STEER Program - Elective opportunity at Texas-Mexico border medical and public health students

rnational experience without leaving home.

Tuition free for students in US-accredited schools of medicine and public health. Housing provided for only $600/month. Most students’ schools give credit for STEER. Some programs offer global health credit for STEER elective. Some students have chosen STEER to fulfill their public health practicum. Presenters are bilingual. Spanish not necessary.

At present, the STEER students do not cross into Mexico. Nevertheless, the Border provides a unique bicultural (90% Hispanic), bilingual learning environment, with a focus on the concerns of our nation’s border with Mexico – poverty, water and air pollution, immigration, sanitation, imports, the border “fence” and a medically underserved population threatened by infectious diseases such as dengue, tuberculosis, rabies as well as high rates of obesity and diabetes.

More than 25 presenters – all experts in their own right – will answer your questions: What are the biggest challenges border residents face? How are the medical and public health systems of both nations working to address these concerns? How do health concerns at the US-Mexico Border affect every US citizen?

STEER offers training in two locations along the U.S.-Mexico Border─Laredo and Harlingen, Texas.

See the attached article, flyer and our website http://steer.uthscsa.edu for information and application or contact us directly at steer@uthscsa.edu.

Let us hear from you today by contacting Stella Olveda, Project Coordinator, at (210) 562-6550 or via email at Olveda@uthscsa.edu.

Gates Foundation Jobs

Currently open positions with the Infectious Diseases team at Gates Foundation.

Associate Program Officer, Infectious Diseases

Senior Program Officer, Enteric & Diarrheal Diseases

Senior Program Officer, Pneumonia

Senior Program Officer, Surveillance

http://www.gatesfoundation.org/jobs/Pages/job-search.aspx

		Global Health Program	Vaccine Delivery	Seattle
		Associate Program Officer - Global Health		Global Health Program	Policy and Advocacy	Seattle
		Associate Program Officer - Pneumo/EDD		Global Health Program	Infectious Diseases	Seattle
		Deputy Director - Developing Country Immunization Programs		Global Health Program	Vaccine Delivery	Seattle
		Deputy Director - Global Health		Global Health Program	Family Health	Seattle
		Deputy Director - Global Health Industry Partnerships		Global Health Program	Administration	Seattle
		Deputy Director - Human Host-Microbe and Vaccine Biology		Global Health Program	Discovery	Seattle
		Deputy Director - Polio Program		Global Health Program	Vaccine Delivery	Seattle
		Deputy Director - Strategic Program Lead, Nutrition		Global Health Program	Family Health	Seattle
		Deputy Director & Strategic Program Lead, Neglected Tropical Diseases		Global Health Program	Infectious Diseases	Seattle
		Deputy Director for Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health		Global Health Program	Family Health	Seattle
		Grants Administrator		Global Health Program	Operations	Seattle
		Portfolio Manager - HIV/TB		Global Health Program	HIV	Seattle
		Program Assistant		Global Health Program	Global Health Strategy	Seattle
		Program Assistant		Global Health Program	Policy and Advocacy	Seattle
		Program Officer - Global Health		Global Health Program	Policy and Advocacy	Seattle
		Program Officer - Global Health Product Development Funding		Global Health Program	Policy and Advocacy	Seattle
		Senior Program Officer - Enteric & Diarrheal Diseases		Global Health Program	Infectious Diseases	Seattle
		Senior Program Officer - Global Health		Global Health Program	Administration	Seattle
		Senior Program Officer - Health Care Financing & Efficiency		Global Health Program	Policy and Advocacy	Seattle
		Senior Program Officer - India, Program Lead		Global Health Program	Vaccine Delivery	Seattle
		Senior Program Officer - Pneumonia		Global Health Program	Infectious Diseases	Seattle
		Senior Program Officer HIV/AIDs, TB & Malaria		Global Health Program	Policy and Advocacy	Seattle
		Senior Program Officer, New Vaccine Introduction, Commercialization		Global Health Program	Vaccine Delivery	Seattle

Recommended Reading

Priority actions for the non-communicable disease crisis

Robert Beaglehole, Ruth Bonita, Richard Horton, Cary Adams, George Alleyne, Perviz Asaria, Vanessa Baugh, Henk Bekedam, Nils Billo, Sally Casswell, Michele Cecchini, Ruth Colagiuri, Stephen Colagiuri, Tea Collins, Shah Ebrahim, Michael Engelgau, Gauden Galea, Thomas Gaziano, Robert Geneau, Andy Haines, James Hospedales, Prabhat Jha, Ann Keeling, Stephen Leeder, Paul Lincoln, Martin McKee, Judith Mackay, Roger Magnusson, Rob Moodie, Modi Mwatsama, Sania Nishtar, Bo Norrving, David Patterson, Peter Piot, Johanna Ralston, Manju Rani, K Srinath Reddy, Franco Sassi, Nick Sheron, David Stuckler, Il Suh, Julie Torode, Cherian Varghese, Judith Watt, for The Lancet NCD Action Group and the NCD Alliance

Published online April 6, 2011 www.thelancet.com DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60393-0

Abstract:

