<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC)</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ruglucia@paho.org">ruglucia@paho.org</a>></span><br><div class="gmail_quote"><br>
















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<p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in"><b><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold">CALL FOR
APPLICATIONS: </span></font></b></p>

<p style="text-indent:.5in"><b><font size="2" color="maroon" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:maroon;font-weight:bold">Opportunity for Young Professionals to work in Public eHealth
in Latin America and the Caribbean<br>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-indent:.5in"><b><font size="2" color="maroon" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:maroon;font-weight:bold">Deadline for Applications: June 6, 2011</span></font></b></p>


<p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Call for applications
website: <a href="http://bit.ly/eAEkgV" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="color:navy">http://bit.ly/eAEkgV</span></font></a></span></font><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"> </span></font></p>


<p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Application form: </span></font><font color="navy" face="Arial"><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-family:Arial;color:navy"><a href="http://new.paho.org/cvesac" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:navy">http://new.paho.org/cvesac</span></font></a></span></font><font color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:navy"></span></font></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Inequities in health are
prevalent in and across many parts of Latin America
and The Caribbean – this can be found between different social groups and
are influenced by race, gender, ethnicity, among other things. eSAC Project aims
at improving the health of disadvantaged groups and contributing to the
advancement of equity in health in Latin America
and the Caribbean (LAC), by nurturing and promoting Public eHealth innovation. </span></font></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">The Regional project is
jointly designed and implemented by the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO)
(<a href="http://www.paho.org" title="http://www.paho.org/" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="color:navy">www.paho.org</span></font></a>), Washington
DC, and the People, Health Equity and
Innovation (PHI) Research Group (<a href="http://www.phi-group.org" title="http://www.phi-group.org/" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="color:navy">www.phi-group.org</span></font></a>)
at the University of Toronto, Toronto.
eSAC Project is funded by the Ottawa-based International Development Research
Centre (IDRC) (<a href="http://www.idrc.ca" title="http://www.idrc.ca/" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="color:navy">www.idrc.ca</span></font></a>).</span></font></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.1pt;margin-left:.5in"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Highly educated and motivated young professionals (YPs) will be
selected and hired to support the successful implementation of the eSAC
project. YPs will help catalyze the development of a Public eHealth and equity
in health regional community of practice and will contribute to most other
project activities.</span></font></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.1pt;margin-left:.5in"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">For more information on the call and the project in general, please
follow these links:</span></font></p>

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<p style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">For more
information, please see the eSAC project web site: <a href="http://www.esacproject.net/" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="color:navy">http:www.esacproject.net
</span></font></a> <br>
PAHO/WHO website: <a href="http://new.paho.org/ict4health/" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="color:navy">http://new.paho.org/ict4health/</span></font></a> </span></font></p>

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