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Countdown Fellowship Program 2024

About Countdown Fellowship Program 2024

Countdown is a collaboration of academics from global, regional, country institutions, UN agencies and World Bank and civil society organizations to track progress of life-saving interventions for Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Nutrition (RMNCAH+N).

Countdown generates evidence to foster advocacy and accountability for women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health. We analyze data on coverage of health interventions across socioeconomic status, gender, education, and geography and on key drivers of change such as policy, finance, and other health system dimensions.

Program Details

In 2022-2026, Countdown to 2030 is supporting analysis and capacity strengthening in 25 Global Financing Facility-supported countries. This includes several innovative regional approaches  and feeds into global monitoring of progress. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has invested in this work to achieve the following outcomes:

  • Improved country-led data analysis and monitoring
  • Increased innovation and evidence through multi-country collaboration
  • Improved global monitoring and measurement
  • Improved communications for policies, programs and accountability

Originally known as Countdown to 2015, the Countdown Initiative was started in 2003, in response to the challenge of the health-related Millennium Development Goals by 2015

Eligibility

  • Be a national of an African country with an ongoing Countdown collaboration.
  • Have a master’s degree in public health, epidemiology, global health, demography, biostatistics, or any related field with a specialization in reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent Health. Applicants with a bachelor’s degree and extensive research experience in the areas above may apply.
  • Be aged below 45 years at the time of application.
  • Have experience conducting research.

Fellows develop skills through instruction and engagement with global and regional Countdown collaborators, as well as through participation in short courses on scientific writing, data analysis, research governance, policy analysis and other topics. This includes two one-month stays at APHRC over the course of the fellowship and remote support from Countdown researchers during the rest of the year.

Application

For those interested in the Countdown Fellowship Program 2024. Open this link to start the application process. English Or Franch

Application Deadline

  • The deadline for receipt of applications is 17 December 2023.

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