Africa CDC Public Health Emergency Management Fellowship 2026 (Fully-funded) – YOA

Deadline: March 31, 2026

Applications are open for the Africa CDC Public Health Emergency Management Fellowship 2026. The PHEM Fellowship will goal mid-profession African public well being professionals with expertise managing PHEOCs or main emergency preparedness and response packages drawn from African Union member states. The Fellows shall be taken by means of a standardized coaching, structured mentorship, fingers on expertise, and technical help program leveraging on the PHEM Fellowship design of the US-CDC.

During the coaching, Fellows will obtain specialised coaching in public well being emergency administration capabilities and operations, take part in study excursions, work inside Africa CDC EOC, take part in public well being workouts and responses and obtain steering from international specialists in emergency administration. Upon completion and return to home international locations, Fellows might be anticipated to facilitate the growth of public well being emergency administration packages inside their home international locations and sufficiently capacitated to take up management and advisory roles in public well being emergency administration packages.

Benefits

• Africa CDC will present all studying and growth supplies and meet all prices asssociated with the fellowship, together with journey, month-to-month allowance and issuance throughout the residential placements.

Eligibility

Applicants should:

• Be residents of an African Union Member State;
• Age Limit: Only professionals who might be 50 years outdated or youthful by July 31, 2026, might apply;
• possess a postgraduate diploma in public well being or associated subject; have related skilled expertise in any subject associated to public well being together with however not restricted to PHEOC operations, one well being, drugs, finance, logistics and provide chain, well being economics, well being coverage, animal well being or environmental well being;
• Be a full-time authorities-employed civil servant working in public well being at a public establishment in Africa.
• be capable to show potentials to implement public well being emergency administration packages that may positively affect their international locations upon return.

Selection shall be carried out by an impartial committee comprising of specialists from the African Union Commission and Africa CDC, and technical companions.

Application

Applicants should present the next data:

• A supporting letter from the present employer confirming employment and guaranteeing that the candidate might be allowed to completely take part within the fellowship program.
• A private assertion (most 500 phrases) offering proof of the candidate’s dedication to public well being emergency administration in Africa detailing the next: skilled expertise and attainment thrie imaginative and prescient of and the longer term affect of their coaching on public well being administration of their nation and Africa.
• How their private {and professional} expertise will allow them to completely be wonderful ambassadors of the fellowship
• A short undertaking proposal (no more than 800 phrases) that outlines a possible emergency administration problem they may tackle. the proposal ought to embrace a title, transient description of the problem, proposed technique for an answer and the anticipated end result
• An up to date resume

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For extra data, go to Africa CDC PHEM Fellowship.