ScienceDirect and scopus scholarly databases are now available at MUHAS

ScienceDirect is the world's leading source for scientific, technical, and medical full text research.You can accelerate your research by exploring more than 2,500 peer-reviewed journals and 11,000 books in the following major fields: physical sciences and engineering, life sciences, health sciences, and social sciences and humanities.

ScienceDirect and Scopus databases are now accessible at MUHAS - Muhimbili Campus for free

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Access to SAGE Academic Database has been restored - MUHAS

SAGE provides access to full text journals in the following fields: health sciences; life & biomedical sciences; materials science & engineering; and social sciences & humanities.

SAGE database is now accessible at MUHAS - Muhimbili Campus

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Access to Emerald Academic Database has been restored - MUHAS

You can now access full text articles from Emerald - MUHAS Campus.

Emerald is the world's leading publisher of academic and professional literature in Health Care Management/Healthcare, Business, Accounting and Finance, Environment, Economics, Education, Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Humanities, and Library and Information Studies
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Going Global Conference 2013 - Call for proposals

Going Global 2013 will take place in Dubai, UAE on 4 - 6 March 2013 at the Dubai World Trade Centre.

The theme for Going Global 2013 is Globaleducation: knowledge-based economies for 21st century nations

Deadline:
Paper presentation - Monday 17 September 2012
Full conference session - Monday 17 September 2012
Poster presentations - Monday 23 November 2012
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Call for Abstracts – Global Maternal Health Conference 2013

GMHC2013 is a technical conference for scientists, researchers, and policy-makers to network, share knowledge, and build on progress toward eradicating preventable maternal mortality and morbidity by improving quality of care. The conference is co-sponsored by Management and Development for Health, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and the Maternal Health Task Force at the Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA.

In 2010, the first Global Maternal Health Conference was convened in New Delhi, as a partnership with the Public Health Foundation of India and the MHTF. The 2013 conference will build on the successful technical focus and abstract-driven structure of the 2010 conference.

GMHC2013 will be held at the Arusha International Conference Center in Tanzania, January 15-17, 2013, featuring:
- up to 700 participants/presenters
- parallel sessions and poster presentations within 5 tracks
- 3 plenary sessions with leading maternal health experts
- scholarships for developing country-based presenters
- high-level government officials
- a gala event at the new Mt. Meru Hotel
The GMHC 2013 Steering Committee has been established to oversee the conference program. The GMHC2013 Scientific Sub-Committee has been established to review and approve abstracts. A call for abstracts will be issued soon. Guidelines for submitting abstracts and information about conference tracks can be found at: www.maternalhealthtaskforce.org/gmhc2013
Abstracts can be submitted only online. The deadline for submissions is midnight EST, September 30th, 2012.
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International Conference on Technology and Communications in Health (ITCH): Call for Papers

The Call for Papers is available for the ITCH 2013 conference, to be held on February 21 – 23, 2013, venue the Inn at Laurel Point, Victoria, BC, Canada. The themes of ITCH 2013 will be “Available, tailored and closer: enabling health and healthcare through ICT”. ITCH is an international conference addressing Information Technology and Communications in Health (ITCH), organised by the School of Health Information Science, University of Victoria, BC, Canada (an Academic Institutional Member of IMIA).

Realizing the enabling potential of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) is the theme of ITCH 2013. The conference will focus on impacts of ICT on healthcare delivery and personal health. ITCH 2013 invites national and international papers that address one or more of the three broad characteristics of ICT that are realizing their enabling potential: Available, Tailored and Closer.

Persons interested in presenting should submit completed papers to the ITCH 2013 Steering Committee no later than September 10, 2012. Papers, which must be no longer than five pages, will be peer-reviewed for acceptance and publication in Proceedings – ITCH 2013. Authors will be notified of acceptance by October 18, 2012.

