IANPHI 's Helsinki Secretariat is seeking a funding consultant with experience in strategic development and fundraising. »
Emory University’s Global Health Institute has received a three-year, $6 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. »
The Asian Collaboration for Excellence in Non-Communicable Disease Prevention and Control (ASCEND) Research Network is seeking students for its next training cycle. The program uses a combination of face-to-face teaching, online web-based learning, peer support and mentoring methods which allow traininees to participate from wherever they are in the world. »
In the inaugural distinguished guest lecture at the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Research Director Oni Idigbe said the world is at the verge of losing the battle against TB as current global control efforts have been significantly retarded by HIV/AIDS and the emergence of XDR-TB. He traced efforts to curb TB in Nigeria. »
6th conference on the Union Europe Region. July 4-6, 2012 in London, UK. Abstract submission deadline: January 31, 2012 »
Point-of-care CD4 cell count testing helps identify patients eligible for antiretroviral treatment, according to a Mozambique study recently published in the Lancet. The lead author is Ilesh Jani, director of Mozambique's National Institute of Health. »
(Helsinki, Finland) Public health leaders from around the world gathered in late fall 2011 to explore topics that ranged from concerns about the growing prevalence of noncommunicable diseases to HPV vaccines and NPHI response to disasters--in particular the recent experiences of Japan and Germany. »