2013 African Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellowships: CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

Deadline: January 15, 2013

The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), in partnership with the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), is pleased to announce the sixth call for applications for the African Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellowships (ADDRF).

The ADDRF will award about 20 fellowships in 2012 to doctoral students who are within two years of completing their thesis at an African university.

 

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Call for papers - Annual East African Health and Scientific Conference, 27th to 29th March 2013 in Kigali Rwanda

Main theme:  
Regional health priorities and opportunities: ‘Evidence for Action in the Changing Global Financial Situation’

sub -themes:

i) Maternal and child health (Achieving MDGs for Maternal and Child Health).
ii) Non Communicable Diseases and Trauma
iii) Health systems strengthening
iv) Quality of health care

Deadline for Abstract Submission: 31st October 2012

Weblinks: http://www.rbc.gov.rw/
Register online at: www.eahsc.eac.int
email: eachsc@rbc.gov.rw; leon.mutesa@rbc.gov.rw

New funding opportunities, scholarships and research grants in various fields

New funding opportunities, scholarships and research grants in various fields have been added at the Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology (COSTECH) website. 

COSTECH is a parastatal organization with the responsibility of co-ordinating and promoting research and technology development activities in the country. It is the chief advisor to the Government on all matters pertaining to science and technology and their application to the socio-economic development of the country.

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2nd SACIDS One Health Conference in Africa

The Second ONE HEALTH CONFERENCE IN AFRICA jointly organized with National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) to be held at Snow Crest Hotel in Arusha from 16 - 19 April 2013.

Conference Themes: The overiding theme is "Changing landscape for Health Research in Africa".

sub-themes are:
-One Health Approach in addressing inter-species Infectious Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa
-HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis and Neglected Communicable Diseases
-Non-communicable diseases in a changing environment in Sub-Saharan Africa
-Health Systems -Socio-economic determinants of health

Timelines
-First Conference announcement 9th August 2012
-Abstract submission deadline: 8th November 2012
-Notification of abstract acceptance: 28th November 2012
-Conference Registration opens: 9th August 2012
-Early bird registration deadline: 31st March 2013

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CALL FOR PAPERS: Conference on knowledge for poverty reduction in Tanzania: towards access to information resources

The “Open Knowledge for Poverty Reduction in Tanzania” conference will promote opportunities for learning, information sharing and policy analysis for researchers and civil society working to reduce poverty. Below is a description of the event.

Where: Bagamoyo, Tanzania December 12 -14 2012

Format: papers and poster must respond to following themes:

 -Knowledge for poverty reduction
-Gender and knowledge access
-Marginalization and knowledge access
-ICT and knowledge access
-Communication and media and knowledge access
-Knowledge access for influencing policy

Posters should present the following:
- case studies of information access for poverty reduction
- case studies of innovative mechanisms for information diffusion to socially marginalized groups

CALL and DEADLINES 2012
-Deadline for submission of abstracts: October 30, 2012.
-Acceptance notifications will be sent by: November 5th, 2012.
-Deadline for submission of full paper and poster content: 30th November, 2012

We are looking forward to receiving your abstracts at your earliest opportunity.

Organizers: Dr. Benedict Mongula, Institute of Development Studies, University of Dar es Salaam; Dr. Alice Nkhoma-Wamumza, Dr. W. Chagula Library, University of Dar es Salaam

Email: knowledgeconference@yahoo.com

Free electronic books for download

Students, teachers, tutors, lecturers, researchers and many others are able to download the full electronic books free. Click here to access the database

MUHAS Institutional Repository

The institutional repository of the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Health Sciences (MUHAS) in Tanzania is mapped at the Directory of Academic Open Access Repositories (OpenDOAR) service that provides a quality-assured listing of open access repositories around the world Only two institutions from Tanzania are mapped in the OpenDIAr including MUHAS and Ifakara Health Institute. Let us congratulate these two institutions for increasing visibility of research outputs produced in the country.