2013 News Archive

News from 2013

HIV, Human Rights and Development Seminar

World AIDS Day is held on 1st December every year. In Scotland people wear red ribbons as a symbol of respect and support for the almost 6,000 people living with HIV. In 2012 there were 350 new diagnoses of HIV in Scotland - almost one new case a day.

Professor Scott Murray and Dr Liz Grant were authors on the Global End of Life Report presented at the World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH) event in Doha.

With the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) expiring in 2015, the post-2015 development agenda is very much at the forefront of current discussion and debate.

A project aimed at eradicating sleeping sickness in Uganda has secured a prestigious award.

Speaker: Dr Lughano Kalongolera (College of Medicine, University of Malawi).

Sponsored by Jim Eadie MSP at the Scottish Parliament and co-hosted by the Global Health Academy

Speaker: Isaac Holeman (Co-founder, MedicMobile)

Robyn Whittaker and Malcolm Pollock are from the National Institute for Health Innovation (NIHI) at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Speaker: Professor David Cameron

Speaker: Dr Rufus Akinyemi(Head of Department, Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta, Nigeria)

Please join us for this first seminar in the new DPM seminar series to be given by Roger Peck, PATH. Jointly hosted by the Global Health Academy this is an evening event followed by a drinks reception.

Today celebrates "World Mental Health Day", an initiative to raise awareness about mental health disorders worldwide, which was instigated by the World Federation for Mental Health and the World Health Organisation (WHO) over two decades ago. The theme this year is ‘Mental Health and Older Adults’.

As part of developing their research work linked to operational priorities, Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) will fund up to three PhD studentships in 2014.

The Centre for Population Health Sciences at the University of Edinburgh has been officially designated the World Health Organization's Collaborating Centre for Population Health Research and Training.

As part of the Just Festival's programme, the Soweto Melodic Voices youth choir came to Edinburgh to perform at St John's Church.

Professor James Smith, Director of the Global Development Academy, will be giving the inaugural public Winter Lecture hosted by Edinburgh Infectious Diseases and the Global Health Academy.

Join us in exploring the Millennium Development Goals - their achievements to date and prospects post-2015

The speaker Dr Alastair Ager is currently Professor of Population and Family Health with the Program on Forced Migration and Health at Columbia University.

Join world-leading global health experts on September 18th 2013 at this RCPE ‘Hot Topic’ symposium where a range of major global health issues will be considered; such as, stillbirth in low and middle income countries, the challenges of progress in malaria control and new approaches to priority setting in global health.

The burden of disease and mortality is much higher in low-income countries, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. Concern regarding this has led to an increase in available funding for research from donor and research agencies, which has helped advance discovery and led to new treatments for some diseases.

The Centre of African Studies is seeking exceptional candidates for a fully funded Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) studentship, to start in September 2013.

The Lancet Global Health launched on Tuesday June 25 2013, with the online publication of a full issue of original research, accompanying commentary, and correspondence with direct relevance to practitioners and communities in low- and middle-income countries.

A new collaboration has been launched — The HIV, Human Rights and Development Network, to help stem the global HIV epidemic.