The IPH/CDC HIV/AIDS Fellowship Programme
The IPH/CDC Fellowship programme, which is a collaboration between the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Makerere University School of Public Health is a capacity building and training programme offered on a competitive basis to holders of postgraduate qualifications in the following fields
- Public health
- Medicine
- Statistics
- Journalism
- Social sciences or
- Any other health-related field
The fellowship trains individuals to gain expertise in various aspects of managing HIV/AIDS programmes. There are three different categories of fellowships; the long term two-year fellowship; the medium term fellowship and the technical placement. These programmes provide systematic public health training focused on increasing the number of professionals trained in management, monitoring, evaluation and communication needed to spearhead new HIV/AIDS programmes as well as strengthen and/or replicate successful programmes.
The selected fellows are attached to an HIV/AIDS programme or institution involved in HIV/AIDS service delivery, information dissemination or policy development in any part of Uganda. They are placed under the supervision of a designated mentor at the host institution and an academic mentor at MUSPH. In their effort to deliver services Fellows of the IPH/CDC Fellowship Programme have reached out to the public through media publications and other communication, in addition to working with communities in need.
(Download booklet for more information or visit the Fellowship Program web site at www.musphcdc.ac.ug
