The African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF) is an African, non-profit, regional health NGO whose mission is to empower disadvantaged people in Africa to enjoy better health. We have over five hundred employees throughout Africa, and Headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, with country offices in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and South Africa and field offices in Ethiopia, and Mozambique and Somalia. We are searching for suitable candidates to fill the challenging position of Programme Monitoring and Evaluation Officer and Programme Development Officer in our Directorate of Programmes based at Headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya.

You may have read that in British Prime Minister's Tony Blair's second term of office in Downing Street, he wants to make Africa a personal priority. My colleague Lesley Abdela and I are therefore producing a short research paper for a United Kingdom Department of State in which we will put forward as many practical suggestions as possible on what could be done to - help reduce conflict in Africa; promote more equitable and sustainable development throughout the Continent. Both elements can benefit from fresh ('blue water') thinking and would significantly include the role of women in both conflict prevention/post-conflict reconstruction and in economic development. We have been asked to submit these new, fresh ideas quickly, and would therefore appreciate your views as soon as possible, and those of others you might forward this request to. Lesley Abdela and I will look forward to hearing from you/them. – Tim Symonds

The Bloomberg School of Public Health and Bioethics Institute, in collaboration with the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Clinical Bioethics, are pleased to announce the availability of a one-year training program in research ethics for scientists from sub-Saharan Africa. The fellowship will provide funding for scientists to study bioethics and research ethics, and also to do an independent project in their home country related to research ethics. Application for 2002 fellows are due on October 1, 2001. Additional information and application material can be downloaded from The Johns Hopkins University Bioethics Institute website or by contacting Dr. Suzanne Maman.