The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has launched the Africa CDC Public Health Emergency Management fellowship (Africa CDC PHEM Fellowship), as part of its strategic commitment to broader workforce development under the New Public Health Order.

This fellowship will foster the development of a cadre of African public health workforce highly skilled to coordinate and lead preparedness and response to public health emergencies in Africa. According to its design and rollout plan, the fellowship will target mid-career African public health professionals in the public sector, with proven experience of managing PHEOCs and/or leading emergency preparedness and response programs drawn from the public sector across African Union Member States.