Third Global Forum on Human Resources for Health Health Workers Count - PHOTO CONTEST ANNOUNCEMENT The Global Health Workforce Alliance is pleased to announce a photo competition for its upcoming 3 rd Global Forum on Human Resources for Health, which will take place in Brazil, from 10-13 November 2013 Background: The Global Health Workforce Alliance (the Alliance) is a partnership dedicated to identifying and implementing solutions to the health workforce crisis. It brings together a variety of actors, including national governments, civil society, finance institutions, workers, international agencies, academic institutions and professional associations. The Alliance is hosted and administered by the World Health Organization. Since 2008, as part of its mandate, the Alliance has been convening Global forums on human Resources for Health (HRH). The 3rd Global Forum will take place from 10-13 November 2013 under the theme Human Resources for Health: foundation for Universal Health Coverage and the post-2015 development agenda. The Forum aims at eliciting new HRH commitments to accelerate progress, and to update the human resources for health agenda to make it relevant to the current global health policy discourse, including the final push to accelerate progress towards attainment of the health MDGs. Call for photo submissions: In light of the upcoming Third Global Forum on Human Resources for Health, - we are delighted to invite professional and non-professional photographers worldwide to participate in a photo contest under the theme a day in the life of a health worker. Health workers are the single most important element of any health service. They save lives. Without them, no vaccine can be administered, no life-saving drugs prescribed, no family planning advice provided and no woman can be given expert care during childbirth. In our efforts to advocate for health workers - we are calling for photo submissions to include a broad range of photographs covering health workers in action and looking at global health issues, such as maternal, newborn and child health; non-communicable diseases; and infectious diseases.
The contest aims to raise awareness of the importance of all cadres of health workers, who save lives every day, despite difficult conditions and inadequate resources. We believe that photos in action will reinforce health messages, and will present information in a visually interesting format, which will go a long way in influencing attitudes. Submissions are to be made under the following categories: Category 1: Africa (including North Africa) Category 2: Americas Category 3: Asia Category 4: Europe Category 5: Middle East Category 6: Oceania (Australia, etc.) Prizes: Across the categories, the following prizes will be given: 1 st Prize - 500 US$ 2 nd Prize - 300 US$ 3 rd Prize - 150 US$ Deadline: The closing date for entries is 30 August 2013. If you would like to take part in the contest, please carefully read the Competition Rules that follow. Contest winners will be announced by late September 2013. The list of winners will also be posted on the Forum website and the Alliance Facebook page.
COMPETITION RULES Eligibility: The Health workers count photo contest is open to professional and non-professional photographers who are 18 years or older. Photographs that have already been published elsewhere or are the property of a third party are not eligible. Entry fees: Participation in the contest is free. Submission Procedure and Material Specifications: Photographers can submit up to three photographs per category. Photographs should be in JPEG or TIFF formats and be no larger than 9 megabytes. Slides, prints and scans of non-digital photographs are not accepted. Each file should be named with an ID name in the following manner: o Category, o Family name of contestant, o Entry item number. For example: MiddleEast_Smith_01.jpg MiddleEast_Smith_02.jpg Oceania_Smith_01.jpg Each photo must be submitted in separate emails with the completed Entry Forms to photocontest@who.int. If you do not receive confirmation of receipt within 48 hours, please contact us. Judging: Judging is scheduled to take place in mid-august. Entries will be judged by professionals in the fields of photography, journalism, public relations as well as human resources for health. Photographs will be assessed on relevance to the contest theme, power of the message, creativity, and technical quality. If necessary, captions of the selected photographs will be edited and adapted according to the WHO style guide. The decisions of the Global Health Workforce Alliance are final.
Announcement, Notification and Publication of Winners: The winners of the photo contest will be announced at the Third Global Forum on Human Resources for Health. The winning and nominated photographs will be displayed at the Forum venue and will be published on the Forum website and the Alliance Facebook page together with the contest results. Prizes: The prizes will be transferred to 1 st, 2 nd and 3 rd place winners, selected by the jury to bank accounts indicated by the winners. Publication or dissemination of submitted photographs: The Alliance reserves the right to reprint, use, distribute and publish, with appropriate credit to the photographer, all photo submissions (including non-winning entries), without any compensation to the photographer in question. However, copyright and intellectual property in the entry will remain with the photographer. Also, the Alliance reserves the right to grant permission to third parties to reprint, use, name, distribute and publish the photographs for non-commercial purposes in order to raise awareness of the crisis of the health workforce (all the foregoing always with appropriate credit to the photographer). Claim of Ownership: Contestants must own all right to the photographs submitted, and releases for the photographs submitted are the contestant's responsibility. If a photograph(s) submitted contains any material that belongs to a third party, the producers must obtain permission for the use of that material, so as to allow the Alliance to fully exercise its rights hereunder without any obligation on the part of the Alliance to make any payment to any party whatsoever. If the WHO has any doubt on the ownership of the photograph(s), the Alliance reserves the right to eliminate the photograph(s) from the contest. Contestants must be able to supply a signed release from any person(s) appearing in the photograph(s) (or their legal representatives or guardians). Use of the GHWA/WHO name or logo: No participant in the contest shall be authorized to use or allow third parties to use the WHO/GHWA name and/or logo for any purpose. Note: Prizes will be awarded in the Alliance's sole discretion. The Alliance reserves the right not to award any prize at all. There is no obligation on the part of the Alliance to reveal or
discuss with any contestant how entries were assessed or to provide any other information relative to the award process. The selection process shall not be open to appeal. Incomplete entries and entries after the deadline will, in principle, be disregarded (unless the Alliance, in its sole discretion, decides otherwise in respect of any such incomplete or late entry). Any and all costs incurred in relation to an entry will exclusively be borne by the contestant. The submission of any entry will not be subject to claims for financial compensation of any kind whatsoever. Participation in the contest may not be construed as an endorsement by the WHO of the photographer and/or his/her work. Acceptance of Rules: By submitting an entry, each contestant agrees to the rules of the contest. For more information, please contact Ms. Sonali REDDY at reddys@who.int
ENTRY FORM PERSONAL INFORMATION Title: Dr. Mr. Mrs. Miss Ms. Last name: First name: Middle name: Street Address: City: State/Province: Country: Home phone no.: Office phone no.: Cell phone no.: Email Address: Alternative Email Address: PHOTO INFORMATION ID Name: Date the Photo was Taken: Contest Category: Africa Americas Asia Europe Middle East Oceania Place the Photo was Taken: Title of the Photo: Caption: DISCLAIMER Are you the owner of the image and able, if requested, to supply a signed release from any person(s) appearing in the photograph or from their legal representative or their guardians? 1 Yes No Do you accept the contest rules as set out in the announcement for the contest? 2 Yes No The above information is true to the best of my knowledge. Should I win any of the photo contest prizes, I authorize the prize to be paid directly into my bank account as detailed above. I also authorize the Global Health Workforce Alliance to release any information required to process my claims. Signature Place and Date 1 If the answer is No, the photograph will not be allowed to participate in the contest. 2 If the answer is No, the photograph will not be allowed to participate in the contest.