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  School of Public Health UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   STUDY WHILE YOU WORK:  APPLICATIONS FOR 2014 NOW OPEN M ASTER   IN  P UBLIC  H EALTH ˜˜ P OSTGRADUATE  D IPLOMA IN  P UBLIC  H EALTH ˜˜ P H D   The School of Public Health of the University of the Western Cape, South Africa equips health professionals with the knowledge and skills to contribute to transforming the health and welfare sectors in developing countries. Health professionals can study while they work, and gain credits incrementally towards a Master in Public Health or PG Diploma in Public Health. These flexible, modular Programmes use text-based learning modules and some e-learning opportunities as its learning media, with optional contact sessions in Cape Town in February/March and June/July every year. POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN PUBLIC HEALTH The Postgraduate Diploma in Public Health is an Honours level qualification (at NQF level 8). This one or two year programme provides in-depth

From: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) < ruglucia@paho.org > crossposted from: EQUIDAD@listserv.paho.org -----Original Message----- From: AULAKH, Bhupinder Kaur Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research (AHPSR) World Health Organization Thematic series: Promoting universal financial protection - Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research WHO   “……Every year about 100 million people are pushed into poverty because they have to pay for health services out-of-pocket.  The WHO has committed to assisting Member States to ensure universal access to quality and effective health services and to protecting their population from financial risk when doing so. As a contribution to fulfilling this commitment, the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, WHO has supported case-studies in seven low –and middle- income countries ( Costa Rica, Georgia, India, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania and Thailand – countries at very different stages o

Subject: NEWS RELEASE (FRANCAIS/ENGLISH) - Sommet à Dakar pour évaluer les progrès du droit à l’alimentation en Afrique de l’Ouest / Summit in Dakar to evaluate right to food progress in West Africa o From:  Bahram Ghazi   < bghazi@ohchr.org > English version, see below La version anglaise se trouve ci-dessous Sommet à Dakar pour évaluer les progrès du droit à l’alimentation en Afrique de l’Ouest DAKAR / GENÈVE (10 juin 2013) – Plus de 40 parlementaires, acteurs gouvernementaux, et représentants de la société civile et des institutions nationales pour les droits de l’homme se réuniront les 13 et 14 juin à Dakar afin d’identifier les meilleures pratiques visant à mettre en œuvre concrètement le droit de l’homme à une alimentation  adéquate dans la région. La consultation, convoquée par le Rapporteur spécial des Nations Unies pour le droit à l’alimentation, M. Olivier De Schutter, et organisée conjointement  avec le Bureau du Haut-Commissariat aux droits de l’homme et l