Africa Epidemic Services (AES) Fellowship 2025 – Public Health Informatics Track (Fully-funded) – YOA

Deadline: May 21, 2025

Applications are open for the Africa Epidemic Services (AES) Fellowship 2025. Africa CDC launched the Africa Epidemic Services (AES) fellowship. The AES has three tracks: Epidemiology, Laboratory Leadership, and Public Health Informatics (PHI). The mission of the AES-PHI is to equip African professionals with public well being informatics competencies for the digital age, to allow them to develop, handle, and lead informatics savvy well being organizations, and enhance inhabitants well being outcomes in Africa.

The PHI fellowship is a flagship mission inside Africa CDC’s Digital Transformation Strategy and addresses programmatic objectives set inside the Framework for Workforce Development. The AES-PHI coaching is designed as a two-yr utilized fellowship program that includes 80% sensible and 20% didactic coaching delivered as in particular person and digital periods with intervals of sensible studying at designated host websites (Ministries of Health, National Public Health Institutes and Africa CDC Headquarters). The coaching shall be carried out in English and French languages. The coaching will observe a studying-by doing competency-based mostly and a certificates of completion shall be provided to profitable contributors. The AES-PHI Fellowship is anticipated to begin in June 2025 with 20 Fellows chosen throughout the continent.

Funding

• AES-PHI Fellowship is totally funded. Africa CDC will present all studying and improvement supplies and meet all prices related to the fellowship, together with journey-associated prices (e.g., airfare, lodging, incidentals), stipends, {hardware}, and insurance coverage.
• Fellows shall be supported to make sure that they’ve the related software program and ample Internet connectivity for on-line studying.

Eligibility

This program targets certified candidates throughout Africa Union Member states who’re drawn from public well being informatics and interested by practising digital well being and knowledge science.

Eligible candidates should:

• Possess at the least a BSc or a grasp’s diploma in well being-associated or Computer Science, Data Science, or Information and Technology Sciences.
• Have a minimal of three years (For Master) and 5 years (For BSc) of related expertise.
  • If the first diploma is well being-associated, then expertise with laptop science, knowledge science, or info sciences initiatives for well being.
  • If the first diploma is in laptop science and different functions in well being, then expertise with Health, Medical, Clinical, or Bio- Informatics Public well being, biostatistics, or epidemiology.
• Candidate at present employed by Ministries of Health (MoH) or National Public Health Institutes (NPHI) or company working carefully with MoH/NPHI or related personal sector is fascinating. The fellowship program will prioritize inclusivity, gender fairness, and illustration from throughout the continent.

Application

All functions have to be submitted utilizing the net application type. Incomplete functions won’t be thought of. All candidates should present the next info:

• A nationwide passport from an African Union Member State.
• An official letter of help with permission from a authorities establishment to attend the 2-yr coaching programme with the proper to return publish coaching (totally different from Letter of Recommendation).
• Letters of advice from two respected skilled referees.
• An official diploma and pupil copy transcripts of your bachelor’s diploma. (The official transcript shall be requested out of your college upon acceptance to this program.)
• An official diploma and pupil copy transcripts of your grasp’s diploma. (The official transcript shall be requested out of your college upon acceptance to this program.)
• An up to date Resume
• Statement of Purpose (1500 phrases most), outlining your formal schooling, work expertise and why this program can be match, and additional outlining how this coaching will impression your nation.

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For extra info, go to Africa Epidemic Services (AES) Fellowship.