Synergy Online –November 6, 2003

 

In this issue:

- REPORT ON THE 10TH CANADIAN CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL HEALTH

- NEW TB NEWSLETTER

- BETHUNE ROUND TABLE 2004

- CANADIAN COALITION FOR GLOBAL HEALTH RESEARCH OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED

- JOIN THE CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGISTRY!

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REPORT ON THE 10TH CANADIAN CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL HEALTH

More than 360 people from 31 countries attended the 10th Canadian
Conference on International Health, organized by the Canadian Society
for International Health, October 26-29, 2003, in Ottawa.  The
conference was opened by federal Deputy Minister of Health Ian Green and
the new Deputy Director of the Pan American Health Organization, Dr.
Joxel Garcia.

 

The theme this year was “The Right to Health: Influencing the Global
Agenda – How Research, Advocacy and Action Can Shape our Future.”
Presentations by some of the plenary speakers will be posted on the
website in the coming weeks.  

 

The plenary speakers were:

Dr. James Orbinski (past international president of Medecins sans
frontieres – Doctors without Borders); Professor Mutuma Mugambi
(executive secretary of the African Health Research Forum); Professor
Paul Hunt (UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health); Maude Barlow
(national chairperson of the Council of Canadians), who received a
standing ovation for her presentation on “The Right to Health: Is it at
Risk?”; Maria del Carmen Ledo Garcia (San Simon University, Bolivia);
Jacques-Francois Martin (president of The Vaccine Fund); Dr. Judith
Bartlett (chairperson of the National Aboriginal Health Organization);
and Tessa Tan-Torres Edejer (coordinator of the unit “Choosing
Interventions: Effectiveness, Quality, Costs and Ethics” that forms part
of the World Health Organization’s Evidence and Information for Policy
cluster). 

 

The annual Student University Network for Social and International
Health Conference was held immediately prior to the conference, along
with the 3rd annual meeting of the Canadian Coalition for Global Health
Research.  

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CANADIAN COALITION FOR GLOBAL HEALTH RESEARCH OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED

The Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research was formally launched
during the 10th Canadian Conference on International Health, and has
produced the first issue of its newsletter, Connections. 

 

The Coalition is a not-for-profit organization that promotes more equity
in global health research and better health worldwide.  Its members are
committed to helping close the “10/90 gap” – the Global Forum for Health
Research’s disturbing estimation that only about 10% of global spending
on health research is directed to diseases or conditions that effect 90%
of the world’s population. 

 

Coalition members include global health researchers, people actively
engaged in applying research, organizations that fund health research,
and other interested individuals.  The Coalition began in 2001 as an
informal network and has evolved through generous support from the
Canadian International Development Agency, the Canadian Institutes of
Health Research, Health Canada and the International Development
Research Centre.

For more information, visit www.ccghr.ca <http://www.ccghr.ca/>  or
contact [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> 

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NEW TB NEWSLETTER

Stop TB Canada has issued an inaugural newsletter.  The newsletter is
intended as a communication forum between Stop TB Canada members and as
a source of information for the wider international health community on
STB activities in Canada and on overseas TB projects implemented or
supported by Canadian organizations. Edited and distributed by Klaus
Jochem and Melissa Phypers, the  newsletter will be produced twice a
year. The editor is happy to consider submissions, with the deadline for
the next newsletter being January 9, 2004.  For more information,
contact Melissa Phypers at [log in to unmask]

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BETHUNE ROUND TABLE 2004

The 2004 Bethune Round Table (BRT) will be held May 14 - 16, 2004, in
conjunction with the Global Health Research Conference (program chair:
Dr. David Zakus) at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto.

 

The BRT will retain its individual character while sharing the logistics
of the Global Health Research Conference.  At the joint plenary session,
Mr. Stephen Lewis, the UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa, will
give the keynote address.

  

Deadline for submission of abstracts is March 15, 2004. Visit
www.utoronto.ca/ois for more information about the conference.

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JOIN THE CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGISTRY!

Join the Canadian Society for International Health's on-line Canadian
International Health Registry! Professionals seeking employment and
volunteer opportunities in health and development can let CSIH's
contacts work for them.  At the request of potential employers
(organizations, institutions and private firms), CSIH carries out a
search of the directory for an expert with specific knowledge or skills.
Let us help you connect! http://209.87.224.165/csih-reg/eReg1.asp 

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