Regional Network on Equity in Health - "EQUINET"
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The Southern African Network on Equity in Health (EQUINET) is a net-
work of research, civil society and health sector organisations work-
ing towards and influencing equity in health in Southern Africa.
EQUINET aims to build an enhanced focus, information and informed de-
bate on equity in health in Southern Africa leading to positive poli-
cies towards equity in health from local to regional level.
In 1999/2000 EQUINET aims to:
1. Develop and widen the conceptual understanding of equity in health
and identify critical areas of work and policy issues in relation to
equity in health;
2. Make visible existing unfair and avoidable inequalities in health;
3. Gather and analyse information, develop and carry out research to
support scientific debates and policy decisions on equity in health
in Southern Africa;
4. Engage stakeholders in its work, networking professionals and
stakeholders, including at community level;
5. Influence and monitor implementation of policies and agendas on
health at national and regional level in Southern Africa, including
at Southern African Development Community (SADC) level.
EQUINET is now active. It has commenced its research programmes, is
calling for proposals for new areas of funding and has just estab-
lished its website at:
http://www.equinet.org.zw
The website is regularly updated with current information about eq-
uity in health in the region, and contains information about the call
for proposals for small grants. If you have difficulty accessing the
internet, then contact us and we will send you the details of the
small grants by e-mail.
Better still, subscribe to the EQUINET mailing list. We have estab-
lished a new mailing list as the principal forum for discussion on
issues in EQUINET related to equity and health in Southern Africa. We
have five theme areas for this discussion, viz:
* Monitoring equity in health;
* Globalisation, macro-economic policy and equity in health;
* Governance, social capital and health rights;
* Resource allocation for health;
* Health Service issues.
If you would like to participate in the EQUINET mailing list, please
send an e-mail to:
<listproc@lists.sn.apc.org>
with the following in the body of the text:
subscribe equinet-l yourfirstname yourlastname
If you need help in subscribing, then contact <equinet@fahamu.org.uk>
If you would like to be a member of EQUINET please let us know by
sending us an e-mail or letter to one of the addresses below, includ-
ing your full contact information (including fax and e-mail). We
would also be grateful if you could let us know whether you have ac-
cess to internet and your primary areas of work and interest in
health.
Please do not reply to us via AFRO-NETS but send us a direct response
via your private mail box - we don't want to clog up the AFRO-NETS
list!
EQUINET documents that have already been published are available on
the Web site and can be downloaded. If you cannot access these on the
internet please let us know and we will endeavour to make hard copies
available.
If you have any other queries please let us know. You may also wish
to contact one of the EQUINEt steering committee members in your
country:
* L GILSON
University of the Witwatersrand, SAIMR
Centre for Health Policy
Box 1038, Johannesburg 2000
South Africa
Tel: +27-11-489-9936
Fax: +27-11-489-9994 / 489-9900
mailto:lgilson@iafrica.com
* G MWALUKO
Technical Advisor Research
TANESA-2
Box 434
Mwanza, Tanzania
Tel: +255-68-500-236 ext 30
Fax: +255-68-502-458
mailto:tanesa@tanesa2.healthnet.org
* G WOELK
University of Zimbabwe
Dept. of Community Medicine
P.O. Box A178, Avondale
Harare, Zimbabwe
Tel: +263-4-791-631
Fax: +263-4-724-912 / 791-995
mailto:gwoelk@healthnet.zw
* S CHANDIWANA
Blair Research Institute
P.O. Box CY1753, Causeway
Harare, Zimbabwe
Tel: +263-4-336-193; 703-919
Fax: +263-4-703-585
mailto:chandiwana@blair.co.zw
* C HONGORO
Blair Research Institute
P.O. Box CY1753, Causeway
Harare, Zimbabwe
Tel: +263-4-336-193; 703-919
Fax: +263-4-703-585
mailto:hongoro@blair.co.zw
* A ZWI
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Keppel Street London WCIE7HT
United Kingdom
Tel: +44-171-927-2254 / 927-2072
Fax: +44-171-580-6897 or 637-5391
mailto:anthony.zwi@lshtm.ac.uk
* M MUGABE
Unicef Botswana
Box 20678
Gaborone, Botswana
Tel: +267-351-909 / 352-752
Fax: +267-351-233
mailto:mmugabe@unicef.org
* N HALLSTROM
Dag Hammarskjold Foundation
Over Slottsgatan 2 753 10
Uppsala, Sweden
Tel: +46-18-128-872
Fax: +46-18-122-072
mailto:Niclas.Hallstrom@dhf.uu.se
* D McCINTYRE
University of Cape Town
Health Economics Unit
Medical School, Dept Community Health
Anzio Road
Observatory 7925, South Africa
Tel: +27-21-406-6537
Fax: +27-21-448-8152
mailto:dimac@anat.uct.za
* N MWIKISA
University of Zambia
P.O. Box 32379
Lusaka, Zambia
Tel: +260-1-251-490
Fax: +260-1-253-952
Tel/Fax: +260-1-290-475
mailto:NMwikisa@hss.unza.zm
* F MANJI
Oxford Learning Space
38 Western Road
Oxford OX1 4LG, United Kingdom
Tel: +44-1865-245-166
Fax: +44-1865-43446
mailto:firoze@fahamu.demon.ac.
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Dr Rene Loewenson
Training and Research Support Centre
47 Van Praagh Ave, Milton Park
Harare, Zimbabwe
Tel: +263-4-708-835 / 705-108
Fax: +263-4-737-220
mailto:tarsc@icon.co.zw or
mailto:rloewenson@healthnet.zw
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