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Merle A. Sande Health Leadership Award Applications Due
Deadline Extended
Apply Today for the Merle A. Sande Health Leadership Award
The Merle A. Sande Health Leadership Award is awarded annually to an emerging African leader who has contributed to the field of infectious disease and embodies the passion, intellectual drive, and spirit of Accordia's founder, Dr. Merle Sande. The successful candidate will be a young African leader with remarkable personal accomplishments in infectious disease teaching, research, or clinical science.
Applications will be accepted through February 17, 2012. The awardee will be awarded an honorarium and invited to lead two days of rounds and lectures and to present a keynote address at the Infectious Diseases Institute at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda.
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Accordia Global Health Foundation is transforming the African health landscape by building the region’s capacity to address its most pressing health concerns through innovative training, research, care, and prevention models. Our flagship program, the Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) in Kampala, Uganda, is a center of excellence with a proven history of retaining the region’s best and brightest, while raising the standard of care across the continent. Accordia continues to strengthen IDI and is working to form a network of centers that will drive best practices across the region. Accordia works in partnership with individuals, corporations, foundations, NGOs, and governments from Africa, Europe, and North America to achieve its vision of a vibrant, healthy Africa where every individual can thrive. For more information, please visit www.accordiafoundation.org.
