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Applications open for African epidemic modelling training fellowship

The Training Initiative for Modelling Epidemic Response in Africa has launched a fellowship to train 50 public health professionals in infectious disease modelling.

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Applications have opened for the Training Initiative for Modelling Epidemic Response in Africa fellowship, Global South Opportunities reported. The programme provides 12 months of training designed to strengthen capacity in infectious disease modelling, epidemic preparedness, and data driven public health decision making across the continent. [1]

According to Global South Opportunities, the training initiative will educate approximately 50 African public health professionals. The fellowship is funded through EDCTP3 and will run three sequential cohorts during the 2026 to 2029 project period. [1]

The programme combines online learning, intensive face to face training, remote mentoring, thematic workshops, group work, and supervised project work, Global South Opportunities reported. [1]

The initiative comes during an outbreak of Ebola virus disease in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and neighbouring countries, which began in May 2026. By early August, that outbreak had become the fastest growing Ebola outbreak on record. [6]

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In short

  • The TIMERA fellowship has opened applications for a 12-month training programme.
  • The initiative will train approximately 50 African public health professionals across three cohorts.
  • Funding for the fellowship is provided through EDCTP3 for the 2026 to 2029 project period.
  • The curriculum includes online learning, face to face training, remote mentoring, and supervised projects.

Sources

Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.

  1. [1]Apply Now for the Funded TIMERA Fellowship 2026–2029: 12-Month Epidemic Modelling Training for 50 African Public Health ProfessionalsGlobal South Opportunities, 15h ago (the report this story comes from)
  2. [2]Public Health HauntsBrown's School of Public Health, 1d ago
  3. [3]Nigerian Ebola Outbreak, Test Of Public Health Surveillance SystemIndependent Newspaper Nigeria, 22h ago
  4. [4]Your Health is Always on the Ballot - Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthGoogle News, 1d ago
  5. [5]Your Health is Always on the Ballot - Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthGoogle News, 1d ago

Background

  1. [6]2026 Ebola epidemic on Wikipedia
  2. [7]Allied health professionals on Wikipedia

Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 7 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.

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