deepening crisis 
* New report on women and tobacco available online
  
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  Canadian Conference on International Health: 
The Canadian Society for International Health, in partnership with the Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research presents, Who cares? The human dimension of global health from October 15 to 18, 2006 in Ottawa, Canada.  Keynote speakers include Lola Dare, Manuel Dayrit, Jeff Reading, and Danielle Grodin. As part of the conference the Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research and the Canadian Society for International Health are pleased to announce that there will be a continuing education day on October 15, 2006.  The topic will be: Exploring Global Health Research and Development: Challenges, Issues and Core Competencies.  Key interactive workshops will include subjects such as: 
     - Intercultural Learning 
     - Building Research Partnerships 
     - Globalization and Health 
     - Effective Mentoring 
     - Results Based Proposals 
Registration is available for Sunday only. To view the full schedule of workshops please visit the conference website at: http://www.csih.org/en/ccih/index.asp or [log in to unmask]  International night promises to be a fun filled event with entertainment by Jokko.  Tickets are $40.00.  
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  Red Cross seeks Community Health Care Project Coordinator (CRC Delegate for Honduras):
In 2001, the Canadian Red Cross (CRC) obtained bilateral funding from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) for a four year Community Health Project in Honduras.  This project provided both the CRC and the Honduran Red Cross Society with the opportunity to build and strengthen their capacities to implement community based health projects.  The REDES Project is requires a Project Manager Delegate to assist in the inception, planning, development and management of the project. The inception, planning, management and implementation will take place in coordination with the National Health Coordinator at the Honduran Red Cross. The Project Manager Delegate will therefore act as CRC representative in Honduras and she/he will have overall responsibility for project management and implementation in coordination with the Honduran Red Cross (through the National Health Coordinator).  The REDES Project Manager Delegate will supervise Honduran staff working directly with
 the REDES Project.  Responsibilities are divided into the following sections: local CRC office administration; project financial management; project planning; project implementation; and project monitoring, reporting and evaluation.  Excellent oral and written communication in English and Spanish required and French desirable.  For more information see www.redcross.ca  or send cover letter and CV to [log in to unmask]  
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  Red Cross seeks Mother/Child Health Care Project Coordinator (CRC Delegate for Nicaragua):
In 2001, the CRC obtained bilateral funding from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) for a four year Community Health Project in Nicaragua.  This project provided both the CRC and the Nicaraguan Red Cross Society with the opportunity to build and strengthen their capacities to implement community based health projects.  The experience gained by the Community Health Project has served as the basis to design a new project called “ENLACE”.   The ENLACE Project requires a Project Manager Delegate to assist in the inception, planning, development and management of the project.  Inception, planning, management and implementation will take place in coordination with the National Health Director of the Nicaraguan Red Cross.  The Delegate acts as CRC representative in Nicaragua and she/he will handle project management and implementation in coordination with the Nicaraguan Red Cross (through the National Health Director).  The Delegate also acts as the project
 liaison to both the Canadian Cooperation Office in Managua and the international partners. The Project Manager Delegate is accountable to the CRC and will report to the CRC Americas Program Manager at CRC headquarters in Ottawa.  The Delegate will supervise Nicaraguan staff working directly with the Project.  Responsibilities are divided into the following sections: local CRC office administration; project financial management; project planning; project implementation; and project monitoring, reporting and evaluation.  Excellent oral and written communication in English and Spanish is required and French is desirable.  For more information on international opportunities with the Canadian Red Cross please visit the international opportunities section of our website www.redcross.ca.  Interested applicants should email their cover letter and CV to [log in to unmask]
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  Community-Campus Partnerships for Health 10th Anniversary Conference 
("Mobilizing Partnerships for Social Change"):
This conference is set to take place from April 11 to 14, 2007 in Toronto, Canada.  Call for proposals is due October 6.  Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH) is convening their 10th anniversary conference to nurture a growing network of community-campus partnerships that are striving to achieve the systems and policy changes needed to address the root causes of health, social and economic inequalities. The conference seeks to build knowledge, skills and actions for achieving healthy and just societies.  Participants are invited to share their knowledge, experience and lessons learned with hundreds of colleagues who are passionate about the power of partnerships to transform communities and academe.  The conference planning committee is looking for proposals that address one or more of these sub-themes: understanding and addressing the social determinants of health; from grassroots movements to policy change; communities as centers of learning, discovery and
 engagement; and, developing the science of community-based or practice-based evidence.  There will also be a session track on Aboriginal and Indigenous health and a session track specifically designed by and for students. Learn more at www.ccph.info. 
