Friday 4 March 2016

Prof. Richard K. Mibey, Vice Chancellor - Moi University officially opened CARTA’s JAS 1 and Jas 4 at Safari Park Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya.  The one-month long seminars will run from February 29 to March 23, 2016. 25 fellows from cohort 6 and 19 fellows from cohort 3 are attending JAS 1 and 4 respectively.
“I am much honored to be here. This program is transforming people and making leaders for the continent,” said Prof. Mibey. “You have been chosen amongst many who equally qualified to join this program. Don’t take it for granted. We count on you to be the change agents in your universities, your countries and for this continent.”
From left: Dr. Alex Ezeh, CARTA director presenting a gift to Prof. Richrd K. Mibey, VC Moi University. Looking on is Prof. Anne Nangulu, CARTA Board Chair
Joint Advanced Seminars (JASes) are central to the training of doctoral students by the Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa (CARTA) program. The JASes offer students uninterrupted time off their usual work duties to be trained and work on their projects. Each fellow is expected to attend four JAS seminars. JAS 1 is for the new students while JAS 4 is for fellows in their final year of the program.
“CARTA was modeled as a 20-year program to deliver quality training to African students in population and health research on the background of growing demand for university education on the continent,” said Dr. Alex Ezeh, CARTA director. “Today, 8 years since the program was started, the challenge still remains and we need to ask ourselves who will train the university trainers.”
The JAS model by CARTA is uniquely structured and is residential. This way, students attending the seminars are able to remain true to the program tasks, learn collaboratively, interact with local and international facilitators, and develop and consolidate professional networks.
“Prepare yourselves for bigger things,” said Prof. Mibey while addressing cohort 6 fellows who are attending their first JAS.
“This program transforms lives and is bringing great development to the continent. I challenge the African Union (AU), East Africa Community (EAC), Inter-University Council for East Africa (IUCEA), and the Kenya Public University Caucus to work closely with CARTA and get involved in transforming PhD training on the continent and developing research leaders,” added Prof. Mibey.
The CARTA Program offers a quality enhancement to PhDs attained by its fellows and continues to influence the discourse in higher education and research in Africa through peer-reviewed publications and participation in international conferences. During the CARTA JASes fellows have access to over 500 cumulative years of experience from the facilitators. Writing, publishing, grant writing, policy engagement and community engagement are some of the skills that fellows are taught during the JASes.
“For us from the North, CARTA is an excellent example of how partnerships can be modeled and nurtured,” said Prof. Bo Eriksson of the University of Gothenburg. “I am very glad to participate at the CARTA JASes.”
Participants at the opening ceremony for JAS 1 and 4 at Safari Park hotel, Nairobi, Kenya








The ceremony was attended by amongst others the CARTA Board of Management Chair, Prof. Anne Nangulu and CARTA fellows from other cohorts.

Wednesday 2 March 2016

Call for Emerging Voices for Health Systems Research 2016

 Call for Emerging Voices for Global Health 2016
(EV4GH 2016)
At
The Fourth Global Health Symposium on Health Systems Research
‘Resilient and responsive health systems for a changing world’

The Fourth Global Symposium on Health Systems Research will take place in Vancouver on 14-18 November 2016. The call for abstracts for the symposium is now open and the homepage of the 4th symposium will soon be updated with the call for EV4GH’.

In 2016, continuing with the tradition of partnering with a significant health systems research symposium, we shall be having a new edition of EV4GH in close association and partnership with the 4th Global Symposium on health systems research (Vancouver symposium), organized by Health Systems Global. The theme for the Vancouver symposium is Resilient and responsive Health Systems for a changing worldThe symposium will take place from 14-18 November, 2016 at Vancouver.

2015 has been an important year for EV4GH. We now have a new globally representative governance structure as well as a new secretariat. Read more about the new governance structure and the secretariat in the updated about section of the website. We announced these changes on the updated News section of our website.

For EV4GH 2016, we will select young researchers who seek to become global health advocates and/or local change agents in their regions/countries. Spread the word and share the call with researchers, institutions and other global and local platforms.
The EV4GH 2016 call can also be downloaded as a PDF from the link below.
See more at : http://www.ev4gh.net/#sthash.wi9K6Rbn.dpuf