Synergy Online -- October 10, 2002
In this issue:
-9TH CANADIAN CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL HEALTH (CCIH): PAHO CENTENNIAL
INTERNATIONAL NIGHT!
-LAST CALL FOR THE SUBMISSION OF RESOLUTIONS FOR THIS YEAR'S AGM!
-2002 NATIONAL STUDENT CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL HEALTH
-CSIH JOB OPPORTUNITY: PROJECT COORDINATOR, REPUBLIC OF CROATIA HEALTH
SYSTEM PROJECT
-JOB OPPORTUNITY: CHIEF OF PARTY, USAID DRUG DEMAND REDUCTION PROGRAM
FOR UZBEKISTAN AND TAJIKISTAN
-JOB OPPORTUNITY: NATIONAL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, THE CHILDREN'S WISH
FOUNDATION OF CANADA
-CALL FOR PROPOSALS: STIGMA AND GLOBAL HEALTH
-WHAT IS THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY?
-THE WORLD REPORT ON VIOLENCE AND HEALTH
-CANADA COMMITS $80 MILLION TO RID WORLD OF TUBERCULOSIS
-THE FOURTH GLOBAL FORUM ON BIOETHICS
-UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA SEMINAR SERIES
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9TH CANADIAN CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL HEALTH (CCIH): PAHO CENTENNIAL
INTERNATIONAL NIGHT!
The 9th Annual Canadian Conference on International Health (CCIH),
hosted by the Canadian Society for International Health, will be held in
Ottawa, October 27-30. Each year, the conference wraps up with a
celebratory International Night. It is an evening for world music,
dance, and relaxing with fellow conference attendees from all over the
world. This year, International Night will commemorate PAHO's
Centennial. During the festivities, Canada's Public Health Heroes will
be honoured. For more information on this year's CCIH, visit the
conference website: http://www.csih.org/what/conferences.html, or
contact [log in to unmask]
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LAST CALL FOR THE SUBMISSION OF RESOLUTIONS FOR THIS YEAR'S AGM!
The Canadian Society for International Health is calling on Society
members to submit resolutions for consideration at the Annual General
Meeting (AGM) to be held Monday, October 28, 2002. All proposed
resolutions must be submitted to the Society by two members in good
standing. Submissions should include pertinent contact information as
well as supporting documentation if necessary. The CSIH office must
receive all proposed resolutions by 5:00pm (eastern) Friday, October 18,
2002! All such proposed resolutions will be considered by the CSIH
Resolutions Review Committee; if accepted for presentation to the Annual
General Meeting, they will be circulated to members prior to the AGM via
Synergy On-Line.
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2002 NATIONAL STUDENT CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL HEALTH
The Student University Network for Social and International Health
(SUNSIH) is issuing an invitation to attend its 2002 National
Conference. The conference takes place in Ottawa, October 26-27. It
will explore the theme "Alternative Perpectives in Communicable
Disease." For more information on the conference, visit SUNSIH's
website:
http://www.csih.org/Sunsih/SUNSIHConference2002.html.
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CSIH JOB OPPORTUNITY: PROJECT COORDINATOR, REPUBLIC OF CROATIA HEALTH
SYSTEM PROJECT
CSIH is seeking a Coordinator for its Health System Project in the
Republic of Croatia. The successful candidate will be responsible for
day-to-day project management and coordination, project financial and
narrative reports, coordination of field visits and meetings in Canada,
and project promotion.
Minimum qualifications: community college training in administration,
budgeting and operations; 5-plus years of incremental experience, the
last three working with an NGO at a senior administrative/program level;
bilingualism (English and French), with Croatian an asset; advanced word
processing skills and experience with Microsoft Word, Exchange, Office
and Excel; advanced communication & written skills, including ability to
develop correspondence and reports for distribution; ability to
research, analyze and synthesize a large volume of information; ability
to prioritize important tasks and meet deadlines; willingness and
ability to work during evenings and weekends from time to time.
For a more detailed job description, or to submit your application,
please contact CSIH: Tel (613) 241-5785, Fax. (613) 241-3845,
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JOB OPPORTUNITY: CHIEF OF PARTY, USAID DRUG DEMAND REDUCTION PROGRAM FOR
UZBEKISTAN AND TAJIKISTAN
A Chief of Party is being sought for a five-year, $16 million USAID
program to promote a healthy, drug-free lifestyle among vulnerable,
high-risk sectors of the populations of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. The
position will be based in Tashkent with regular travel throughout
Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, as well as occasional travel to Almaty.
