African Union is currently accepting applications for its African Epidemic Services (AES) Fellowship Programme 2026 - Epidemiolgy Track . Interested applicants are encouraged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
About African Union - AES Fellowship Programme Epidemiolgy Track
Africa CDC has developed a continental African Epidemic Service (AES) Program, a flagship training program aiming to enhance the capacity, capabilities, and partnerships of Africa's public health institutions. Its primary goal is to build capacity of mid-level professionals to control, prevent, detect, and respond to disease threats and outbreaks by employing science, policy, and data-driven interventions and programs effectively and efficiently whilst learning from best practices across the continent. The African Epidemic Service has three tracks namely, Epidemiology, Laboratory Leadership Fellowship and Public health informatics.
Benefits of African Union - AES Fellowship Programme Epidemiolgy Track
- Africa CDC will provide all learning and development materials and meet cover costs associated with the fellowship, including travel-related costs, stipends, hardware, software and health insurance.
African Union - AES Fellowship Programme Epidemiolgy Track Requirements
Applicants for the Fellowship must:
- 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
Application Date and Process
All applications must be submitted using the online application form. Incomplete applications will not be considered. All applicants must provide the following information:
- A national passport from an African Union Member State.
- 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.
- Letters of recommendation from two reputable professional referees.
- An official copy of degree certificate and transcripts of your bachelor’s or master's degree.
- Brief curriculum vitae using the AU template.
- 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.
Application Deadline
26 August, 2026
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