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PAHO - Vacancy Notices
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Post Title: Advisor on Standardization and Analytical Services; Level: P.4
Post Number: .5958; Duty Station: Martinez, Argentina; Tenure:
Two years,
first year probationary period; Division/Program/Office: Disease Prevention
and
Control (HCP) Veterinary Public Health (HCV)
Salary Information:
Basic Salary: $48,019 at single rate; $51,597 with primary dependents (per
annum
net of taxes). Post Adjustment: $24,586 at single rate; $26,418 with
primary
dependents (per annum net of taxes). Hardship/Mobility: $2,145 at single
rate;
$2,860 with primary dependents (per annum net of taxes).
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
Education: A university degree in veterinary medicine or medicine
with a postgraduate degree at least to the master's level in food
microbiology, food science and technology, biochemistry, nutrition or
toxicology or a Ph.D degree in one of these fields.
Experience: At national level: Seven years of professional experience in
food protection programs or activities concerned with normatization and
standardization of Codex Alimentarius, quality control and good
manufacturing practice (GMP), as well as microbiological and chemical
analysis of food, food safety and research. Experience should include
management, planning, organization, implementation and evaluation of
contaminants control programs, laboratory programs and national or
international reference services, research and training in food
protection.
At international level: Two years of experience in technical
cooperation projects and activities concerned with planning,
organizing and implementing food protection and food contaminants
control programs, laboratories for food safety and research on food
safety and quality control.
Languages: Very good knowledge of Spanish or English with a working
knowledge of the other.
For more information, contact:
Pan American Health Organization
525 Twenty-Third Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037 USA
Fax: (202) 974-3379; Tel: (202) 974-3396; Vacancy Hotline: (202) 974-3333
http://www.paho.org
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The Universidad Latinoamericana de Ciencia y Tecnologia (ULACIT) in Panama
seeks professor for Business Administration program
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The Universidad Latinoamericana de Ciencia y Tecnologia (ULACIT) in Panama
Is seeking a professor for its PhD Program in Business Administration.
Requirements: a PhD to teach Marketing, International Commerce, and
Business
Strategy and Decision Making from January through April 98. The position
includes research, academic and study cases. Language of instruction:
English.
The university will provide accommodations and remuneration.
For more information, contact:
Hector Almendrades, Program Manager, Latin America
Canadian Bureau for International Education
220 Laurier Ave. West, Suite 1100, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1P 5Z9
Tel:(613) 237 4820, ext. 230; Fax:(613) 237 1073; E-mail:
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Sarajevo hosts International Workshop on Medicine, War and Peace
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An International Workshop on Medicine, War and Peace will be held
September 22-26 in Sarajevo. The workshop is being organized by
the Bosnian and Herzegovinian Medical Students' Association in
collaboration with the Faculty of Medicine at the University of
Sarajevo and the International Federation of Medical Students'
Associations.
The workshop aims to: equip future doctors with appropriate knowledge
and skills on the medical and non-medical effects of war and to define
their professional responsibility in conflict situations and role in
prevention of human rights violations; to discuss medical treatment and
its obstacles in war situations, primarily based on experience from war in
Bosnia and Herzegovina; to update medical students' knowledge of
international humanitarian law and its obstacles and problems in an armed
conflict situation;
to develop international cooperation among medical students from
all over ex-Yugoslavia and the rest of the world.
For more information, contact the Bosnian and Herzegovinian Medical
Student's
Association as follows:
Mirza Muminovic, BoHeMSA Secretary General
Grbavicka 127/a, 71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tel: +387 71 657-519; Fax: +387 1 663-743:
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Chile hosts its Third Congress on Epidemiology this fall
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The Third Chilean Congress on Epidemiology will take place in Vina del Mar,
Chile,
from October 14 - 17, 1997. For more information contact:
Box/Casilla 52750, Correo Central, Santiago, Chile
Contacts: Mr. Waldo Alvarez, Tel: 6396835; Mrs. Gabriela Torres, Tel:
6330625
or 6398209; or Leonor Astroza, Tel: 6394001 ext. 786.
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WHO/PAHO hosts international meeting on Health Crisis and the Internet
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An international meeting on "Health Crisis and the Internet: Harnessing the
Power
of the Internet for Disasters and Epidemics" will be held November 18-21,
1997 in
Santa Fe de Bogota, Colombia. The meeting is hosted by the World Health
Organization (WHO), the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), and the
Ministry of Health of
the Government of Colombia.
Up-to-date information will be posted on the Conference web site:
http://www.paho.org/english/disaster.htm
For more information, contact:
Pan American Health Organization, Emergency Preparedness Program
525 Twenty-Third St N.W.; Washington, D.C. 20037
Tel: (202) 974-3520; Fax: (202) 775-4578;
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
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CHA is now online
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The Canadian Healthcare Association (CHA) now has a web site and home page.
The
web site is http://www.canadian-healthcare.org
All of their distance education information is on the web site. For more
information, contact:
Edward Brado, Director, Education and Conference
Canadian Healthcare Association
17 York St. Suite 100, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 9J6
Tel: (613) 241-8005; Fax: (613) 241-5055
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