Funded Training Program in Dubai for Health Policy & Systems Researchers from EV4GH Program

Emerging Voices for Global Health Training Program (EV4GH) is now available for promising and emerging health policy & systems researchers, decision makers, and other health system actors with an interest to become influential global health voices and/or local change makers. EV4GH coaches “Emerging Voices (EVs)” to participate on global health platforms and raise their voices in scientific and policy debates. The EV4GH program is managed by an internationally representative governance committee consisting of EV alumni elected by previous EV4GH participants and several invited (liaison) members from EV partner institutes.

About the Program:-

• EV4GH 2022 is a blended learning training program and consists of an e-coaching and distance learning phase, followed by a face-to-face training phase held prior to the Symposium. 
• It uses innovative training methods and activities to enable emerging researchers, and other health system actors and change agents to present their work effectively and engage on various global health platforms. 
• In addition, the global network of EVs fosters networking and learning across contexts and regions. After the training program, EVs become members of the EV4GH thematic working group.

• In case of a full scholarship, participation in the three-month blended learning training program, the 10-day face-to-face training (& pre-conference) (including participants’ airfares to and from Dubai (UAE), accommodation, meals, and materials) and participation in the 6th Global Symposium on Health Systems Research in Dubai will be covered.
• In case of partial scholarships, some of the above aspects will be covered on a case to case basis.

• All applicants must have been born on or after January 1, 1982.
• There will be two tracks for which participants can apply to be an EV 2022: 
• Track 1 is reserved for researchers involved in health policy and systems research (researchers’ track). Participants in this tack must have at least two of the following:
•  A Master’s degree in health or a health-related field.
• Be enrolled in a doctoral-level program in health or a health-related field.
• Have at least two-year work or research experience in public health or development.
• Experience and/or knowledge from working in low and middle-income countries.
• Track 2 seeks to attract health professionals, activists, policy makers, knowledge brokers, health journalists, and other health system actors (other health system actors’ track). Applicants must fulfill one of the following:
• Be involved in a decision-making, implementation or practitioner role within health services or a health system in a low- or middle-income country.
• Be a passionate voice for strengthening health systems within their local/national health systems as an activist, health journalist or patient advocate or otherwise be involved in advancing health equity and social justice in his/her setting.
• You need to choose only one track that best suits your profile.

About EV4GH:-

Emerging Voices for Global Health (EV4GH) is an innovative multi-partner blended training program that includes face-to-face training and virtual training components, for young, promising and emerging health policy & systems researchers, decision-makers and other health system professionals with an interest in becoming influential global health voices and/or local change makers, particularly in Low and Low Middle Income Countries LMICs. The EV4GH venture was initially conceived by the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp in 2010 with the aim of empowering health systems researchers from the global South by providing them with intensive skills training and facilitating their participation in global health symposia. After initial success with a small cohort of researchers aspiring for local change and global impact, the EV4GH venture began to involve more institutions from across several LMICs.

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