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INASP Small grants scheme -2012

The focus in 2012 will be to support research, consultation, stakeholder engagement and other types of needs analysis by organisations and individuals working in the following areas: Libraries and information science (LIS), Evidence-informed policy making, Research sector mapping and understanding
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“We can just Google it!”: Accuracy of Medical Information on the Internet

“We can just Google it!” is becoming our standard response to unanswered questions in life.
This study highlights the opportunities and pitfalls of using the internet to communicate medical in

formation. The internet is providing an opportunity for patients and family members to obtain additional medical information that they did not receive from their physicians, as well as to address questions that may arise and do not warrant a visit to a physician. On the other hand, the study also demonstrates that the quality of medical information on the internet varies widely. Click here for more details

CABI’S GLOBAL HEALTH DATABASES - DATABASE OF THE WEEK

.....provides access to journals in public health, medicine, human nutrition, parasitic, communicable and tropical diseases and medicinal plants. Requests usename and password from the librarian.
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IOP publishing database is now available at MUHAS

IOP publishing database is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal publishing articles on all aspects of nanoscience and nanotechnology.

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Commonwealth Scholarships and Awards

Applications may be in any of the following categories: Scholarships for Master, Doctoral (PhD) degrees of up to 3 years, One year research on a split-site basis, One year taught masters courses, Distance Learning Scholarships, Academic Fellowships, Professional Fellowships. Click here for more details

Research fellowships & grants

CODESRIA Higher Education Leadership Programme: Advanced Research Fellowships, 2012 Deadline: 15th September, 2012 TDR Clinical Research & Development Fellowships TDR's Empowerment grant and training activities aim to develop strong leadership in health research and decision making, so that high quality institutional and national systems can identify and manage research priorities. All applications must be received by 24th September 2012 at the latest. A scholarship for African scientist The application deadline is Saturday 29 September 2012

Dowload Valuable E-books for free

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Conferences: Call for papers

2nd Global Symposium on HSR: 

Registration deadline fast approaching

Registration deadline: August 31st, 2012

When: October 31 - November 3rd, 2012 - Beijing, China

Global Maternal Health Conference 2013

Global Maternal Health Conference 2013 (GMHC2013) is a technical conference for scientists, researchers, and policy-makers to network, share knowledge, and build on progress toward eradicating preventable maternal mortality and morbidity by improving the quality of maternal health care. The conference is co-sponsored by Management and Development for Health, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and the Maternal Health Task Force at the Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA.

Abstract should be submitted online by 31st September 2012

When: January 15-17, 2013 - Tanzania

Global Conference on Health Promotion 2013

World Health Organization (WHO) and the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health of Finland The Conference will assess achievements and aims for health promotion globally from Ottawa to Nairobi. It aims to address what works and how, identifying options for action, available processes, mechanisms and tools

When: June 10-14, 2013 - Finland

Open Access Africa 2012

BioMed Central - The conference will bring together researchers, librarians, university administrators, funders and other decision-makers to discuss open access publishing in an African context.

When: November 4th -5th, 2012 - Cape Town, South Africa

GETHealth Global Education and Technology Health Summit

John Hopkins University Center for Clinical Global Health Education, along with the World Health Organization (WHO) Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, the WHO Global Health Workforce Alliance, the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the mHealth Alliance, US Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Fogarty International Center, US National Institutes of Health (NIH).

When: October 2-3, 2012 - New York City, USA

21st IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion

The International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE) and Thai Health Promotion Foundation (ThaiHealth)

When: 25th to 29th August 2013 - Pattaya, Thailand Deadline for abstracts submission: December 20th, 2012

Research fellowships and funding opportunities

Postdoctoral Research fellowships for CHESAI - (IDRC funded project) UCT and UWC

Deadline: October 15th, 2012

Call for Proposals - Safe and Inclusive Cities: Reducing Urban Violence, Poverty, and Inequalities

International Development Research Centre

Deadline: August 26, 2012

Call - 3ie's Systematic Review Call 5

International Initiative for Impact Evaluation in partnership with the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)

Deadline: August 31, 2012

Call for letters of interest - Population health vulnerabilities to vector-borne diseases: Increasing resilience under climate change conditions in Africa

