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The fellowship is program is implemented in partnership with the African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM), and regional centers of excellence. The program is open to National public health institutes (NPHIs) and National Reference Laboratories (NRLs) personnel who wish to gain experience in NGS sequencing or analyzing pathogen genomic sequence data.
Applicants should have a minimum of BSc degree and be a citizen of the African Union Member States. * The fellowship has two tracks – i) a wet-lab track focusing of end-to-end protocols for next-generation sequencing of pathogens; and ii) a dry-lab track with a focus on public health bioinformatics data analytics, interpretation, and reporting.
* The fellowship program aims to support technical experts and future leaders in public health pathogen genomics and bioinformatics in Africa.
* Training led by continent-based educational and professional subject matter experts * Training at State-of-the-art facilities across the continent * Multilingual fellowship program **The fellowship program has the following objectives:** * To train pathogen genomics and bioinformatics workforce to improve outbreak detection, investigation & disease surveillance in Africa * To contribute to strengthening the prevention, preparedness, surveillance, and control of infectious diseases while supporting the implementation of Africa’s New Public Health Order * To contribute to knowledge and technology transfers and capacity building within and between African Union Member States **Potential candidates and host institutions**: * We are anticipating at least 25 fellows for the 2023 cohort * 15 host institutions across Africa.
Applicants should provide evidence of the host institution’s agreement to accept the fellow for the duration of the fellowship period. Africa CDC and ASLM will support fellows to identify host institutions.
* Only complete applications shall be evaluated by an independent selection committee and the outcome communicated to the applicants **Before applying read the documents below**: More details on the fellowship program * Information Booklet – Arabic * Information Booklet – English * Information Booklet – French * Information Booklet – Portuguese * All interested participants should fill in the online application form based on the selected languages: * Application form – English – https://bit.
ly/3KrHk9P * Application form – French – https://bit.
ly/3Mi6sRJ **Application deadline**: Friday, May 05, 2023, 5:00 PM (EAT) **Start of the fellowship:**June 2023 **Contact Information: For all inquiries, please contact: Africa CDC – Africa PGI Help Desk** Africa Pathogen Genomics Initiative Central Africa, Eastern Africa, Northern Africa, Southern Africa, Western Africa #### La RDC et ses partenaires lancent un Plan révisé de 180 jours pour intensifier la réponse à l’épidémie d’Ebola causée par le virus Bundibugyo et sauver des milliers de vies #### Africa CDC Selected to Represent Regional Health Organizations Worldwide on Global Health Architecture Reform Task Force #### Applications Now Open: Africa CDC Youth Pre-Conference 2026 #### Uganda ends Ebola outbreak following completion of 42-day countdown #### 100 Days into Ebola: The World Moved Fast, But Gaps in Preparedness Remain #### 5th Southern Africa Regional Ministerial Steering Committee (ReSCO) Meeting TwitterLinkedinFacebook-fYoutubeFlickrInstagram Africa CDC strengthens the capacity and capability of Africa’s public health institutions as well as partnerships to detect and respond quickly and effectively to disease threats and outbreaks, based on data-driven interventions and programmes.
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According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Citizens of African Union Member States working in national public health institutes or laboratories. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
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