PAHO News Index: http://www.csih.org/Pahonews/paho_ndx.html This Week: - - - - - - - - PAHO/WHO Collaborating Centres Annual Meeting The Annual Meeting of the Canadian PAHO/WHO Collaborating Centres will take place on Sunday, November 12, 2000 from 9:30 - 11:30 at Palais des Congres in Hull, Quebec. The meeting will be chaired by Dr. Juan Antonio Casas, Director, Division of Health and Human Development, Pan American Health Organization. Click here for full article: http://www.csih.org/Pahonews/p00_11_02.html#collabcen - - - - - - - - Health and Human Development in the New Global Economy Soon to be available from PAHO, this publication is the result of a collaborative effort between the Division of Health and Human Development of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the WHO Collaborating Centre for International Health at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB). The chapters are based on the proceedings from a Seminar/Workshop held in Galveston, Texas, October 26-28, 1998. Click here for full article: http://www.csih.org/Pahonews/p00_11_02.html#globaleconomy - - - - - - - - Abstracts from the XIV Meeting of the Technical Advisory Group on Vaccine Preventable Diseases Soon to be available from PAHO. The XIV Meeting of the Technical Advisory Group on Vaccine Preventable Diseases, "Immunizations: Panamericanism and Equity in Action" was held from October 2 - 5, 2000 in Foz do Iguacu, Parana, Brazil. Click here for full article: http://www.csih.org/Pahonews/p00_11_02.html#tagsbrazil - - - - - - - - Health Sector Reform in the Americas is Focus of Special Journal Issue Steps that the countries of North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean have taken to make their health care systems more effective and more accessible to all people - and the results of those efforts - are explored in depth in a new issue of the "flagship" journal of the Pan American Health Organization, the Pan American Journal of Public Health. Click here for full article: http://www.csih.org/Pahonews/p00_11_02.html#sectoreform - - - - - - - - PS. If you do not have access to the Web, please let us know. ----------------------- Synergy Online is a service of the Canadian Society for International Health. Visit our Website at http://www.csih.org and become a member Synergy Online Index: http://www.csih.org/Synergy/syn_indx.html: This Week: - - - - - - - - Women's Health and Diversity: A National Conference April 26 - 28, 2001 The Center of Excellence for Women's Health Consortium Universite de Montreal and the National Network on Environments and Women's Health at York University are organizing this national conference which takes place April 26-28 at the Radisson Hotel in Longueuil, Montreal, Quebec. Click here for full article: http://www.csih.org/Synergy/00_11_02.html#cesafapril - - - - - - - - The Canadian Red Cross Seeks a Program Manager, Asia/Pacific & Middle East (Permanent full-time) Deadline for applications:November 6, 2000. The Canadian Red Cross Society, a non-profit, humanitarian organization, dedicated to helping Canadians, as well as the victims of conflicts or disasters throughout the world, is seeking a manager for the Asia/Pacific & Middle East program. This program is currently focused in China, Sri Lanka, North Korea, the Philippines, Indonesia, India and Palestine, with potential to include other regions in the future. The program supports initiatives in the area of primary health care, disaster preparedness, promotion of humanitarian values, capacity building and, supports communities affected by armed conflicts. Click here for full article: http://www.csih.org/Synergy/00_11_02.html#redcrossasia - - - - - - - - WHO Fact Sheet: Wastes from Health-Care Activities Fact Sheet # 253 - October 2000 Health-care activities - for instance, immunizations, diagnostic tests, medical treatments, and laboratory examinations - protect and restore health and save lives. But what about the wastes and by-products they generate? Click here for full article: http://www.csih.org/Synergy/00_11_02.html#waste - - - - - - - - PS. If you do not have access to the Web, please let us know. ------------------------------ Synergie-en-direct est un service offert par la Societe canadienne de sante internationale. Visitez notre site web : http://www.csih.org et devenez membre Sommaire de Synergie-en-direct: http://www.csih.org/Synergy/syn_indxf.html Cette semaine: - - - - - - - - La Sante des femmes et la diversite: Un colloque national, du 26 au 28 avril 2001 Presente par le Centre d'excellence pour la sante des femmes - Consortium Universite de Montreal (CESAF) en collaboration avec le Reseau pancanadien sur la sante des femmes et le milieu (RPSFM), Universite York, ce colloque aura lieu du 26 au 28 avril, 2001, a l'hotel Radisson a Longueuil, (Montreal), Quebec. Pour l'information complete, visitez : http://www.csih.org/Synergy/00_11_02f.html#cesafapril - - - - - - - - La Societe canadienne de la Croix-Rouge Recherche un(e)Gestionnaire de programme, Asie/Pacifique et Moyen-Orient (Poste permanent a temps plein) Date limite de soumission de candidatures: le 6 novembre 2000 La Societe canadienne de la Croix-Rouge, organisme humanitaire sans but lucratif qui se consacre a venir en aide aux Canadiens et aux victimes de conflits ou de catastrophes partout dans le monde, cherche a pourvoir le poste de gestionnaire de programme, Asie/Pacifique et Moyen-Orient. Ce programme de la Croix-Rouge canadienne (CRC) porte actuellement sur la Chine, le Sri Lanka, la Coree du Nord, les Philippines, l'Indonesie, l'Inde et la Palestine, mais pourrait inclure d'autres regions plus tard. Le programme appuie notamment des initiatives en soins de sante primaires, la preparation aux catastrophes, la promotion des valeurs humanitaires et le renforcement des capacites; il prevoit aussi un soutien aux communautes touchees par des conflits armes. Pour l'information complete, visitez : http://www.csih.org/Synergy/00_11_02f.html#redcrossasia - - - - - - - - Aide-Memoire de l'OMS: Les Dechets lies aux soins de sante Aide-memoire # 253 - octobre 2000 Les activites liees aux soins de sante - qu'il s'agisse par exemple de vaccinations, d'epreuves diagnostiques, de traitements ou d'examens au laboratoire - permettent de proteger et de recouvrer la sante, et aussi de sauver des vies. Mais qu'en est-il des dechets et des sous- produits de ces activites ? Pour l'information complete, visitez : http://www.csih.org/Synergy/00_11_02f.html#waste - - - - - - - - PS. Si vous n'avez pas acces au Web, veuillez nous le faire savoir. -------------