<br><span class="gmail_quote">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Garance UPHAM</b> <a href="mailto:fannie.upham@gmail.com">fannie.upham@gmail.com</a><br><br></span>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt; COLOR: black">Young voices in research for health</span></b></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><span lang="EN-US" style="COLOR: black">The Global Forum for Health Research and <i>The Lancet</i></span></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><span lang="EN-US" style="COLOR: black">announce their 2009 essay competition</span></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><span lang="EN-US" style="COLOR: black">for the under 30s</span></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><span lang="EN-US" style="COLOR: black">on the theme</span></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="COLOR: black">Innovating for the health of all</span></b></p>
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<p><i><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">Eligibility</span></i></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 14.2pt; TEXT-INDENT: -14.2pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><span>·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">Authors must have been born on or after </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">1 January 1979</span><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">.</span></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 14.2pt; TEXT-INDENT: -14.2pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><span>·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">The competition is open to young people from all disciplines (for instance, social sciences and humanities, engineering, environment, nutrition, health, etc.) and backgrounds (such as academia, NGO, private sector, social entrepreneur, etc.). </span></span></p>
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<p><i><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">Rules and guidelines</span></i></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 14.2pt; TEXT-INDENT: -14.2pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><span>·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">Each author may submit one essay only.</span></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 14.2pt; TEXT-INDENT: -14.2pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><span>·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">Essays may be submitted in English, French or Spanish and should be 1500 words maximum.</span></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 14.2pt; TEXT-INDENT: -14.2pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><span>·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">Essays must be based on the author’s own ideas and not be derived from another source.</span></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 14.2pt; TEXT-INDENT: -14.2pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><span>·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">Essays must not have been previously published.</span></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 14.2pt; TEXT-INDENT: -14.2pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><span>·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">Entries are individual (i.e., the work of a single author).</span></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 14.2pt; TEXT-INDENT: -14.2pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><span>·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">They should include original, even provocative ideas and not be technical or academic texts: tables, charts and figures are probably not necessary; references should be limited.</span></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 14.2pt; TEXT-INDENT: -14.2pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><span>·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">Authors are free to be idealistic, passionate, to take established practices to task, albeit in a constructive fashion. </span></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 14.2pt; TEXT-INDENT: -14.2pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><span>·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">Within the context of research for health, the theme <b>Innovating for the health of all</b> allows authors to include any aspect that interests them particularly. </span></span></p>
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<p><i><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">Deadlines</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black"></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 14.2pt; TEXT-INDENT: -14.2pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><span>·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">The deadline for receipt of entries is </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">3 May 2009</span><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">.</span></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 14.2pt; TEXT-INDENT: -14.2pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><span>·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">A shortlist will be announced by the end of June. Shortlisted authors will be asked to provide a print-quality photograph and to confirm original authorship and date of birth.</span></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 14.2pt; TEXT-INDENT: -14.2pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><span>·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">The winners will be notified by the beginning of August 2009. The judges’ decision will be final.</span></span></p>
<p><i><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black"><br>Prizes</span></i></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 14.2pt; TEXT-INDENT: -14.2pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><span>·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">A selection of shortlisted essays will be published in an anthology as well as on the Global Forum and <i>Lancet </i>websites.</span></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 14.2pt; TEXT-INDENT: -14.2pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><span>·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">Winners will be invited to take part (with all expenses paid) in Forum 2009. the annual meeting of the Global Forum for Health Research, which will take place in Havana, Cuba, from 16 to 20 November 2009.<br>
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<p><i><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">Staff members of the Global Forum or of the Lancet or their immediate families are ineligible to enter the competition, as are authors of shortlisted essays previously published.<br>
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<p><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">For full details and submission of entries, see </span><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue"><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.globalforumhealth.org/" target="_blank">http://www.globalforumhealth.org</a></span></p>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">La voix des jeunes dans le domaine <br>de la recherche pour la santé</span></b></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><span lang="EN-US"><br>Le <span style="COLOR: black">Global Forum for Health Research</span> et <i>The Lancet</i></span></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><span>annoncent leur concours d'essais 2009</span></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><span>pour les moins de 30 ans</span></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><span>sur le thème</span></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><b><span>Innover pour la santé de tous</span></b></p>
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<p><i><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Acceptabilité</span></i></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><span>·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Les auteurs doivent être nés en 1979 ou après.</span></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><span>·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Le concours est ouvert aux jeunes de toutes disciplines (par exemple, sciences sociales, humanités, technologie, environnement, nutrition, santé, etc.) et de tous contextes d'activité (tels que milieu universitaire, O.N.G., secteur privé, entrepreneur social, etc.). </span></span></p>
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<p><i><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Règles et directives</span></i></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><span>·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">La soumission est limitée à un seul essai par auteur.</span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><span>·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Les essais peuvent être soumis en anglais, français ou espagnol et ne doivent pas dépasser 1500 mots.</span></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><span>·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Les essais doivent être basés sur les idées personnelles de l'auteur, </span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">sans plagiat de sources existantes.</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><span>·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Les essais ne doivent pas avoir été édités auparavant.</span></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><span>·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">Chaque essai est individuel</span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> (</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">c'est-à-dire, représente le travail d'un seul auteur)</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">.</span></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><span>·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Ils devraient inclure des idées originales, voire provocatrices et ne pas être des textes techniques ou académiques : les tableaux, graphiques et figures ne devraient pas être nécessaires ; les références devraient être limitées.</span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black"></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><span>·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Les auteurs peuvent être idéalistes ou passionnés. </span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">Ils sont libres de remettre en question certains usages établis, tout en le faisant d'une manière constructive.</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black"></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><span>·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Dans le contexte de la recherche pour la santé, le thème <b>Innover pour la santé de tous</b> permet aux auteurs d'aborder n'importe quel aspect qui les intéresse particulièrement. </span></span></p>
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<p><i><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Date limite</span></i></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><span>·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">La date limite pour la réception des essais est le 3 mai 2009.</span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black"></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><span>·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">Une liste de candidats présélectionnés</span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> sera annoncée fin juin. Les auteurs retenus devront fournir une photographie de bonne qualité et à confirmer </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">leur statut d'auteur unique ainsi que leur date de naissance.</span></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><span>·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Les gagnants seront </span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">contactés au début du mois d'août 2008</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">.</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black"> La décision prise par les juges sera définitive.</span></p>
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<p><i><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Prix</span></i></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><span>·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Une sélection parmi les essais retenus sera publiée dans une anthologie, ainsi que sur les sites Web du Global Forum et du<i> Lancet</i>.</span></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><span>·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Des gagnants seront invités (tous frais payés) à participer au Forum 2009. la réunion annuelle du <span style="COLOR: black">Global Forum for Health Research</span>, qui aura lieu à La Havane, Cuba, du 16 au 20 novembre 2009.</span></span></p>
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<p><i><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Les membres du personnel du </span></i><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">Global Forum</span><i><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> et du </span></i><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Lancet<i> ou de leurs familles immédiates ne sont pas éligibles pour participer au concours, de même que des auteurs d' essais présélectionnés et <span> </span>précédemment publiés.</i></span></p>
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<p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">Pour plus de détails sur la soumission des essais, veuillez consulter </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.globalforumhealth.org/" target="_blank">http://www.globalforumhealth.org</a></span></p>