{"id":28677,"date":"2025-04-09T10:35:19","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T10:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/?p=28677"},"modified":"2025-04-09T10:35:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T10:35:24","slug":"africa-cdc-short-term-bioinformatics-fellowship-training-program-2025-for-public-health-professionals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/africa-cdc-short-term-bioinformatics-fellowship-training-program-2025-for-public-health-professionals\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa CDC Short-term Bioinformatics Fellowship Training Program 2025 for Public Health Professionals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Africa CDC Pathogen Genomics Initiative (Africa PGI), under the Centre for Laboratory Diagnostics and Systems, is pleased to announce 100 short-term fellowships for national public health laboratories and affiliated institutions in African Union Member States. This fellowship program is part of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/laninf\/article\/PIIS1473-3099(23)00394-8\/abstract\">Africa CDC\u2019s ongoing efforts to strengthen and expand the bioinformatics workforce across the continent<\/a>. The fellowship program aims to enhance the bioinformatics capacity of public health practitioners in Africa through intensive short courses, enabling them to effectively analyze and interpret genomic data for public health decision-making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fellowship aim to enhance the bioinformatics capacity of public health practitioners in Africa, through intensive short courses enabling them to effectively analyze and interpret genomic data for public health decision-making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Eligibility Criteria:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Public health practitioners from national public health institutions and national reference labs in African Union member states.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bachelor\u2019s or advanced degree in a relevant field (e.g molecular biology, medical bioscience)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Demonstrated interest and experience in bioinformatics and public health<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Below 35 Years of ageFor any inquiries, contact:\u00a0africapgi@africacdc.org<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Deadline: April 20, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Click&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSduizhgQ4U5MK-JR2atMuHTYOl7JKwl7F9j6jROmJiTGrxzPg\/viewform\">HERE<\/a>&nbsp;to Apply<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Africa CDC Pathogen Genomics Initiative (Africa PGI), under the Centre for Laboratory Diagnostics and Systems, is pleased to announce<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28678,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2372,2373,2201],"class_list":["post-28677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fellowship","tag-africa-cdc","tag-bioinformatics-fellowship","tag-training-program"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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