2009 PEPFAR Health Professional Fellowship Program

The US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has provided funding to the Leadership, Management and Sustainability (LMS) program of Management Sciences for Health (MSH) and the Institute for Human Virology (IHV) to improve the skills and strengthen the management and leadership capacity of health care providers, Nigerian networks and direct-service organizations delivering HIV/AIDS services.

A key component of this effort is a Fellowship Program, which has been designed to build the capacity of the health professionals to effectively respond to the challenges they face managing HIV/AIDS services. The groups to participate in this cohort are nurses, Primary Healthcare Coordinators and Community Health Officers. The Fellowship Program has four main components: classroom component, practicum segment, community-based activities and mentoring support mechanism. The classroom component includes leadership and development program modules and HIV/AIDS curriculum.

Download the Application here:

• 2009 Nursing Fellowship Application (Word) (PDF)

Who Is Eligible?

Prospective participants must be Nigerian nurses, Primary Health Coordinators or Community Health Officers resident in Nigeria. In addition, they must meet the following essential requirements:

Essential requirements:

• Commitment to complete the program
• Must have over 5 yrs post graduate experience
• Must be working in Nigeria as either a nurse, a Community Health Officer or a Primary Healthcare Coordinator
• Commitment to work as a member of a team
• Commitment to work in a practicum site agreed by the project team
• Must be providing HIV/AIDS service(s)
• Ability to communicate effectively in English Language

Desirable requirements:

• Over two years leadership experience
• Basic skill on the use of Microsoft word, excel and PowerPoint
  

The Application Process

All applications must be submitted to lmsnigeriafellowship@msh.org on or before 22 September 2008.  The final selections will be decided by a panel composed of health professionals, implementing partners and the support team.

MSH and IHVN staff members who are part of the Fellowship Technical team, their family members, members of the selection committee and their family members, are not eligible to apply for the Fellowship Program.

Applicants are expected to submit the following:

• Completed NF application form; and
• Current resume of not more than three pages

Please contact Danladi Booth at dbooth@msh.org if you are unable to download the application form and would like one sent to you. All successful candidates will be contacted within two weeks after the closing date.