[Alma Mata] Global Health Newsletter: June 2008

[Emily Spry]

*Alma Mata Newsletter June 2008*

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Dear Member,

Welcome to the second email newsletter from Alma Mata, with news and events
for health care professionals with an interest in global health.

Please drop us a line with any comments or suggestions.

All the best from the Alma Mata Working Group


*...NEWS...*

*Do you to work abroad?*
Recent upheavals in how doctors are trained seem to have made it more
difficult for trainees to get time out of their programmes to work in
developing countries e.g. with VSO or MSF.  We are lobbying on this and I
am collecting the experiences from around the UK.  If you are a junior
doctor and have applied to have time out of your speciality training
programme (or plan to), please get in touch.  Email: emilyspry at gmail.com.

Check out the the new *global health site from the Lancet*, including the
latest news on the world food crisis, the multi-lateral ban on cluster bombs
and the "3 by 5" initiative to provide anti retrovirals for those infected
with HIV.  http://www.thelancetglobalhealthnetwork.com/index.php

*...EVENTS - THIS MONTH...*

*Carbon Reduction and Health*
BMJ, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and Faculty of Public
Health
30th June 2008
Heading for a carbon neutral NHS? Wanting to reduce your hospital's
carbon footprint? Tired of waste and pollution in the health service?...
http://www.rcpch.ac.uk/Education/Events/UK-Events#JUN08

*Health and Society Summer School: With International Health Option*
UCL, 30th June to 4th July 2008
Aimed at those working in public health and those investigating careers in
public health or associated subjects.  The five-day course includes options
in Social Determinants of Health and International Health. Price: £650
http://www.who.int/social_determinants/resources/csdh_media/csdh_summer_school_08_flyer.pdf

*...EVENTS - IN THE FUTURE...*

*The WHO Commission on the Social Determinants of Health*
15th July 2008, 5pm, International Institute for Society and Health, UCL
Professor Sir Michael Marmot
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/iish/seminars.htm

*Summer Course in Tropical Medicine*
24th August to 6th September 2008, National University of Rwanda, Butare
Application Deadline: 20th June 2008
http://www.tropicmed.butare2008.net/

*Alma Ata 30 years on - The Future of Primary Health Care*
Thursday 11th and Friday 12th September 2008
Organised by London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, the Lancet, the
Royal Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene and the Department for
International Development
http://www.m-dixon.com/profileproductions/registration.php?event=AT08

*International Health and Tropical Medicine 2008*
17th to 19th September 2008
The annual meeting of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
http://www.rstmh.ukevents.org/

Thank you for reading the Alma Mata newsletter June 2008

* The Alma Mata Working Group is the informal, voluntary group who aim to
keep Alma Mata muddling along.  If you would like to join our mailing list
or one of our meetings, please just drop me a line - our next meeting
is *Saturday
16th August 2008* in London and we would very much welcome anyone with a
passion for global health.*

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