The WHO Epidemiology Fellowship Programme 2025 for young epidemiologists.

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Application Deadline: December 3, 2024

Applications are actually open for the WHO Epidemiology Fellowship Programme. The Epidemiology Fellowship Programme within the EMR (EpiFellows), is designed to construct the capability of young epidemiologists from low- and middle-income nations within the area. Fellows shall be assigned to the WHO nation places of work of their home nations for a six-month interval.

The fellowship goals to reinforce their expertise, information, and understanding of nationwide, regional, and world outbreak administration by partaking them in WHO technical packages.

The programme has the following targets:

• present a framework for young epidemiologists from low- and middle-income nations within the EMR, designed to reinforce their instructional expertise by sensible, hands-on assignments.
• to offer young professionals with direct publicity to the work of WHO, a chance to amass sensible expertise in WHO, by working beneath the direct supervision of skilled WHO employees.

Requirements

Education

Postgraduate diploma in an space of examine relevance to public well being, outbreak administration and epidemiology.

Skills

Core competencies

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All fellows ought to be capable to show the next expertise according to the WHO core competencies:

• Producing and delivering high quality outcomes

• Teamwork
• Respecting and selling particular person and cultural variations
• Communicating successfully orally and in writing
• Moving ahead in a altering atmosphere

In addition, fellows must be accustomed to generally used laptop programmes, comparable to Word, Excel, PowerPoint. Knowledge of specialised laptop programmes, for instance, statistical software program comparable to XLStat could also be a bonus.

Experience

Depending on the realm of curiosity, 2 years of the beneath expertise is required:

• Experience in analysis and/or in drafting studies
• Experience within the topic space by educational work or analysis 
• Field and/or growing nation expertise 
• Experience with knowledge evaluation, statistical packages and curiosity within the design of graphical show and evaluation of well being info in a global comparative perspective, comparable to for well being system efficiency evaluation.
• More particular expertise comparable to specialised laptop programmes. 
• In addition, fellows must be accustomed to generally used laptop programmes, comparable to Word, Excel, PowerPoint. Knowledge of specialised laptop programmes, for instance, statistical software program comparable to XLStat could also be a bonus

Experience

Depending on the space of curiosity, 2 years of the beneath expertise is required:

–  Outbreak administration, and/or well being emergency administration

–  Experience in analysis and/or in drafting studies

–  Experience in the topic space by subject or educational work

–  Experience with knowledge evaluation, statistical packages and curiosity within the design of graphical show and evaluation of well being info in a global comparative perspective. 

Languages

• Fluency in English (studying, writing and talking).
• Knowledge of French or Arabic is an asset

• Candidates beneath 35 years outdated are eligible for the programme.
• Please be aware that the programme is aggressive and solely a small variety of candidates shall be accepted yearly. Only profitable candidates shall be contacted.
• Entitlements embody month-to-month fellowship stipend and official journey to obligation station.
• Fellows should not eligible for appointment to any place in WHO for a interval of three months following the tip of the fellowship.
• Only candidates from nationals of the next member states of the Eastern Mediterranean Region shall be thought of: Afghanistan, Djibouti Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Libya, Morocco, Somalia, Syria, Tunisia, Yemen. 

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the WHO Epidemiology Fellowship Programme