Closed: APPLY: SADC Malaria Elimination 8 Initiative (E8) Entomology Fellowship 2018

The SADC Malaria Elimination 8 Initiative (E8) is a partnership between eight member states that seeks to enable and accelerate zero local transmission of malaria in eight countries in the Southern African Development Community (SADC). A critical success factor for attainment of this goal is strengthened capacity for entomology and its application within E8 country national malaria control and elimination programs, to complement other interventions within malaria elimination strategies, and enhancing programmatic decision making.

The E8 is launching an E8 Entomology Fellowship in 2018, aiming to select eight Fellows (one from each E8 country). The Fellowship is designed to provide a tailored program for skills building to meet specific member country needs, and to bridge gaps identified within malaria control and elimination programs.
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Once selected, Fellows will be connected with a mentor for the duration of the Fellowship based on relevance of project work. The role of the mentor is to provide guidance and supervision to the Fellow at regular intervals throughout the Fellowship, facilitate the completion of the project, provide input towards conference presentations, connect Fellows with relevant resources and contacts for her/his professional growth, and help the Fellow to apply lessons learned to the benefit of the NMCP’s malaria strategic plan.

ELIGIBILITY

Candidates must demonstrate the following:

• Citizenship in one of the E8 countries (Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia or Zimbabwe);
• Engagement in vector control or entomology work in one of these countries in a role that contributes directly to the national malaria elimination strategy (NMCP, MOH, or relevant partner institution);
• Holder of either; (i) a bachelor’s degree in entomology, biology, environmental health or a related field, or (ii) a minimum of a general higher certificate or diploma in biology, environmental health or a related discipline;
• Have at least 3 years of professional experience in working with malaria;
• Be between 25 to 40 years of age;
• Proficiency in both oral and written English (English speaking countries) or Portuguese (Portuguese speaking countries);
• Commitment to a future career in malaria in their home country.

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