Apply Now: Fully-funded Africa CDC Bioinformatics Fellowship 2025 – Short-Term Training for Public Health Professionals in Africa

Application Deadline: 20 April 2025

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), by its Pathogen Genomics Initiative (Africa PGI) below the Centre for Laboratory Diagnostics and Systems, invites purposes for its 2025 Short-term Bioinformatics Fellowship. This fellowship presents 100 coaching alternatives to public well being professionals working in nationwide laboratories and affiliated establishments throughout African Union Member States.

About the Fellowship Program

This fellowship is part of Africa CDC’s strategic initiative to strengthen Africa’s bioinformatics and pathogen genomics workforce. It focuses on offering hands-on, short-term coaching to allow public well being practitioners to:

• Analyze and interpret genomic knowledge

• Strengthen pathogen surveillance methods

• Support data-informed public well being decision-making

Through these intensive brief programs, individuals will acquire sensible bioinformatics abilities which are more and more important in trendy public well being methods.

Who Should Apply?

Eligible candidates should meet the next standards:

• Public well being professionals working in nationwide public well being establishments or reference laboratories in African Union Member States

• Possess a Bachelor’s diploma or greater in a related scientific area (e.g., molecular biology, bioinformatics, medical biosciences)

• Demonstrate curiosity and/or expertise in bioinformatics and public well being

• Be below the age of 35

How to Apply

Interested candidates ought to full the application kind by way of the next hyperlink:
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By submitting this way, candidates consent to Africa CDC gathering and utilizing their private knowledge for analysis and communication functions associated to the fellowship.

Why Apply?

• Gain specialised bioinformatics coaching related to public well being challenges in Africa

• Be part of a rising community of execs geared up to remodel well being methods by knowledge and science

• Contribute to Africa’s capability for early detection, response, and management of infectious illnesses

Contact for Inquiries

Email: africapgi@africacdc.org

This fellowship is co-funded by the European Union and carried out in partnership with the African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM).

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