• The Bridge Building Series : which focuses on sharing knowledge for health between researchers, policy makers and knowledge intermediaries.
• Networks : Supporting the development of online networks and communities of practice in Africa. 
• Creation of an Open Educational Resources Database.

When  : 8th June, 2017 : 
Where : Royal Society of Medicine, London

What   :  In light of the current political shifts in the British, American and international contexts, this one-day meeting seeks to explore the role of the UK health care community in an ever-changing global health security agenda.

Topics include 

• The UK and Emergencye Medical Humanitarian Assistance
• Negotiating civil-military common spaces, cultures and trust
• Protection of health care i conflict : Where we are and we need to go
• The changing face of humanitarian work in violent contexts

More information and to apply for a place. 
 

The training will comprise of two main streams of career development:

• Health system strengthening (day 1)
• Humanitarian engagement (day 2)

The summer school was conceived to equip trainees with practical skills, academic insights and programmatic opportunities in global surgical work. With perspectives from LMICs, we put surgery, obstetrics and anaesthesia in context to better understand their ability to leverage the welfare of communities and the economic productivity of nations.

• WFPHA Newsletter 

• Includes chemical weapons, malaria, TB, South Sudan, medication without harm, reporting on health systems. 

• Includes World Economic Forum on Africa, Asian Development Bank, Global Fund for TB, HIV and Malaria, Billionaire gift for vessel to clear plastic waste from oceans

• 9 Essential facts you need to know (UN OCHA) 
• Infographic on humanitarian situation (UN OCHA) 
• More UN OCHA information on the Yemen (UN OCHA) 

• Congress backs famine relief, calls for political pressure on South Sudan(Devex) 
• WHO South Sudan Press releases (WHO) 

• Heifer Cambodia chief on innovation, sustainability and staffing local  (Devex) 

• UN uncertain about resettlement plans for Rohingya Muslims(Humanosphere) 

• Infographic about million people displaced by fighting in Kasai leading to flash appeal (UN OCHA) 

• Flooding in Peru, Columbia, Ecuador - increase in leptospirosis, chikungunya, Zika and dengue. (OCHA) 

• International Development Committee supports 10% of UK aid budget going to education (Devex) 

• Roll out of new malaria vaccine pilot (Devex) 

• Mexico eliminates infectious disease which is world's leading cause of blindness (Independent) 

• Report by Safeguarding Health 

• A look back at the World Economic Forum on Africa (Devex) 

• Mark Lowcock to take over from Jim O'Brien as UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs,

• Simon Bishop interview with Devex after his move move to Plan International UK  

• Trump nominates Mark Green as USAID administrator (Devex) 

• Communications for Development Volunteer (Closing date 22nd May, 2017) 

• Research Fellow - DfID funded Centre of Excellence for Development Impact and Learning (CEDIL) (Closing date 19th May, 2017) 
• Research Fellow - LINEA IIFaculty of Public Health & Policy (Gender Violence and Health) (Closing date 22nd May, 2017) 
• Deputy Director - CEDIL : Faculty of Public Health & Policy (Closing date 22nd May, 2017)
• Research Assistant (0.6 FTE - Tanzania) Faculty of Infectious & Tropical Diseases (Closing date 24th May, 2017) 
• Professor of Global Mental Health (Closing date 31st May, 2017) 
• Research Fellow, Social Science (Ethiopia) (Closing date 8th June, 2017) 

• Partnerships Manager (Closing date 29th May, 2017) 

• Grants Officer (Closing date 30th May, 2017) 

• Fundraising Lead Trustee (Unpaid : Closing date 30th May, 2017) 

• Programme/MEL Officer (Closing date 31st May, 2017) 

• Senior Advisor: Policy (PITCH) (Closing date 4th June, 2017) 

• Learning and Monitoring Coordinator (Closing date 9th June, 2017)