SYNERGY ONLINE: Bulletins and News Briefs from The Canadian Society for International Health: [log in to unmask] --------------------------------------------------------------------- PAHO - Vacancy Notices --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Universidad Latinoamericana de Ciencia y Tecnologia (ULACIT) in Panama seeks professor for Business Administration program --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: [log in to unmask] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Sarajevo hosts International Workshop on Medicine, War and Peace --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: E-mail: [log in to unmask] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Chile hosts its Third Congress on Epidemiology this fall --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------- WHO/PAHO hosts international meeting on Health Crisis and the Internet --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] --------------------------------------------------------------------- CHA is now online --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- This document is available, with full formatting and accents, at: Ce document est disponible, avec les accents et la mise en page a: http://www.csih.org/syn_indx.html