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 | A Collaborative Solution for Tropical Diseases: The Luso-American Response - Malaria Conference 2009 |
| Meeting Date: July 8 - 10, 2009 Lisbon, Portugal | |
| Aberdeen Project (IMMPACT) |
| A project of the University of Aberdeen, Scotland the IMMPACT (Initiative for Maternal Mortality Assessment) also known as the Aberdeen Project. This project (P.I. Dr. Wendy Graham, Professor of Obstetric Epidemiology at University of Aberdeen) is a seven-year effort funded primarily by the Gates Foundation with $27.0 million. The IMMPACT network’s ultimate goal is to improve maternal health and survival in developing countries through the provision of rigorous evidence of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of safe motherhood intervention strategies. IMMPACT is also developing enhanced methods and capacities for robust evaluation of health programs. | |
| Affordable Medicines Facility - malaria (AMFm) |
| An innovative financing mechanism, the Affordable Medicines Facility for malaria ( AMFm), was officially launched. The AMFm will make the most effective treatment for malaria, artemisinin combination therapies (ACTs), more affordable and so has the potential to save thousands of lives. The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria will manage the new scheme. | |
| Assessing the global availability of misoprostol |
| Maria M. Fernandez a,?, Francine Coeytaux b, Rodolfo Gomez Ponce de León c, Denise L. Harrison a | |
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation |
| The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is dedicated to improving people's lives by sharing advances in health and learning with the global community. The Gates Foundation is a leading supporter of the Global Network. | |
| Call for Applications for the Award of Research Training Grants - 2007 |
| The UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) invites applications for the award of Research Training Grants (RTG) from individuals who are nationals of, and employed in, least developed disease endemic countries (LDC) and developing disease endemic countries (DEC) with lesser developed research capacities. RTGs are awarded, on a competitive basis, for studies leading to a postgraduate degree, or for acquiring specialized skills. Studies must be on one or more of the TDR target diseases - malaria, leishmaniasis, schistosomiasis, lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis, African trypanosomiasis and Chagas disease, leprosy, dengue and tuberculosis, in laboratory, clinical, applied field research and social sciences disciplines, relevant to TDR and/or national priorities. See the TDR website at for TDR's priority research areas. The training may take place in the home country, in another developing country, or in a developed country. TDR reserves the right to select the academic institution, research programme or TDR-funded Research & Development (R&D) project where it is felt the most suitable training can be obtained. | |
| Call for Global Health Symposium Submissions |
| American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - ASTMH 18-22 November 2009 Washington DC Symposium Proposals Due March 4, 2009 Focus on globalization's impact on health, health disparities and global health partnerships. Examples of topics can include but not be limited to -Multidisciplinary approaches to north-south global health partnering/core curricula, academic competencies and models of partnered research and service - Non-communicable diseases and chronic health problems of the developing world - Socioeconomic determinants of health in the developing world - Climate and environmental impact upon the health of the developing world - Cost-effective prevention of disease in the developing world - Improving health metrics in the developing world - Global health workforce crisis - Rapid diagnostics and drug delivery for low resource settings - Water and sanitation in the developing world - Tobacco and multinational industry impact on health overseas | |
| CALL FOR LATE-BREAKING ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS -- PAS 2009 |
| Late Breaking Abstract Submission Deadline: March 2, 2009; 11:59 PM, Central Standard Time | |
| Can Individual and Human Rights Play a Role in the Tobacco Control Movement? |
| Child & Adolescent Health & Development Newsletter |
| Issue No. 10 - November 2008 | |
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