A Conversation with Haitian Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe Wednesday, April 17th
Foreign Direct Investment v. Foreign Aid: What is the Future of Haiti? A Conversation with Haitian Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe
Wednesday April 17 at 6 PM
Ames Courtroom in Austin Hall
Harvard Law School
Joined by Jerry Tardieu, CEO of Royal Oasis, HKS ’00 and Daniele Jean-Pierre, USAID Chief Legal Officer in Haiti, HLS ’01
Brought to you by the Harvard Haitian Alliance, the Harvard Alumni of Haiti, the Harvard Black Law Students Association, The Business Industry and Government Club (Student Club of HBS, Inc.), The Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at Harvard.
Please find campus directions at http://www.law.harvard.edu/about/nwc/planspics_campusmap.htm
Infectious and Non-Communicable Disease Emphasis Area Journal Club Event: Resurgence of pertussis in the US, a public health failure?
Join Dr. Chris Gill on April 22nd from 12 to 1pm in CT305 to discuss two brief journal articles about the Pertussis vaccination. All students welcome to join, and INCD Emphasis Area students are encouraged to attend. Pizza will be provided!
Articles: nejmc pertussis 1 and nejmcPertussis 2
Please RSVP to emorin@bu.edu if you plan on attending.
Swasti summer internships still available in India
Please see the attached flyer for more information: Internship info- Swasti
Give Change to Make Change!
Flying Kites is committed to raising the standard of care available to some of the world’s poorest children. The company was founded in 2007 when a small group of volunteers built a Home and Leadership Academy for orphaned children in the slopes of the Aberdares Mountains in Kinangop Kenya, providing high quality residential care to Kenya’s orphaned and abused children. With an emphasis on exemplary care, education and compassion
Flying Kites gives impoverished children the resources they need to build exceptional lives, families, and communities. To support these children, our team is working with Flying Kites to raise funds on their behalf. Our fundraising project, Give change to make change!, seeks to support Flying Kites in providing a supportive home, education, and the resources needed to build exceptional lives for underprivileged children in Kenya by generating a minimum of $200 to sponsor a child for the duration of one year.
The team will collaborate with local cafes and eateries to run a collection jar campaign. Collection jars will be placed on the counters by the registers so patrons can donate the change from their purchase. We will put out change jars at Chequers Cafe and Peet’s Coffee and Tea at the Boston University Medical Campus, Andre’s Cafe on 811 Harrison Ave., and the Crosstown Building on 811 Massachusetts Ave. The jars will be placed at the counters from Monday, March 25th to Friday, April 12th.
Can you read Hindi fluently? Your help is needed for a CGHD research project!
Can you read Hindi fluently? Do you have a few hours in the next two weeks to help translate forms for a research project? If so, please contact Ariel Falconer at falconer@bu.edu with your availability and interest. No compensation is available, but we would truly appreciate your help.
Ipas Health Systems Intern position opening!
Job Title: Health Systems Intern
Job Location: US-NC-Chapel Hill
Description: The Ipas Health Systems unit in Chapel Hill, NC is seeking an Intern to work on developing guidance for Ipas country programs to assist them in holding governments accountable for meeting the health needs of their populations with an emphasis on maternal health. The World Health Organization’s Strengthening Health Systems - Framework for Action will serve as a basis for structuring this guidance. The intern will identify mechanisms used at the global, national and local levels to give the public greater say in how health systems are run, including how health authorities are held accountable for their work. For example, the first report of the independent Expert Review Group (iERG) was made in 2012 to the UN Commission on Information and Accountability for Women’s and Children’s Health as a means of reporting progress on the Global Strategy for Women’s and Children’s Health. The intern will identify elements of accountability and distill best practices into pragmatic guidance for in-country staff to use/adapt, at the national, sub-regional or local levels.
Work with the Ipas Health Systems team to complete the following activities:
Review existing literature on effective strategies for holding governments accountable for meeting the health needs of their populations with an emphasis on maternal and child health. The review should include identification of existing monitoring tools, mechanisms or indicators.
Conduct a limited review of strategies used by Ipas to date that have proved to be effective in achieving the above.
