[health-vn] 2009 Photoshare Photo Contest and HIFA2015 Photography Award

[Vern Weitzel]

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Subject: [CHILD2015] 2009 Photoshare Photo Contest and HIFA2015 Photography Award
Date: 29 Aug 2009 10:33:18 +0200
From: Neil Pakenham-Walsh <neil.pakenham-walsh at ghi-net.org>
Reply-To: Child Healthcare Information and Learning Discussion-group 2015 
<CHILD2015 at dgroups.org>
To: Child Healthcare Information and Learning Discussion-group 2015 
<CHILD2015 at dgroups.org>

Dear CHILD2015 colleagues,

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 accepted August 20th - November 16th, 2009. Send images and
Entry Form to: photoshare at 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