African Epidemic Service – Epidemiology Fellowship

The African Epidemic Service – Epidemiology Fellowship is a full-time two-year competency-based applied epidemiology training program hosted by Africa CDC. It aims to build capacity of mid-level professionals in African Union Member States to control, prevent, detect, and respond to disease threats and outbreaks through science, policy, and data-driven interventions.

Responsibilities

• Participate in three months in-person didactic training in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
• Engage in 21 months of applied training in a site hosted by an African Union Member State.
• Strengthen disease prevention and response capacity of African Union Member States.
• Participate in experiential Core Activities of Learning (CALs) including data analysis, surveillance system evaluation, and outbreak investigation.
• Receive support from an expert supervisor and/or mentor throughout the fellowship programme.

Requirements

• Be a citizen of an African Union Member State.
• Be a youth as defined by the African Union, i.e., an individual under the age of 35.
• At the time of application, be employed in an African country with permission from employing government institution to attend the two years training, with guarantee to return to employment post training.
• Have a Bachelor's or Master's degree from an accredited university in the one health or related fields such as human medicine, nursing veterinary medicine, environmental sciences, public health or related fields or other doctoral-level training.
• Demonstrate satisfactory completion of coursework in epidemiology or quantitative research methods; and biostatistics.
• Have at least three years of recent full-time public health post graduate experience in an African country.
• Demonstrate ability to read and prepare technical medical and epidemiological communication materials such as scientific publications, scientific conference presentations etc.
• Proficiency in at least one of the African Union’s official languages (English, French, Arabic, Portuguese, Spanish, or Kiswahili) is required.
• Knowledge of an additional AU official language is an asset.
• Advanced FETP Fellows and Graduates are not eligible to apply.
• Provide a national passport from an African Union Member State.
• Provide an official letter of support with permission from a government institution to attend the two-year training programme with the right to return post training.
• Provide letters of recommendation from two reputable professional referees.
• Provide an official copy of degree certificate and transcripts of your bachelor’s or master's degree.
• Provide a brief curriculum vitae using the AU template.
• Provide a motivation statement (maximum 500 words), outlining why this program would be a good fit, and further outlining how this training will impact your country.
• Optional: Evidence of additional relevant qualifications.

Skills

• Epidemiology
• Quantitative Research
• Biostatistics
• Public Health
• Scientific Writing
• Medical Communication
• Epidemiological Communication
• Disease Surveillance
• Outbreak Response
• Applied Epidemiology
• Data-driven Interventions
• One Health
• Research and Scientific Publications
• Scientific Conference Presentations

Languages

English