TDR - Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases

Deadline: September 10, 2012

IDRC Research Awards

International Development Research Centre

Deadline: September 12, 2012

Content offered by HINARI at MUHAS

The HINARI AGORA and OARE partners agreed last year to provide a mid-year notice to registered institutions indicating which publishers’ content would be available in their country, area or territory in the upcoming calendar year. We are happy to provide you that information at the following URL:

http://extranet.who.int/hinari/en/country_offer.php?country=102&institution=4

Please be aware that while the vast majority of our partner publishers have confirmed their offer for this year; there are a few that have not yet confirmed that they will make no changes in the coming year. We kindly invite you to check back at this URL if you need verification of the publisher offer later this year.  The link will provide the latest information we have received from the publishers.

Other latest news:

• In mid-July, HINARI, AGORA and OARE launched their new portals. Six languages are now available, including Arabic and Russian.  These new interfaces simplify access to journals, books, subjects, languages, publishers, PubMed or CAB Abstracts plus the various databases, article searching options and reference sources. 
• The complete list of Books is also available.
•  One significant feature has been added to our portals. Now you can export the complete list of journals from the option ‘View complete list of journals’, selecting ‘All Items’ tab. This is particularly useful for those institutions using Discovery Tools or adding journal links in their library catalogues.
•  Distance Learning Courses in English, Spanish, French and Portuguese are available through ITOCA and Medical Library Association Moodle servers. The courses are a series of PDF files and a Word exercises document. After the evaluation, a certificate is extended. 
• For those involved in Research4Life training, there is a new training module titled ‘Research4Life Programmes Comparison’.  It is an overview of HINARI, AGORA and OARE.  The three websites have similar key access points with the significant differences being the databases that are searched to identify articles.

MUHAS LIbrary toolbar

The MUHAS Library has just launched a downloadable library toolbar to allow single click access   a wide range of library collection right from your browser. 

The library Toolbar lets you keep us right at the top of your browser, no matter what web page you're visiting. Click here to download the library toolbar

Here's what you get:

• Online Library Catalogue - Bibliographic records of our books, journals and CDROMs delivered directly to your browser.
• Digital library services -   Acess to digital institutional repository, latest e-resources, theses, educational resources, CDROMs, and online tutorials  on information search techniques
• Powerful Search - Search the Web and get a wide choice of useful search engines.
• Subscribed e-journals - E-journals such as HINARI, Annual reviews, CABI Direct, Cochrane, Emerald.
• Notifications to Your Desktop - Receive our most important library news and announcements instantly.

Funding opportunitities, and Scholarships for PhDs and Masters

Call for innovative Proposals from early-stage scientists without prior experience in HIV cure research

The Special Round *Toward an HIV Cure* of the research grant programme *Creative and Novel Ideas in HIV Research (CNIHR)* invites early-stage scientists without prior experience in HIV cure research to submit innovative proposals to accelerate the search for an HIV cure. *Proposals for research projects with the potential to contribute to the search for an HIV cure can be submitted by 17 October 2012. Ten to twelve research grants worth up to US$ 150,000 per year, for direct research costs plus applicable indirect costs, for one to two years will be awarded* *Early-stage investigators, who have completed their terminal research degree (e.g., PhD, DVM, MMed + research training) within the past 10 years and who have a faculty position at an academic institution or a comparable position at a research institution, are eligible to apply. Applicants must have not yet been engaged in research toward an HIV cure (as defined by any previous grant, contract, sub-award or publication in HIV cure research).

* Research topics could include any aspect of science relating to research towards an HIV cure. Projects may not include prospective human interventional trials  (e.g. clinical trials of new drugs, treatments, or devices; or off-label
use of a licensed drug). Studies of animal models, stored samples from existing cohorts, small pathogenesis studies or in vitro trials are acceptable.

