African Union 2024 Young African Public Health Scholars Program

Published: 02 Aug 2024

Annual scholarship programme that awards scholarships to 10 young African scholars for an 18-month master’s degree study in epidemiology

Africa CDC instituted an annual scholarship programme that awards scholarships to 10 young African scholars for an 18-month master’s degree study in epidemiology at the University of the Witwatersrand School of Public Health, South Africa. Preference is given to candidates currently working with the NPHI in their respective countries and the purpose is to strengthen public health workforce capacity of African Union Member States. Interested candidates can apply for any of the following courses: epidemiology and biostatistics, field epidemiology, infectious diseases epidemiology, public health informatics, biostatistics, and implementation science. 

African Union Young African Scholars

African Union Young African Scholars Courses

• Health Data Science

Requirements for African Union Young African Scholars

• Preference is given to candidates currently working with the NPHI in their respective countries and the purpose is to strengthen public health workforce capacity of African Union Member States.
• Interested candidates can apply for any of the following courses: epidemiology and biostatistics, field epidemiology, infectious diseases epidemiology, public health informatics, biostatistics, and implementation science. 

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