The Africa Centres for Disease Control public health emergency management fellowship

Insights from the inaugural cohort

Bibliographic Data

ID22085962
AuthorsMesfin Wossen (0000-0002-1689-5801, Ethiopian Public Health Institute, corresponding author), Mesfin Wossen Getaneh, Albert Pascal (Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention), Rejoice Kudirat Luka-Lawal (Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, corresponding author), Martin Kukenzikila Kutubana (Ministry of Public Health), Joseph Anderson Bunting-Graden (Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention), Esmeraldo Tiago Camboneia Ezembro (Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention), Soransora D Tadicha (Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention), Paulin N Essone (0000-0003-4110-0596, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention), Simon Magodi (Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention), Uchenna Anebonam (0000-0002-8114-6698, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention), Wessam Mankoula (0000-0003-4220-8101, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention), Womi Eteng Oboma (Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention)
Year2025
Volume13
Pages1444354-1444354
Publication date2025-09-04
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFrontiers in Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2296-2565 • E-ISSN: 2296-2565
PublisherFrontiers Media SA (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fpubh.2025.1444354
PMID40977809
OpenAlexW4413998794
LanguageEN
References cited9

Public health emergencies remain a significant challenge across the African continent, driven largely by the high burden of infectious diseases and constraints in the public health workforce. The Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has taken a strategic move towards addressing emergency preparedness and response workforce gap with the implementation of the Public Health Emergency Essone Management (PHEM) Fellowship aimed at providing African Union Member States (MS) with trained personnel in emergency management. We describe the components of this program comprised of six sections such as the advisory committee (from several countries and divers organizations), a rigorous selection process, eleven weeks of in-person classes with validated materials, field deployments in countries with ongoing emergency crises, projects and mentorship programs. The PHEM fellowship offers African countries a strategic opportunity to strengthen their public health workforce and enhance their preparedness towards potential public health emergencies

Cohort · Disease control · Environmental health · Family medicine · Pathology · Public health · Disaster Response and Management · Medicine · Nursing · Public Health Policies and Education · Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research