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WOMEN AND AIDS WORKSHOP
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The Interagency Coalition on AIDS and Development is offering a
two-day workshop titled "Women and HIV/AIDS: Local Action for a
Global Response," at St. Paul University, Ottawa, October 21 and 22.
Attending will be Elizabeth Reid, director of the UNDP's HIV and
Development Program; Pricilla Misihairabwi, coordinator of the Women
and AIDS Support Network, Harare, Zimbabwe; Felicia Sakala, primary
health care coordinator of the YWCA Council of Zambia; Amaya Maw
Naing, Bangsue project manager and health advisor, World Vision
Foundation of Thailand; Beth Easton, coordinator of the Women's
Project, AIDS Vancouver; and Trudy Parsons, women's coordinator,
AIDS Committee of Newfoundland and Labrador.  The workshop will
examine the susceptibility of women to AIDS throughout the world and
how they are coping - both with their own disease and AIDS in their
families and communities. Grassroots service groups, multilateral
agencies, international development NGOs and AIDS service
organizations are expected to participate.  Registration fee of $100
includes lunch each day, a resource kit and a copy of the workshop
report.  Contact: ICAD, 100 Argyle Ave., Ottawa, ON. K2P 1B4.  Tel:
(613) 788-5107. Fax: (613) 788-5052.
 
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CALL FOR PAPERS
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The Third National Conference of The Canadian Council on
Multicultural Health, titled "Innovating in Hard Times," to be held
May 17-20, 1995, in Montreal, has issued a call for papers.  The
conference will focus on issues and implementation strategies within
our present economic situation.  Building on the experience of the
previous conferences, it will focus on developments and strategies
that have been successfully implemented and the progress made since
the 1992 conference.  Those submitting presentations are encouraged
to do so within the context of the conference sub-themes:
accessibility of services (meeting the challenges); partnerships and
collaboration (the shape of the future); and innovation in action.
Submission deadline is October 31, 1994.  For more information,
contact: Innovating in Hard Times, The Conference Committee, CCMH-
CCSM, Suite 400, 1017 Wilson Avenue, Downsview, ON, M3K 1Z1. Tel:
(416) 630-8835. Fax: (416) 638-6076.
 
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NEW PUBLICATIONS
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_Basic Concepts of International Health_, a new health and
development manual produced by the Canadian University Consortium on
Health & Development (CUCHID), is in module form.  The modules
provide a hands-on approach to a 10-day participatory workshop
designed as an introduction to working internationally.  The
material included in the modules is also suitable for a university
course in health and development and can be easily split into
sections.  It includes cross-cultural exercises and lavish
illustrations to capture key points. Gender, environment and
development issues are interwoven through the text.  Tips, feedback,
detailed instructions, examples, a how-to-use section and general
notes for facilitators are provided for each session.  There are
additional pointers and assistance for first-time facilitators.  The
cost is $25 and funds from the sales of the book will finance
workshops overseas to test and promote the use of the resource and
will allow the book to be sold at a reduced rate in developing
countries.  Available from: CUCHID, 170 Laurier Ave. W., Ste 902,
Ottawa, ON, K1P 5V5.
 
Elsevier Science, book publishers, announce a social science special
issue of _Acta Tropica_, their international journal covering
biomedical and health sciences with particular emphasis on topics
relevant to human and animal health in the tropics and sub-tropics.
The special issue is titled "Institutional Strengthening and the
Development of Research Capacity in the Social Sciences."  The issue
is available to non-subscribers from Elsevier Science, P.O. Box
1527, 1000 BM Amsterdam, The Netherlands.  Tel: (+31) 20 5803 911.
Fax (+31) 20 5803 375.  E-mail [log in to unmask]   Elsevier
offers a reduced subscription rate for members of various national
tropical health and parasitology societies: three volumes (12
monthly issues) of Acta Tropica for 1994 for Dfl. 162.00, including
postage.
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