The Africa Epidemic Services Fellowships- Epidemiology track

Africa CDC has developed a continental African Epidemic Service (AES), an elite workforce hosted and directed by the African Union. The program is now accepting application for the Second cohort of the African Epidemic Service – Epidemiology track.

 The African Epidemic Service – Epidemiology track is a two-year competency based applied epidemiology training program that aims to strengthen the disease prevention and response capacity of African Union member states. 

This program targets qualified applicants from Africa Union Member states drawn from public health discipline, with an interest in practicing applied Epidemiology. AES Fellows will be selected from a wide variety of disciplines including Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, Nursing, Environmental Health, Occupational Health as well as other associated disciplines under public health. Successful applicants are leaders who aspire to master applied epidemiology and are willing to accept assignments in a wide range of public health topics across the 55 African Union Member States.

Eligibility criteria:

Applicants for the Fellowship must:

  • be citizens of an African Union Member State;
  • Be a youth as defined by the African Union, i.e., an individual under the age of 35.
  • have been employed at the time of application in an African country with permission from a government institution to attend the two years training, with right to return post training;
  • have a graduate degree from an accredited school of human medicine, veterinary medicine, or other doctoral-level training in nursing, environmental sciences, or other public health field;
  • possess an MPH or equivalent degree with coursework in epidemiology or quantitative research methods; and
  • have at least three years of recent full-time public health post graduate experience in an African country;
  • Have a functional knowledge of the any of the African Union working languages and ability to read and write technical medical and epidemiological texts.

Note: Advanced FETP Fellows and Graduates are not eligible to apply.

Financing: 

  • Africa CDC will provide all learning and development materials and meet all costs associated with the fellowship, including travel-related costs (e.g., airfare, lodging, incidentals), stipends, hardware, and insurance.
  • Fellows will be supported to ensure that they have the relevant software and sufficient Internet connectivity for online learning.
  • The fellowship include a two year training in applied epidemiology, with three months in class training in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and 21 months of applied training on a site hosted by an African Union Member State.

Read here for more information. 

Application deadline, 31st of March, 2025.

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