There will be program offices in each city with a total professional
staff of ten. A major part of the program is devoted to youth,
professional training, and to a media awareness campaign. Other program
components involve prisoners, commercial sex workers, refugees,
migrants, and displaced persons. Queries and letters of application with
curricula vitae should be faxed to SFK, 117 Furmanov Street, Almaty, fax
no: 7 (3272) 503-114 or sent by email to [log in to unmask]
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JOB OPPORTUNITY: NATIONAL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, THE CHILDREN'S WISH
FOUNDATION OF CANADA
The Children's Wish Foundation is a national nonprofit charitable
organization dedicated to fulfilling a favorite wish for children
afflicted with a high risk, life-threatening illness. To help lead the
organization, the Foundation requires a highly skilled individual to
assume the role of National Executive Director. If you have the skills
and experience necessary to fulfill this leadership role and are
interested in helping to create the magic of a wish, you are invited to
send your resume by email to [log in to unmask] or contact
Michael Naufal (613-742-3198) or Irfan Daya (613-742-3193) for more
information.
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CALL FOR PROPOSALS: STIGMA AND GLOBAL HEALTH
Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC), the Canadian
Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the National Institutes of
Health (NIH) are calling on researchers to submit proposals for their
joint funding program on stigma and global health. Researchers
interested in exploring the links between stigmas and human health — how
discrimination plays a role in health, diagnosis, access to care and
level of treatment delivered to a person or a group — are encouraged to
submit their optional letters of intent before October 14. The
application deadline is November 14. For more information, visit IDRC's
website:
http://www.idrc.ca/reports/read_article_english.cfm?article_num=1091.
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WHAT IS THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY?
Foreign Policy magazine has published a special collection of articles
called "What is the International Community?" Authors ask whether the
international community truly exists. If so, who is part of it? How does
it work? And perhaps most important, how should it work? The collection
is available online at:
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/issue_septoct_2002/ic.html.
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THE WORLD REPORT ON VIOLENCE AND HEALTH
The World Report on Violence and Health published by WHO is the first
comprehensive report of its kind to address violence as a global public
health problem. Violence reportedly kills more than 1.6 million people
every year. Public health experts warn that this number is relatively
optimistic because the majority of violent acts are committed behind
closed doors and go unreported. The WHO report aims to shed light on
these acts. In addition to the deaths, millions of people are left
injured as a result of violence and suffer from physical, sexual,
reproductive and mental health problems. For the full press release,
visit: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/releases/pr73/en/.
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CANADA COMMITS $80 MILLION TO RID WORLD OF TUBERCULOSIS
The Honourable Susan Whelan, Minister for International Cooperation, has
announced that Canada will provide $80 million over four years to stop
the spread of tuberculosis. The funds will be provided to the Stop
Tuberculosis Partnership, based at the World Health Organization, in
Geneva. For more information on the funding, visit:
http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/cida_ind.nsf/dccfe1952450f552852568db00555b47
/6e3639c77bf8a91c85256c48006b856f?OpenDocument.
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THE FOURTH GLOBAL FORUM ON BIOETHICS
The Fourth Global Forum on Bioethics will take place in Brasilia,
Brazil, October 29-30, 2002. The Forum will bring together approximately
120 professionals, researchers, managers, and bioethicists from the
developing world who will debate issues related to genomics, ethics, and
international guidelines for the conduct of research involving human
subjects. It is one of the official activities designed to commemorate
the centennial anniversary of PAHO. For more information on the forum,
visit: http://www.bioetica.ops-oms.org/global/global.htm.
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UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA SEMINAR SERIES
The Institute of Population Health and the Department of Epidemiology
and Community Medicine at the University of Ottawa are inviting people
to attend their weekly Seminar Series. Upcoming topics include:
"Journalism in Health Research" on October 15; "CATI (computer assisted
telephone interviewing) health surveys in public health surveillance:
Methodological issues and challenges ahead" on October 22; "Nutrition as
a Mediator in the Gradient of Health" on October 29; "Putting the
Population back into Epidemiology" on November 5; and "Frontiers of
Research" on November 12. The seminars will be held from 12:00 to 1:15pm
in Ottawa at Roger Guindon Hall, 451 Smyth Road, Room 1007.
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