The UN High-Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in September, 2011, is an unprecedented opportunity to create a sustained global movement against premature death and preventable morbidity and disability from NCDs, mainly heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes, and chronic respiratory disease. The increasing global crisis in NCDs is a barrier to development goals including poverty reduction, health equity, economic stability, and human security. The Lancet NCD Action Group and the NCD Alliance propose five overarching priority actions for the response to the crisis—leadership, prevention, treatment, international cooperation, and monitoring and accountability—and the delivery of five priority interventions—tobacco control, salt reduction, improved diets and physical activity, reduction in hazardous alcohol intake, and essential drugs and technologies. The priority interventions were chosen for their health effects, cost-effectiveness, low costs of implementation, and political and financial feasibility. The most urgent and immediate priority is tobacco control. We propose as a goal for 2040, a world essentially free from tobacco where less than 5% of people use tobacco. Implementation of the priority interventions, at an estimated global commitment of about US$9 billion per year, will bring enormous benefits to social and economic development and to the health sector. If widely adopted, these interventions will achieve the global goal of reducing NCD death rates by 2% per year, averting tens of millions of premature deaths in this decade.

http://tbe.taleo.net/NA2/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=IRC&cws=1&rid=6888

Public Health Intern - International Rescue Committee, Rwanda, Deadline: April-25-2011

Public Health Intern

Sector: Health

Location: Rwanda

Employee Type: Intern

Employee Category: Full Time

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities, we restore safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads the way from harm to home.

BACKGROUND:

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) launched the Rwanda program following the genocide tragedy of 1994. At the early stage, the focus was on emergency and relief interventions, shifting afterwards to post conflict development programming. Today, the IRC Rwanda program is part of a three INGO consortium (IRC, Concern Worldwide and World Relief) implementing a five year USAID funded Expanded Impact Child Survival Program (EIP) known as Kabeho Mwana in Kinyarwanda.

The Kabeho Mwana Program is a collaborative effort of Concern Worldwide (CW), International Rescue Committee (IRC) and World Relief (WR), building on the successes and lessons learned from all three partners’ previous child survival programs in Rwanda and elsewhere. This Expanded Impact program, end September 2011, is the first ever to have been implemented in Rwanda. The program operates in six out of the 30 districts of Rwanda (Kirehe, Gisagara, Ngoma, Nyaruguru, Nyamagabe, and Nyamasheke), covering approximately one-fifth of the country. IRC is leading the consortium in the Eastern province. The program’s goal is to reduce child mortality in six underserved districts reaching over 300 thousand children under five years. Technical interventions address the three leading direct causes of child mortality in Rwanda: malaria, diarrhea, and pneumonia. The program provides leadership in the field application of the national community integrated management of childhood illness (C-IMCI) strategy, prioritizing social mobilization and community case management through skilled, equipped and supervised Community Health Workers (CHWs). Key approaches are built around enhancing family health practices at the household level, increasing quality of child health care services at the community level and enhancing community and local health services partnerships.

The Knowledge Practices and Coverage survey (KPC) is a small population based survey developed specifically for USAID child survival grants. The tool consists of 3 parts: Rapid CATCH, Key indicators, and KPC modules which all address the following technical areas: Maternal and Newborn Care; Breastfeeding and Infant and Young Child Feeding; Vitamin A Supplementation; Immunization; Malaria; CDD; ARI; Water and Sanitation; and Anthropometrics. Results of the KPC form the quantitative foundation of the project’s final evaluation.

IRC leading the way from harm to home.

IRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

IRC considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability.

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Robert E. Shope International Fellowship in Infectious Diseases Application Deadline: June 8, 2011 Download application guidelines here. Robert E. Shope, MD (1929 – 2004) devoted his career to the study of viruses carried by mosquitoes, ticks and other biting insects. One of the world’s foremost authorities on insect-borne viruses, he discovered and characterized more previously unknown viruses than any other person in history. He was often called a “walking encyclopedia” of viruses, who made major contributions to the understanding of infectious diseases and the promotion of global health. His lifelong contributions to our understanding of arthropod-borne viruses, hemorrhagic fever viruses and the diseases these viruses cause are without equal. Bob Shope was a clinician, virologist, epidemiologist and more. In 2005, to honor Dr. Shope, a past president and beloved member, the Society unanimously agreed to establish a Fellowship in his name. The Robert E. Shope International Fellowship in Infectious Diseases. The Fellowship honors his significant contributions in the areas of arbovirology and emerging infectious diseases. Recipients inspired by Dr. Shope will involve themselves in studies of arbovirology and/or emerging diseases from clinical to field to laboratory studies. The Fellowship is administered by the Society’s Robert E. Shope International Fellowship Committee and provides support for international training opportunities in arbovirology and emerging diseases for those with an MD, DVM, PhD or related doctoral degree. Eligibility details · Full-time post-doctoral fellows (PhD, DVM, MD or the equivalent) with positions at North American institutions who study any tropical infectious disease in arbovirology and/or emerging tropical infectious diseases. · Co-mentors must be identified both at a North American institution and at an international institution or site. · Sponsoring North American and international institutions are responsible for assuring that the proposed studies are compliant with contemporary regulations, including those related to human subjects and pathogens. · Projects must begin after August 1, 2011. · Preference will be given to applicants sponsored by an ASTMH member. · Preference will be given to applications focused on arbovirology and studies of related pathogens. Funding Financial support of $25,000 for a short-term research experience in the tropics. The purpose of the funding is to help defray travel costs, living expenses and/or research abroad. Submission timeline Beginning May 4, 2011, applications may be submitted online via the link posted at http://www.astmh.org/funding/index.cfm Award notice Applicants will be notified of decisions in late August, 2011. American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 111 Deer Lake Road, Suite 100 • Deerfield, IL 60015 USA +1-847-480-9592 • Fax +1-847-480-9282 www.astmh.org