| Dear Centre Leaders,
Greetings from the INDEPTH Secretariat. We hope you have had a good week.
We have the following items for your attention:
1. Music concert marks end of Nouna scientific meeting
The 3rd Scientific Days of Nouna Health Research Centre (CRSN) ended on a high note on Saturday with a social event at the town centre with hundreds of Nouna residents and conference participants attending.
The concert featured prominent artists in Burkina Faso: Awa Sissao, Solo Dja, Some Kabako, Sali Star Nouna and Jean Robert Dédougou.
Nouna Health Research Centre is one of five INDEPTH member centres in Burkina Faso. CRSN Communication Officer Seydou Compaore said the centre organises such events to increase public awareness on their research work and to reach people with important messages. He said the event entertains people and promotes the work of Burkinabe artists to local and foreign audiences, the later through the participants of the meeting who came from abroad.
For three days, the Nouna Health Research Centre hosted scientists from the country and abroad in one of the largest gathering of researchers in Burkina Faso.
The meeting held on 30 July -1 August 2015 was opened by the Burkinabe Minister of Health, Dr Amede Prosper Guiguemde, who was also accompanied by his Research and Innovation counterpart, Prof Jean Noel Poda.
The two ministers took part in a panel discussion on the disconnection between researchers and policymakers, and mentioned some challenges that made it difficult for the government to use research evidence in making decisions.
Dr Amede Prosper Guiguemde advised research centres to find more practical and simpler ways of communicating research results, “and not expect that policymakers will use findings as published in scientific papers.”
The minister said policymakers were under pressure from their constituents to make decisions. Unfortunately, he said, researchers need a lot of time to provide solutions to the questions that policymakers want answered quickly and as a result decisions were made without research evidence.
However, some researchers in the meeting challenged policymakers for not being clear on country priorities which researchers could focus on.
Another panelist who represented the ordinary people said communities around research institutions were getting tired of being research participants.
He said scientists take samples from people, they also fill in so many questionnaires but they (scientists) do not come back to tell them (the people) the end results.
The theme of the three-day meeting was “Research for health: Strategies for better implication of policy makers in the financing of research and utilisation of research results.”
Issues covered during the meeting include: Strategies for better appropriation and utilisation of research results towards improving community health care provision; health research financing for equitable health care access in Africa and research for development.
2. TDR International Postgraduate Scholarships
A. Call for TDR International Postgraduate Scholarship on Implementation Science for 2016 Academic Year
The University of the Witwatersrand’s School of Public Health announces a call for full-time Master and Doctoral Degree Programmes in the field of Implementation Science. The award for the programmes is provided by TDR, the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases hosted at the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland.
The degree programmes are open to candidates from a range of disciplines including Clinical and other health-related fields; Statistics and other quantitative fields, as well as Demography and Social Sciences. The degree programmes should also appeal to candidates who want to become more involved in research in health-related fields.
Application deadline for Masters Degree Programme: 15 August 2015
Application deadline for PhD Degree Programme: 31 August 2015
Application deadline for TDR scholarship: 15 September 2015
Please see attached for details.
B. School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Legon
(Academic Year 2015/2016)
School of Public Health, University of Ghana, is pleased to invite suitably qualified candidates to apply for a place in the following full-time postgraduate programmes, with a focus on Implementation Research, for the 2015/2016 academic year, commencing October 2015 for Master’s and January 2016 for PhDs..
Master’s Degree Scholarships (12 months - Fulltime)
- Master’s in Public Health
- MSc Applied Health and Social Sciences
- MSc Occupational Health/Hygiene
PhD Scholarships (48 months – Fulltime)
Deadline for applications: Not stated (but the earlier the better)
Fellowships are available for applicants from low- and middle-income countries within the WHO Afro Region.
For any queries, more information and application procedures:
- Ms Empi Baryeh, (ebaryeh@ug.edu.gh)
- Mrs Abena Engmann, (aengmann@ug.edu.gh)
- http://www.publichealth.ug.edu.gh/tdr
C. JPGSPH MPH, BRAC University, Bangladesh
(Academic Year 2016-2017)
The James P. Grant School of Public Health (JPGSPH), BRAC University is accepting applications for WHO TDR International Post Graduate Training Scheme (TIPS) for its 12th batch of Master of Public Health (MPH) Programme beginning in January 2016.
Deadline for applications: August 31, 2015
Fellowships are available for applicants from low- and middle-income countries of WHO South-East Asia and West Pacific regions.
For any queries, more information and application procedures (see flyer or check links below):
http://sph.bracu.ac.bd/
3. 7th UAPS abstract submission period extended
The Secretariat of the Union for African Population Studies is pleased to announce that the deadline for abstract submission has been extended to August 9, 2015. Please register and submit your abstract online.
We also ask that you share our conference posters within your networks and beyond. Please see attached the conference posters.
4. ISC/AGM 2015 Registration
 All sites/centres that have not registered for the ISC 2015 are encouraged to do so.
The ISC will take place from 11 - 13, November 2015 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Arrival: 10 November 2015, Departure : 14 November 2015
Annual General Meeting: 14 November 2015 for Centre Leaders (Departure : 15 November 2015)
The registration link is http://indepth-network.org/isc2015.php
Please note that it is a membership requirement to attend the AGM in Addis Ababa.
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