Health

FIELD ACTION SCIENCE (FACTS) REPORTS : CALL FOR PAPERS: ECONOMY/DEVELOPMENT AND HEALTH

Gaell — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:15:29 -0400

FACTS Reports is a unique forum that will publish manuscripts and opinion pieces related to field-based activities within various topic areas: economics, health, education, agriculture, urban planning and environmental issues. FACTS will focus on activities in developing countries and impoverished areas of developed countries. During its first stage, FACTS will develop journals devoted to economic development and health.

Objectives
The goal of this journal is to collect and disseminate knowledge and best practices on field activities. Many professionals work in developing countries to address issues related to economics, health, agriculture, education, environment and development in general. Frequently, these activities do not have an evaluation component or when an evaluation does occur, no forum exists to communicate results to a broader audience. Consequently, knowledge is capitalized poorly resulting in the perpetuation of bad practices and lack of recognition and visibility for good practices. The aim of FACTS Reports is to fill this gap.
FACTS Reports will include peer review with a requirement that peers work in the field themselves. This process will ensure critical input from world experts, allow for cooperation and competition among authors, and promote a high level of science.

Readership
FACTS reports will provide a platform of communication and exchange among field-based professionals. It will improve communication, evaluation of methods, capitalisation of knowledge, and recognition of best practices. In a second stage, FACTS will promote other activities such as training courses, symposia, and educational awards.
Subject Coverage
Suitable topics for FACTS Reports related to economy, development and health include, but are not limited to:
• Development finance
• Education, employment policies
• Social policies
• Trade capacity building, actions related to globalization
• Rural development
• Evaluation methods
• Health care delivery
• Pharmaceutical pricing and drug distribution
• Public health delivery
• Access to health care
• Equity in health care distribution
• Novel health care and public health delivery technologies and methodologies
• Effective practice
• Health promotion
• Health education
• Health systems and health care supply
• Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in health projects

Specific Notes for Authors
Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. All papers are refereed through a peer review process. A guide for authors and other
relevant information for submitting papers are available on the Guidelines for authors www.institut.veolia.org/en/facts-initiative.aspx

Editors and Notes
Contributions should be sent in MS Word format attached to an e-mail (details in Author Guidelines) to the following:
Nadia CAÏD
Development Director
Institut Veolia Environment
15, rue des Sablons
75116 Paris
Tel: +33 1 53 43 22 70
E-mail: nadia.caid@institut.veolia.org
With a copy to: FACTS Editorial Office
E-mail: facts.initiative@institut.veolia.org

E-learning courses in Health

kingsley — Tue, 08 May 2007 20:30:36 -0400

Are you a health professional interested in Global Health. Here is a series of short, up - to - date courses on Global Health at the USAID Global Health eLearning Center. The courses are free, Internet-based and permits flexibility for busy professionals. YOU CAN PRINT A CERTIFICATE OF COURSE COMPLETION FOR THE VARIOUS COURSES TAKEN. If you are interested go to the usaid E-learning centre and register to participate. http://www.globalhealthlearning.org/about.cfm

ESSAY Competition: Young voices in research for health

Gaell — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 06:14:04 -0400

Young voices in research for health

The Global Forum for Health Research and The Lancet are sponsoring their second joint essay competition on the occasion of Forum 11, the 2007 annual meeting of the Global Forum for Health Research in Beijing, People's Republic of China, 29 October to 2 November 2007.

Entries relating to some aspect of the overall theme of Forum 11: Equitable access, research challenges for health in developing countries are invited from young professionals working in or interested in the broad spectrum of health research for development.

Deadline for submissions: 20 APRIL 2007

For rules, guidelines, principles, timeframe and prizes see:

http://www.globalforumhealth.org/ShLinks/Essay07.php

Fight Global Warming

akhyar — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 06:46:10 -0500

Environmental Defense, a leading national nonprofit organization, represents more than 500,000 members. Since 1967, Environmental Defense has linked science, economics, law and innovative private-sector partnerships to create breakthrough solutions to the most serious environmental problems. It has a strong history of finding solutions, from pioneering efforts to eradicate DDT to cutting-edge hybrid truck work with FedEx.

It has launched the campaign as a wake-up call. Global warming is the most serious environmental challenge of our time. It is more urgent and its dangers are more fundamental. The campaign seeks to educate people about how quickly they must act, and give concrete steps that anyone can incorporate into their lives to fight global warming.

Participate in the campaign to reduce the Global warming, for more detail please visit the website:
http://www.fightglobalwarming.com/