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WITS School of Public Health; Post Graduate admissions 2009: Msc. in Population-based field epidemiology Applications are invited for admission in 2009 to the following programmes:n DSS work. Master of Science in the field of Population-Based Field Epidemiology (INDEPTH Scientific and Leadership Programme) Coursework is 18 months full time with a 6-month field placement. Limited number of fellowships available through INDEPTH and from TDR/WHO 8th INDEPTH Annual General & Scientific Meeting8 INDEPTH prize for Extraordinary ResearchThis year the INDEPTH Secretariat intends to award the INDEPTH Price for Extraordinary research in population and health research (see announcement) at the AGM in Dar es Salam. You are encouraged to send in nominations before July 31, 2008. The announcement spells out the details and requirements Read More » INDEPTH Network - Leading Research in Africa & AsiaPublic health decision-making is critically dependent on the availability of sound data. One cannot but agree with the Physicist Niels Bohr when he stated in 1930 that "nothing exists until it is measured HDSS- University Population Programme CollaborationThis programme, funded by Hewlett Foundation, strives to match analytic opportunities among HDSS sites with University population science training programmes in Kenya, South Africa and Ghana Read More>> INDEPTH cross-site capacity strengthening small grantsThis programme, funded by Sida/SAREC fosters research collaboration and research training between INDEPTH sites throuh small grants to at least three member sites participating in a cross-site activityRead More>> Bridging the communication barrier; A new INDEPTH Initiative (PDF)Twelve students from nine INDEPTH sites in seven countries to be sponsored for the MSc. in Population-based Field Epidemiology in 2008Twelve students from nine INDEPTH sites in seven countries have been admitted by the University of the Witwatersrand to pursue the eighteen-month Master of Science in Population-based field Epidemiology, under the auspices of the INDEPTH Scientific Development and Leadership Programme. Read More »News Bulletin, December 2007, Vol 7Our news bulletins give you updates on network activities, but also on interesting activities from member site. Read More »RAKAI HDSS: A pacesetter in HIV research and a Center of ExcellenceStarted in 1988 as the Rakai Project, the RAKAI Project has twenty years down the line been fully transformed to the RAKAI Health Sciences Program with support from NIH and John Hopkins University Read More »IGANGA/MAYUGE HDSS: Taking the lead in trying new technologies for DSS data CollectionYoung as it may be (Established in 2004), Iganga/Mayuge HDSS is taking the lead in the testing of PDAs for longitudinal Data collection Read More »Developing a Prototype for Data Sharing; Building capacity in Data management across India, Thailand and Papua New GuineaThis project which involves Vadu, Kanchanaburi and Wosera DSS aims to harmonize data through protocols that facilitate data sharing and cross-site analysis Read More »More calls and announcementsRead More » |
(July 2008) Dr. Osman Sankoh On Monday 21st July, INDEPTH’s Acting Finance Manager, Mr Sixtus Apaliyah, bowed to accept a traditional Indian welcome – red powder marked on his forehead. A few minutes later, I slapped my own forehead, thinking a housefly had landed on it. Only when I looked at my fingers did I remember that I too had some of the red powder on my forehead. We were right in the middle of a different culture, in an Indian village. INDEPTH indeed connects peoples as well as institutions. |
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