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PAHO NEWS:  Press Releases, Job Vacancies, and Other
Information from the Pan American Health Organization
(PAHO) via the Canadian Society for International Health
(CSIH) http://www.csih.org; Technical Representative in
Canada for PAHO
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PAHO Award for Administration 2000
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Every year the Governments of the countries of the
Americas, acting through their representatives in the
meetings of the Governing Bodies of the Pan American
Health Organization, confer the PAHO Award for
Administration in recognition of an outstanding
contribution in the field of administration within the
framework of national health services.

The award consists of a diploma and the sum of US$5,000
and will be conferred to the candidate who has
contributed significantly to strengthening health
development through practice, teaching, or research.
The names of candidates are submitted by the Member
Governments of PAHO through their ministries of health.
Names of proposed candidates together with supporting
documentation must be received by the Director of the
Pan American Sanitary Bureau before March 31, 2000 -
candidatures received after April 3 will be held in
abeyence for consideration by the Award Committee the
following year.

The Award Committee will judge the relative merits of
the candidates with regard to the following:
Demonstrated excellence in the management of health
programs at the national or local level; experience in
teaching health program administration that has
influenced health practice nationally or
internationally; sustained research production that
contributes to improving the delivery of health programs
and services.

A copy of the application form will be available at
http://www.csih.org/paho_ndx.html until March 31, 2000.

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Inter-American Conference in Distance Education in
Health
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The conference takes place April 25-27, 2000 at
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico in Mexico City.
It will be a unique event bringing together, via
satellite, professionals from distance education and
health education throughout the Americas.

The central theme of the conference is the potential of
distance education to improve the effectiveness and
outreach of training programs for public health
personnel.  Conference topics include: training health
personnel; instructional design; use of communication
and information technologies; experiences in educational
development; and development and evaluation of training
projects.

The conference will be transmitted via satellite to 31
subsites in the Americas.  The Canadian sub-site is
Acadia University Continuing and Distance Education.

For more information, or to register, contact Liz
Pineda-Romero, The Pennnsylvania State University, CREAD
Office-PAHO Conference, 211 Mitchell Building,
University Park PA  USA 16802-3601 Tel:  (814) 863-0488
Fax:  (814) 865-3290  [log in to unmask]

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