Kofi Annan Fellowship in Global Health Leadership 2026 (Fully-funded) – YOA

Deadline: January 30, 2026

Applications are open for the Kofi Annan Fellowship in Global Health Leadership 2026. The Kofi Annan Fellowship in Global Health Leadership is designed to help aspirational public well being leaders throughout Africa in buying superior expertise to strategize, handle, and information public well being programmes. The Fellowship nurtures leaders able to driving the brand new public well being order for Africa and making ready the subsequent technology of leaders.

With over 84 graduates from 34 international locations and 25 present Fellows from 17 nations, the fellowship has produced leaders who’re shaping well being governance, forging transnational partnerships, writing influential works, and advancing public well being reforms throughout the continent. Some alumni have replicated the programme inside their establishments or risen to senior management roles, together with cupboard-stage appointments.

Cohort 6 encourages candidates from all areas of Africa, with specific concentrate on specialists in Sexual and Reproductive Health and Public Mental Health, in addition to senior professionals working in authorities ministries and National Public Health Institutes (NPHIs). The subsequent cohort begins in June 2026.

Benefits

Africa CDC covers all fellowship-associated prices, together with:

• Travel
• Daily allowances
• Insurance throughout residential classes
• Learning supplies and required digital instruments

Eligibility

To be eligible, candidates should:

• Hold a postgraduate diploma in a public-well being-associated area, together with however not restricted to: One Health, human medication, well being economics, finance, well being coverage, animal well being, sexual and reproductive well being, or environmental well being.
• Be a citizen of an African Union Member State.
• Have not less than 10 years {of professional} expertise after finishing a grasp’s diploma.
• Be in full-time employment in public well being inside a public or personal establishment in Africa.
• Demonstrate a powerful monitor document or clear potential for impactful public well being management that may enhance well being outcomes on the continent.

Application

Submit all required application paperwork:

• Employer help letter guaranteeing time launch for the fellowship actions.
• Two skilled letters of advice.
• A private assertion (max 400 phrases) addressing:
  • Leadership expertise {and professional} accomplishments.
  • Vision for the way forward for public well being management in Africa.
  • How the applicant will champion public well being initiatives.
• A management problem challenge proposal (max 400 phrases) together with:
  • Project title.
  • Description of the problem (what it’s, who’s affected, and why it issues).
  • Proposed technique and anticipated outcomes.

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For extra info, go to Kofi Annan Fellowship in Global Health Leadership.