*The **Gates Vaccine InnovationAward**.$250,000

The Gates Vaccine Innovation Award is open to individuals from any discipline who work on the delivery of vaccines. Candidates from academic institutions, governments, health care facilities, research institutions, non-profit organizations and for-profit companies may be nominated.

*THET Call for concept papers for Multi-Country Partnership grants to carryout training and capacity-buildingprojects in low-income countries.*

THET is pleased to announce a call for concept papers for Multi-Country Partnership grants. The grants form part of the Health Partnership Scheme (HPS) which is a four-year programme that funds health partnerships to carry out training and capacity-building projects in low-income countries. The scheme is funded by the UK Department for International Development. The Health Partnership Scheme aims to strengthen Human Resources for Health to deliver demonstrable results in health outcomes for poor people in poor and DFID and Devolved Administration priority countries.

*UN Trust Fund 2013 Call for Proposals for Small Grants*

The United Nations (UN) Trust Fund is accepting applications for its Small Grants Programme under the Second Decade Call for Proposals for the year 2013. The Fund will mainly be used for small grants projects with a budget for up to US $10,000 covering one year’s expenses. Applications for grants under the Small Grants Programme under the Second Decade will be accepted between 1 August 2012 and 1 October 2012. The Fund will give priority to projects that focus on the areas of health (physical and mental well-being) and education (such as language revitalization).

*The Red Umbrella Fund **for sex-worker-led organisations and networks.*

The Red Umbrella Fund is the first-ever and new global grantmaking fund by and for sex workers. The Red Umbrella Fund is offering funding for sex-worker-led organisations and networks. The first-year grantmaking budget of the RUF is $700,000. The Red Umbrella Fund will provide start-up funding, multi-year and core funding, support for peer-led capacity-building and exchanges, and emergency grants to sex worker led organisations.  Grant amounts will be between $5,000 and $50,000.

*Call for Applications for the $50,000 PRISM Training and Career Development Program Awards  *

The Infectious Disease Research Collaboration (IDRC) is pleased to announce that funding for research projects and support of skills training and career development. Research projects should be limited to 1-2 years duration.

*The Girls' Education Challenge Fund* 

*(**Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Burma, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nepal, Nigeria, Occupied Palestinian Territories, Pakistan, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe).

*Funding of between £250,000 and £2 million will be available for the most innovative, effective and well evaluated pilot projects that support marginalised girls to succeed in their education. Any successful application will need to demonstrate new ideas and cost effective approaches to reaching girls in the most difficult circumstances.

Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research (PEER)Health to support collaborative research projects on implementation science.***

The PEER Health program provides grants to support scientists in 33 eligible countries implementation science projects in support of country-specific health priorities. The 2012 program cycle focuses on Child Survival. PEER Health is a competitive grants program that supports scientists from USAID-focus countries who are collaborating with NIH supported researchers on implementation science projects reflecting the health priorities of focus country researchers and governments.

*Interested applicants should note that the donor has revised both the

eligibility as well as extended the deadline*

*GlobalYouth Forum – Call for Applications*

Applications are invited for Global Youth Forum at Bali, Indonesia which will be held on 4th-6th of December. The ICPD Beyond 2014 Global Youth Forum aims to address these questions and represents the peak of efforts by UN agencies, young people and civil society to translate the participatory aspirations of the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) into a sustainable youth advocacy network.

All participants must have a valid passport with a minimum of 1 year until expiry. While applicants under the age of 30 will be considered, we particularly encourage young people between the ages of 18 and 24 to apply

*Flinders University Scholarships forInternational Students*

Flinders International Scholarships are now open to students from any country. Pursue a fully-funded Master's or PhD Degree in any field of study at Flinders University in Australia. Deadline is 31 August 2012. In addition, Flinders University provides the recipient with a generous living allowance paid at the rate of $23,728 per annum (2012 rate). It is tax exempt and indexed annually.

Commonwealth Scholarships for Master's and PhD study and Commonwealth Academic Fellowships*

Persons from developed and developing countries can apply for Masters, PHDs

and Fellowship scholarships available