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Call for Applications: Summer School 'European Health Care and Social Systems in Transition' |
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The European Forum Alpbach and the Institute of Social Medicine, Center for Public Health at the Medical University of Vienna present the Summer School "European Health Care and Social Systems in Transition", which will take lace in Alpbach/Austria from 16 to 23 August, 2012. The Summer School will be organized as part of the "European Forum Alpbach", an international interdisciplinary conference.
The summer school will provide specific training for young health care professionals and enable them to build an international network. Up to 25 candidates will be selected from applications received for the Summer School. For more information see here. |
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Event: Strengthening the Global Research and Development System |
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Current investments in Research & Development (R&D) and innovation for meeting health needs in developing countries are not sufficient. The existing model of R&D and innovation is not adequate when it comes to discovering and developing medicines and other health technologies which in particular address the needs of markets with low purchasing power. These issues have been analyzed and discussed in several processes at the World Health Organization. However, the issue of how to find a sustainable solution for issues related to financing and coordination of R&D needed more work. The Consultative Expert Working Group on Research and Development: Financing and Coordination (CEWG) will present its final report to the WHO in April 2012, and the World Health Assembly will in its 65th session in May 2012 discuss and decide on how the recommendations of this group should be taken forward.
The Graduate Institute, Geneva in collaboration with the Harvard Global Health Institute, USA and the University of Oslo, Norway is hosting a seminar to facilitate a multi-stakeholder discussion based on the recommendations of the CEWG report to assess different approaches to addressing R&D and Innovation challenges, in particular the recommendation to create an overarching global framework, such as an R&D Convention, for improving finance, governance and coordination.
To find out more information, and for registration, click here.
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A new governance that promotes global health |
Paulo Marchiori Buss advocates a new governance that promotes global health, development which considers people first, and calls on banks to finance development. He will soon participate in a workshop with Ilona Kickbusch from GHE and Célia Almedia. See the interview with Paulo here.
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McMaster Health Forum relaunches Health Systems Evidence website |
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Health Systems Evidence is intended to serve as a resource for policymakers, stakeholders and researchers. The new version of the online platform is available in seven languages, Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. It offers advanced search functionalities that allow users to search the currently 2,000 records compiled in a continuously updated repository of syntheses of research evidence about health system governance, financial and delivery arrangements. Additional new elements include a comprehensive synonyms dictionary and monthly customized email alerts identifying new documents. |
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New report on the state of women's and children's health: "Eliminating Health Inequities: Every Woman and Every Child Counts" |
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A new report, published jointly by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH), stresses the disproportionate impact of global health inequalities on women and children. Highlighting the ways in which social inequities compound biological differences and thereby exacerbate vulnerabilities, the report advocates a holistic, human-rights based approach towards the achievement of greater health equality. Illustrated by success stories from several countries around the word, three issue areas, namely access to quality care and health information, and greater gender equality, are identified as the starting points for concrete recommendations on political and social action.
The full report is available here.
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