Summarize results, findings and recommendations in the form of draft guidance for internal use by Ipas staff and a draft dissemination plan for sharing the guidance internally with Ipas staff.
Final Products(s):
A draft guidance document that summarizes effective practices for holding governments accountable for health needs of populations and internal dissemination plan.
Requirements:
Current enrollment in a graduate or professional program and eligible to receive academic credit for the internship
Experience in public health policy or program design
Interest in and demonstrated understanding of public health policy and practice
Strong oral and written communication
Strong analytical skills
Ability to work well independently
Preferred Experience:
Experience in public health policy or programming, with international background desirable.
Spanish language skills are a plus.
Hours/Timeframe: The internship is estimated to require 225 hours, completed over a 6-8 week period between May and July
ICIMS Link http://jobs-ipas.icims.com/jobs/1356/job
Condom Couture BU FACE AIDS Fashion Show April 11th!
FACE AIDS of Boston University is proud to present Condom Couture, BU's first fashion show featuring outfits made out of CONDOMS! Please join us in de-stigmatizing HIV/AIDS and other issues of sexual health while simultaneously showcasing the outrageously stylish designs of a variety of BU student groups. The proceeds will go to the FACE AIDS Beyond Medicines Campaign and will support Partner In Health's programs in rural Rwanda.
The event will be hosted by the fabulous Liza Lott (of Machine fame) and Ms. Kris Knievil and will feature performances by Frank & Dependent and BU Dheem. Sheila Davis, Chief Nursing Officer at Partners In Health, Sophie Godley, Professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences at the BU School of Public Health, and Fernando Ona, Professor in the Department of Health Sciences at BU's Sargent College, will judge strut, style, and safe sex expertise. The 14 models will be accessorized with handbags by Angela & Roi and jewelry by Skiler Love.
Tickets are $7 and can be purchased here: http://bufaceaids.eventbrite.com/
The red carpet (and condoms) roll out April 11th from 7 to 9PM at the Jacob Sleeper Auditorium, 871 Commonwealth Ave.
April Mock Interviews for International Health Concentrators!
Career Services Offering to IH Students: April Mock Interviews
The Career Services Office will be holding Mock Interviews during April for IH Concentrators. For those of you in active job or practicum searches, this is a great opportunity to practice and gain concrete feedback. The interviews will be held in 30-minute intervals with either Jeff Waller or Patricia Burns, both of whom are IH Practitioners. You will practice for 20 minutes and then receive/discuss feedback. Please see details below. For questions, please email Lisa Toby at ltoby@bu.edu.
Signing up for a Time Slot
- Log into your SPH CareerLink account. From your home page, go to the “Events” section at top and then click on “Workshops”.
- You will then see listings for “IH Mock Interviews” followed by each April date and the person with whom you will meet.
- Click on the date you would like to RSVP, and pick a time slot from the drop down list.
- Once you have picked a time, hit “RSVP”.
- After you have RSVP’d, please send a current resume and target job posting no later than 2 days prior to your meeting to:
- For Patricia Burns – send to pjburns@rcn.com
- For Jeff Waller – send to wililar@comcast.net
- Please write “IH Mock Interview with Interview Date and Time” in the subject line.
Preparing for the Mock Interview
Professional attire is recommended. Students should prepare responses to the following potential interview questions:
- Tell me about yourself?
- What about our organization and this position appeals to you?
- Can you tell me about your XXX skills and how you successfully applied XXX during a project. Note: This “XXX” will be a technical skill that Patricia Burns or Jeff Waller will ask based on your target job. Examples might be Monitoring & Evaluation, Data or Policy Analysis, Financial Management, etc.
- Tell me about an accomplishment you are most proud of.
- One “soft skill” question, such as, can you tell me about a time when you faced a challenge working on a team project? How did you handle it?
- Where do you see yourself in 3-5 years?
- What questions do you have for me?
Receiving Feedback
After the interview (about 20 minutes), you will receive feedback on the following:
- Handshake, eye contact, body language.
- Did you communicate well in sharing examples of your skills/knowledge/interests in relation to the job?
- Did you showcase that you did research on the organization?
- Did you build rapport?
- Did you come across passionate about the job?
- Were you confident? Were you overconfident?
- Did you have 2 good questions prepared?
