Dear AFRO-nets,
We would like to announce the 2009 Photoshare Photo Contest and HIFA2015 Photography Award (Healthcare Information for All by 2015).
The Photoshare Annual International Photo Contest is a major competition run by Knowledge for Health (K4Health) at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs (CCP). This year, we are delighted to announce that the Contest will include a special HIFA2015 Photography Award for the best photo in the category of Healthcare Providers.
Do you have photos of programs in action and the people you serve? Pictures illustrating the realities of urban and rural life in developing countries? Snapshots from your personal travels, volunteer service, or work experience? You may have an award-winning photo and a chance to win cash and/or a SLR digital camera!
Entries are accepted from now until November 16th, 2009. Send images and Entry Form to: photoshare@infoforhealth.org
Winning photos and photographers will be publicly announced and featured in January 2010.
Awards
- 1st Place $1,000 USD
- 2nd Place $750 USD
- 3rd Place $500 USD
- Best of Category (8) Award Certificate
- Honorable Mention (8) Award Certificate
- Outstanding Photoshare Contributor - SLR Digital Camera
- Photoshare Image of the Year - Compact Digital Camera
- HIFA2015 Photography Award (Best of 'Healthcare Providers' Category) - SLR Digital Camera
All prizes are sponsored by Photoshare except the HIFA2015 Photography Award, which is sponsored by Global Healthcare Information Network/HIFA2015.
The winning photo of the HIFA2015 Photography Award (Best of 'Healthcare Providers' Category) will receive an SLR Digital Camera and will also go through to the final selection for the overall Photoshare Contest Winners 1st, 2nd and 3rd Place cash prizes.
For further details, please see:
http://www.photoshare.org/contest/2009/2009photosharecontest.php
Any individual or organization, with the exception of contest judges, are welcome to participate (including both amateur and professional photographers).
Please forward this message to your contacts and networks.
With thanks and we look forward to see your photos!
Neil Pakenham-Walsh, HIFA2015
David Alexander, Photoshare
Notes
Photoshare is a service of Knowledge for Health (K4Health), helping non-profit organizations communicate global health and development issues through photography. By facilitating photo sharing among colleagues in international development, Photoshare has become a leading source for editorial development photography. The Photoshare collection, consisting primarily of photos taken by public health professionals in the field, contains more than 17,000 images illustrating the realities of urban and rural life in developing countries, as well as global efforts to improve and save lives. Our popular online photo database, available at www.photoshare.org through the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health/Center for Communication Programs, serves many major government institutions and international NGOs. www.photoshare.org
HIFA2015 (Healthcare Information for All by 2015) is a global knowledge network administered by the Global Healthcare Information Network, a non-profit organization working to improve the quality of health care in developing countries. HIFA2015 brings together more than 2600 health workers, librarians, publishers, and policymakers from 150 countries worldwide, all committed to a common goal: By 2015, every person worldwide will have access to an informed health care provider. Together we are working for a future where people are no longer dying for lack of basic healthcare knowledge. During 2009, HIFA2015 has received financial support from the British Medical Association, British Nursing Index, International Child Health Group, Network for Information and Digital Access, Royal College of Midwives, and Royal College of Nursing. Join HIFA2015 today: www.hifa2015.org For those with a special interest in child health, join CHILD2015: www.hifa2015.org/child2015-forum