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African Public Health Emergency Management Fellowship Cohort II Announcement

 

African Public Health Emergency Management Fellowship Cohort II Announcement by Africa CDC; August 16, 2024

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Introduction

CONTEXT

Combating the several public health threats across the African continent requires adequately trained and equipped workforce. Africa’s New Public Health Order has called for self-sustaining health security program that includes workforce development. The call is in alignment with the vision of the African Union (AU) and its desire to build capacity in public health through medium- and long-term training in identified areas of need. The establishment of the six-month Africa CDC Public Health Emergency Management (PHEM) fellowship provides a pathway for developing a cadre of skilled workforce that is capable of initiating and leading emergency management programs that include timely detection and response to emergencies whenever they occur.
African public health professionals who are working within government institutions are strongly encouraged to apply.

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GOAL

To develop a cadre of African public health workforce who are highly skilled to coordinate and lead preparedness and response to public health emergencies in Africa.

  • Provide fellows up-to-date knowledge regarding public health emergency management and Public Health Emergency Operations Centers (PHEOCs)
  • Provide fellows in-depth exposure to the role of PHEOCs in preparing for and responding to various public health emergencies
  • Building the skills of fellows in managing the various functions of PHEOC, and leading the response to public health emergencies
  • Institutionalize a sustainable program for PHEM on the African continent

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FELLOWSHIP DESIGN PRINCIPLES

The fellowship design considers the phenomenal nature of public health emergencies in the continent and the world’s collective risks which could trigger large scale disruptions with albeit, impact the fellowship.

1- Fellowship Resilience: Fellowship curriculum designed to ensure Fellows are deployable at any point of the fellowship, should there be a major public health event. Fellowship faculty will continually explore opportunities for broadening funding streams, with an institutional base funding.

2- Industry-savvy: Curriculum designed to serve the most complex emergency situations and delivered
by experienced training faculty. Fellows empowered to serve at strategic, operational and tactical levels.

3- Scalable and adaptable Model: As a sustainability strategy, an accountability framework is built to ensure continuous expansion and guarantee strides and lessons are easily replicable at regional, national and sub-national levels.

4- Leverage on existing systems: Fellowship goal fits into the broader goal of Africa CDC’s workforce
development strategy as a component of the Africa CDC New Public Health Order driven by the desire
to fulfill the Africa Union’s 2063 Agenda.

5- Continuous improvement: Fellowship will pragmatically self-evolve into an institutional flagship program, putting in place monitoring and evaluation processes that link accountability mechanisms and operational decisions to feedback from participants, AU member states and technical partners.

 

FELLOWSHIP DESCRIPTION

Overview

The PHEM Fellowship will target mid-career African public health professional with experience managing PHEOCs or leading emergency preparedness and response programs drawn from African Union member states. The Fellows shall be taken through a standardized training, mentorship, hands on experience, and technical assistance program leveraging on the PHEM Fellowship design of the US-CDC. During the training, Fellows will receive specialized training in public health emergency management functions and
operations, participate in study tours, work within Africa CDC EOC, take part in public health exercises and responses and receive guidance from global specialists in emergency management. Upon completion and return to home countries, Fellows will be expected to facilitate the expansion of public health emergency management programs within their home countries and sufficiently capacitated to take up leadership and advisory roles in public health emergency management programs.

 

Fellowship Structure

The PHEM fellowship is a blended 6-month residential program, requiring full time commitment from selected Fellows. It will begin with fourteen weeks of in-person classes at the Africa CDC headquarters in Ethiopia. During this time, Fellows will be paired with seasoned mentors and coaches to enhance their learning journey. This will be followed by two weeks of study tours, allowing each Fellow to visit one PHEOC within Africa and one outside the continent.

Subsequently, Fellows will engage in a four-week field placement in PHEOCs and emergency response settings. The program culminates in a final four weeks dedicated to project completion, evaluations and graduation.

Training Delivery

The fellowship will deploy a blended learning approach that includes online and in-person training to accomplish the goals and objectives of the fellowship. In-person sessions, webinars, keynote lectures, online self-directed study with evaluations, case studies, study tours, on-job training, and an individual mini project will all form.

Target Audience

The fellowship is designed for mid-level public health professionals with experience in managing public health emergency operations centres or leading emergency preparedness and response programs in their countries.

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Eligibility Criteria


Applicants must:

  • be citizens of an African Union Member State;
  • Age Limit: Only professionals who will be 50 years old or younger by December 31, 2024, may apply;
  • possess a postgraduate degree in public health or related field;
  • have relevant professional experience in any field related public health including but not limited to PHEOC operations, one health, medicine, finance, logistics and supply chain health economics, health policy, animal health or environmental health;
  • be in full-time employment in any area of public health, in a public institution in Africa;
  • be able to demonstrate potentials to implement public health emergency management programs that can positively impact their countries upon return.

Selection Criteria

  • Selection shall be carried out by an independent committee comprising of experts from the African Union Commission and Africa CDC, and technical partners.
  • Selection process will be merit-based, and emphasize an equal opportunity approach to ensure the representation of underrepresented groups.

Funding
Africa CDC will provide all learning and development materials and meet all costs associated with the fellowship, including travel, monthly allowance, and insurance during the residential placements.

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Application Process

All applications must be completed and submitted at: https://impact.africa-cdc.org/
form/phem-fellowship-ii

Applicants must provide the following information:

  • A supporting letter from the current employer confirming employment and guaranteeing that the candidate will be allowed to fully participate in the Fellowship program
  • A personal statement (maximum 500 words) providing evidence of the candidate’s commitment to public health emergency management in Africa detailing the following:

– Professional experience and attainment
– Their vision of, and the future impact of their training on public health emergency management in their country and Africa
– How they would champion public health initiatives in Africa and
– How their personal and professional experience will enable them to fully to be excellent ambassadors of the fellowship.

  • A brief project proposal (not more than 800 words) that outlines a potential emergency management challenge they will address. The proposal should include a title, brief description of the challenge, proposed strategy for a solution and the expected outcome.
  • An updated Resume

Important Dates:

– Deadline for Applications: 15 September, 2024

– Successful applicants will be informed by October, 2024

– The fellowship will start in November, 2024

Download African PHEM Fellowship Cohort II Announcement – Brochure (ENG)

 

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