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  WHO Influenza Pandemic Task Force holds first meeting:
The Task Force, whose current full membership is 21 members, has been established to comply with the 2006 World Health Assembly Resolution.  It will advise the World Health Organization (WHO) on potential public health issues of international concern related to avian and pandemic influenza, including issues such as the appropriate phase of pandemic alert, the declaration of an influenza pandemic, and appropriate international response measures to a pandemic.  The Task Force is a temporary body which will advise WHO until the International Health Regulations 2005 (IHR) come into force on 15 June 2007.  At that time, an emergency committee will be convened if and when needed to advise WHO on disease events of international public health importance, but the creation of this temporary Task Force already allows WHO to begin to implement the spirit of the IHR.  The September 35, 2006 meeting covered administrative issues such as roles and responsibilities and set out how meetings
 would be run. In urgent situations, based on specific public health events, most future meetings would probably be "virtual", held via tele- or video-conference because of the need for a quick turnaround time. Participants began discussion on the types of information which would be relevant for their deliberations.  For more information on this subject see www.who.int.   
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  Global Health Resource Group Meeting:
Join us as we work towards identifying curricula and resources necessary for comprehensive global health programs within Canadian medical schools. We will also hear presentations from organizations on their needs in Global Health development and research.   The meeting will take place on Monday, October 16th 2006 from 6:00to 8:00pm at the Marriott Hotel, Ottawa.  For more information, contact Nicole Saba at [log in to unmask] 
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  MSF works in Darfur to help alleviate deepening crisis: 
Increased insecurity combined with decreased international aid in the troubled region of Darfur are adding to the misery of the population. Access to those in need is at an all time low, while disease and violence remain a daily fact of life for the millions who have been displaced since the beginning of the conflict in 2003. Today, most are entirely reliant on the dwindling external humanitarian aid and the threat of full-scale war is once again looming.  Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has been running projects in Darfur since early 2004 and today has five sections on the ground, with 123 international and 2233 national staff working across the three provinces. With a total budget in Darfur for 2006 of nearly 20 million Euros, it is one of the most significant operations in the world for MSF.  In Kebkabiya, some 200 kilomteres to the north of the provincial capital, El Fasher, MSF is running three dispensaries in town and providing logistical support and medical supplies
 to the 67-bed hospital.  The primary focus for MSF is to be able to react quickly to outbreaks of disease, fighting or new displacement throughout the whole region. In the past months, emergency teams have responded to an outbreak of cholera in Kalma camp, organised measles and meningitis vaccinations, and distributed plastic sheeting and emergency food rations to new groups of displaced.  Currently, MSF is also working in Mornay to combat a cholera outbreak which has already claimed eight lives.  MSF is also continuously lobbying for increased aid and improved access in the region.  For more information on this crisis, see www.msf.ca. 
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  New report on women and tobacco available online:
Tobacco use is increasing its hold and impact on women and girls across the globe. In the 21st century, it threatens to undermine not only women’s physical and mental health but also their economic and social progress. This report entitled, Turning a New Leaf: Women, Tobacco, and the Future, describes the urgent issues surrounding tobacco use and production that affect women around the world and offers direction for preventing and reducing the impact of tobacco among girls, women, and their communities. Preventing the full expansion of the tobacco epidemic among the world’s women will be a critical factor in improving the status of women.  This report, Turning a New Leaf: Women, Tobacco, and the Future, provides a much-needed picture of women’s tobacco use in different social contexts, identifies the health effects of tobacco, and describes women’s role in tobacco production and marketing. It also provides direction on assessing and addressing the gendered issues of tobacco
 control in policy, programming, and research in order to reduce the devastating effects of tobacco on women.  This publication is available on the Internet at:
www.inwat.org and www.bccewh.bc.ca.
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