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Two-part webinar series “Beyond Science: Ensuring equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics” from SingHealth Duke-NUS Global Health Institute

1st Webinar details:
Time: Wednesday, 2 December at 5pm – 6pm SGT
Register here: https://nus-sg.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0kc-iopjgoH921GZJ0mm44f-6hiJXelJbQ

In this webinar on challenges to equitable access, our speakers will look at lessons that can be learned from our past, drawing on historical trajectories of the response and management of diseases and emergencies like the HIV/AIDS epidemic that may yield lessons for COVID-19. We will also examine the role of major international agreements on equitable access to essential medications, vaccines and healthcare products, and explore legal options that facilitate or hinder access.

Speakers:
Dr Leena Menghaney
Regional Head (South Asia) at the Access Campaign
Médecins Sans Frontières

Dr Chris Vindurampulle
Senior Associate | Patent and Trade Mark Attorney
K&L Gates (Melbourne office)

Professor Mark Findlay
Director, Centre for AI and Data Governance
Singapore Management University

Ms Amina Mahmood Islam (moderator)
Deputy Director (Programme Development & Business Administration)
SingHealth Duke-NUS Global Health Institute

[WEBINAR] New Health Partnerships for Public Good- Building Future Health Systems for Universal Health Coverage: Redesigning health systems during COVID-19 and beyond

Please join us for an exciting next webinar on ‘New Primary Health Partnership Models – Redesigning Health Systems During COVID-19 and Beyond’ on 19 November at 11:30 AM GMT (6:30 PM Bangkok/Hanoi/Jakarta). It is organised by the HSG Private Sector in Health Thematic Working Group in collaboration with the Gates Ventures Exemplars in Global Health program. In collaboration with the Gates Exemplars in Global Health Program the Private Sector in Health thematic working group, Health Systems Global) are re-imagining new partnership models in Primary Healthcare as part of health systems re-design.

Register to attend: https://bit.ly/2I3fCmi

About the webinar
This webinar will highlight emerging innovative primary healthcare partnerships during and beyond COVID-19. The webinar will explore the role and contribution of non-state actors in primary healthcare partnerships in three country contexts in frontline surveillance and service delivery, advocacy and supply chains and addressing non-COVID related collateral healthcare. Panellists will discuss
· New new/innovative models of care that have emerged during COVID and its heath system impact?
o What has the response been? Is there evidence of impact?
· What are the enabling mechanisms that have made these models work?
o How has the implementation roll-out gone? Takeaways on what is needed to effectively launch a new partnership model?
· What does the future look like? How will these models to sustain themselves in a post-COVID scenario?

Panellists include:
· Dr Lew Yii Jen, Chief Executive Officer and Family Physician, National University Polyclinics, Singapore. Focus: Singapore’s primary care model and the COVID 19 -Pandemic preparedness clinic partnerships
· Mr. Dan Gwinnell, Project Director, Partners in Health – Focus: PIH’s innovative partnership with the State of New Jersey in COVID 19 response, Newark, New Jersey, United States
· Mr. Gustav Praekelt, Founder and Chairman of the Praekelt Group Praekelt.org –Focus: Suite of digital tools rolled out in partnership with Ministry of Health South Africa for primary health COVID response, South Africa
· Discussant – Dr. Lim Yee Wei, Associate Professor, NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health. Focus: Policy, practice and the role of leadership in fostering innovative health partnerships.

Facilitators
· Desta Lakew, Coordinating Committee member PSIH TWG, Amref Health Africa
· Dr. Priya Balasubramaniam, Coordinating Committee member PSIH TWG, Cntr for Sustainable Health Innovations, Singapore /Public Health Foundation of India
· Meredith Kimball, Health systems lead, Gates Ventures

"COVID-19 risks wiping out a decade of human capital gains. As countries respond to the pandemic, how can governments continue to deliver essential services such as health, education, and social protection to support a more inclusive and resilient recovery?"

Register and view this World Bank's event as part of their Annual Meetings 2020 at https://live.worldbank.org/human-capital-covid-19

Call for proposals: The Ethics of Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response

Deadline: 26 October 2020

The WHO Health Ethics and Governance Unit[1] invites proposals which address the ethics of COVID-19 public health preparedness and response. (Please note that we will also accept proposals that look beyond COVID-19 to focus on preparedness and response and research in public health emergencies more generally.) This call for proposals has been issued to support both the work of the Unit and PHEPREN (the Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Ethics Network)[2], which is currently focuses on the COVID-19 pandemic.

Research proposals may address any significant ethical aspects of public health preparedness and response to COVID-19. Themes of interest to WHO and PHEPREN include:

- Vulnerabilities & inequalities
- Political responsibilities
- Containment approaches
- Surveillance & monitoring
- Engagement & communication
- Health systems
- Data & sample sharing
- Research prioritisation & oversight

Call for proposals: The Ethics of Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Overview and objectivesThe WHO Health Ethics and Governance Unit[1] invites proposals which address the ethics of COVID-19 public health preparedness and response. (Please note that we will also accept proposals that look beyond COVID-19 to focus on preparedness and response and research in public h...

Will COVID-19 Derail the Quest for Universal Health Coverage in East Asia and the Pacific?
Register to join the live webcast on Wednesday October 7 @ 8 am Bangkok/Hanoi

Will COVID-19 Derail the Quest for Universal Health Coverage in East Asia and the Pacific? We are facing an unprecedented economic and health shock due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Join this panel of government officials to discuss public health spending policies in the time of COVID-19.

EAPRO Nutrition Section in BKK is seeking an intern to review multinational and national companies supplying processed foods in Indonesia, Philippines and China https://www.unicef.org/about/employ/?job=523586&fbclid=IwAR0Q7Wax4V0X0Nt0Sfc3FHfzID19IkI9Vg6BN2e1W1IMj1a0x5ZrpfipjRA

Vacancies The United Nations Children's Fund - UNICEF - works for children's rights, their survival, development and protection, guided by the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Funding opportunities The Alliance HPSR issues calls for research proposals and bids on a regular basis targeted towards institutions from low- and middle-income countries.

WHO Thailand is looking for a National professional Officer working on NCDs. Deadline next week.

National Professional Officer (Noncommunicable Diseases) OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMMEThe objectives of the “Noncommunicable Diseases” (Category 2) team are to support Thailand in strengthening the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) including mental and neurological disorders, substance abuse and nutritional disorders. The NCD WHO...

Deadline next Monday 19 March - The Alliance HPSR invites applications from policy-makers from LMICs who are involved and interested in strengthening health systems, to participate in the Fifth Global Symposium on Health Systems Research in Liverpool from 8 to 12 October 2018.http://www.who.int/alliance-hpsr/callsforproposals/alliancehpsr_callpolicygroup_2018.pdf

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Calling on young innovators with social impact in Asia!

Join the upcoming summit in Indonesia from June 26 to July 1, 2018.

Co-created by Ashoka and the Robert Bosch Stiftung, the ChangemakerXchange is a global collaboration platform for young changemakers to connect and co-create with peers around the world!

Eligible countries: Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Indonesia, Timor Leste, South Korea, Japan, China, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh. We will also be accepting a few applicants from Europe with impact in these Asian countries.

APPLY NOW: Deadline for applications is on March 31, 2018 (Saturday) at 11:59 PM GMT+7.
APPLY HERE: changemakerxchange.com/apply

Scholarships Scholarships for Undergraduates, Graduates, and PhD Students The Heinrich Böll Foundation grants scholarships to approximately 1,000 undergraduates, graduates, and doctoral students of all subjects and nationalities per year. We hold the application process twice a year. The application deadlines a...