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CSIH invites you to a PAHO briefing
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On the occasion of the visit to Canada of Sir George Alleyne, Director of
the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the Canadian Society for
International Health (CSIH) cordially invites you to attend a PAHO Briefing
on "Current Activities and Future Directions." This event will take place
on Monday, April 21, 1997, from 16h30 to 18h00, Salon Gatineau, Chateau
Laurier Hotel,
1 Rideau St., Ottawa. Refreshments will be served. Please R.S.V.P. before
noon on Friday, April 18th, 1997.  Tel: (613) 230-2654 ext. 303; Fax:(613)
230-8401; or E-mail: [log in to unmask]

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La SCSI vous invite a une Session d'information de l'OPS
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A l'occasion de la visite au Canada de Sir George Alleyne, le directeur de
l'Organisation panamericaine de la sante (OPS), la Societe canadienne de
sante internationale vous invite a une Session d'information de l'OPS:
"Activites en cours et orientations futures." Cet evenement aura lieu lundi
21 avril 1997, de 16h30 - 18h00, Salon Gatineau, Chateau Laurier,
1, rue Rideau, Ottawa. Rafraichissements seront servis.
R.S.V.P. avant midi, vendredi 18 avril 1997. Tel: (613) 230-2654, Poste
303; telec.: (613) 230-8401; ou courrier electronique: [log in to unmask]

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Pan American Health Organization - Vacancy Notice
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Post Title: Advisor on Communicable Diseases; Level: P.4; Post Number:
4.0811; Duty Station: Washington, D.C.; Tenure: Two years, first year
probationary period; Division/Program/Office: Division of Disease
Prevention and Control (HCP) Communicable Diseases Program (HCT).

Basic Salary: $48,019 at single rate; $51,597 with primary       dependents (per
annum net of taxes). Post Adjustment: $11,092 at single rate; $11,919 with
primary dependents (per annum net of taxes).

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
Education:  A university degree in a health related profession and a
Master's degree in epidemiology or public health. An M.D. or a postgraduate
degree in a health related profession would be an asset.

Experience at national level:  Seven years of experience with progressively
greater responsibilities in the administration of prevention and control
programs on communicable diseases, including program organization,
management, supervision and implementation, academic and clinical
experience in infectious and parasitic diseases, as well as experience in
the development of human resources at all levels in disease prevention and
control.

Experience at international level:  Two years of participation in technical
cooperation programs and activities for the development of communicable
disease prevention and control programs in countries of the region.

Languages:  Very good knowledge of English or Spanish, with a working
knowledge of the other.

For more information, contact:
PAHO, 525 Twenty-Third Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037 USA
Fax: (202) 974-3379; Tel: (202)974-3396; http://www.paho.org

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CARE CANADA seeks Programme Manager, Maternal and Infant Survival Project
(India)
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CARE CANADA invites applications for the position of Programme Manager,
Maternal and Infant Survival Project (India). Requirements: experience with
health care service delivery in developing countries; experience in
management of a team of health professionals; experience in reporting and
liaison with donors and government officials; knowledge of maternal and
infant health; previous overseas/development experience. Familiarity with
monetization an asset but not essential. Tenure: two years. Very good base
salary with excellent benefits. Applications must be submitted by May 2,
1997. Please send resumes and covering letters to:

Ross Meehan, Recruitment Officer, CARE CANADA, P.O. BOX 9000,
Ottawa, ON  K1G 4X6

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Call for entries for 1997 IDRC/TDR award on Gender and Tropical Diseases
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The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the WHO Special
Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) have issued
the call for entries for the 1997 IDRC/TDR award on Gender and Tropical
Diseases. The award is presented to the author(s) of the best original
paper on the topic "Gender Issues in the Operationalization of Bednet Use."
Winners of the CDN$5,000.00 award will be announced in November 1997.
Entries must be submitted by September 30, 1997. For submission guidelines,
contact:

Dr. Carol Vlassoff
Manager, Gender and Tropical Diseases Task Force
TDR/WHO
1211 Geneva 27 Switzerland

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Ukraine hosts international conference on health reform
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Kyiv, Ukraine will be hosting the international conference, "Current Issues
of Health Care Reform in Ukraine," from May 15-17, 1997. The conference is
sponsored by the Ukrainian Medical Association and The School of Health
Administration, Kyiv, with the Ukrainian Ministry of Health. The following
topics will be discussed: Health Policy and Strategy; Health Care
Management; Economics and Financing of Health Care; Primary Health Care;
Management Information Systems; and Epidemiology, Non-Communicable Diseases
and Preventive Medicine. For more information, contact:

The School of Health Administration
20 Eugene Pottier Street 252057, Kyiv, Ukraine
Tel: (044) 446-42-58; Fax: (044) 446-94-36

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Colombia hosts world congress on international health issues
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Cartagena, Colombia will host the Fourth World Congress on Action Research,
Action Learning, and Process Management, and the Eighth on Participatory
Action-Research; Convergence in Knowledge, Space and Time. This Congress,
to be held from June 1-5, 1997, will provide a framework for partnership
among countries and for individual participation in dealing with pressing
world problems which affect equally the North and the South, including
poverty, hunger, forced migration, drugs, pollution, racism and ethnocide.
For more information, contact:

Executive Committee, World Congress 4/8, Apartado Aereo 52508, Bogota,
Colombia or Congresses Committee Universidad Nacional, Instituto de
Estudios Politicos y Relaciones Internacionales, Bogota, Colombia
Tel: (571) 221-68-55 or (571) 368-15-79; Fax: (571) 368-74-71;
E-mail: [log in to unmask]@uniandes.edu.co

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Columbia University offers elective in Urban Medicine and Immigrant Health
Care
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The Center for the Study of Society and Medicine at the Columbia College of
Physicians and Surgeons is offering fourth-year medical students a new
one-month elective in Urban Medicine and Immigrant Health Care entitled
"Immigrant Health Care and Care Near the End of Life." Students rotate
through ambulatory care clinics and medical outreach programs located on
the Lower East Side of Manhattan. The elective is offered in either
February or March 1998, and in either February or March 1999. Students must
submit their applications no later than August 30, 1997. Enrollment is
limited. For more information, contact:

Alyssa Cohen, Program Coordinator
Tel: (212)305-5710; Fax: (212)305-6416; E-mail: [log in to unmask]
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