Join the 2026 Africa CDC Public Health Fellowship Program

Organization: Africa CDC

Duration: 6 Months

Location: Ethiopia, Zambia

Application deadline: March 31st, 2026

ABOUT

The AHSS Agenda stresses the need for a self-sustaining health security system in Africa, with workforce development at its core. This aligns with the African Union’s vision to strengthen public health capacity through targeted training. A major step toward this goal is the six-month Africa CDC Public Health Emergency Management (PHEM) fellowship, which builds a skilled workforce capable of leading emergency programs, ensuring timely detection and effective response to public health threats across the continent.

The programme seeks to:

Develop a skilled cadre of African public health leaders
Strengthen Public Health Emergency Operations Centres (PHEOCs)
Build sustainable emergency preparedness systems across AU Member States
Enhance Africa’s capacity for timely detection and coordinated response to outbreaks

Eligibility Requirements:

Be citizens of an African Union Member State
Be 50 years old or younger by 31 July 2026
Hold a postgraduate degree in public health or a related discipline
Be full-time government-employed civil servants in public health
Have professional experience in:
- PHEOC operations
- Emergency preparedness and response
- One Health
- Medicine
- Logistics and supply chain
- Health economics
- Health policy
- Animal or environmental health
Demonstrate leadership potential to implement PHEM programmes upon return to their home country

Encouraged Countries

Algeria, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Morocco, Namibia, Niger, Rwanda, Sahrawi Democratic Republic, São Tomé and Príncipe, Seychelles, South Africa, South Sudan, Togo, Tunisia, and Zambia.