Fellowship & Exchange Programs

Creating the Next Generation of Medical Leaders

One of the most important ways in which Accordia Global Health Foundation pursues its mission to overcome the burden of infectious disease in Africa is by nurturing a new generation of leaders to address existing and future health challenges in their own countries. Our fellowship and scholarship programs promote an international medical education that addresses the complexities and challenges associated with infectious diseases in resource-limited settings. The programs are designed to stimulate the next generation of international medical leaders.

The program’s components enable African residents, fellows and more advanced medical scholars to excel – and provide exchange opportunities for their North American and European counterparts to spend time in Africa and contribute to the essential on-site diversity that is the backbone of every truly great institute of higher education.

The future of Africa lies ultimately in the hands of its leaders. Accordia Global Health Foundation is making a sustained investment in the future health of Africa, through the targeted development of the continent’s most promising leaders, and the enhancement of its most accomplished academic medical centers.

Accordia Fellowship and Exchange Programs:

• Professors in Residence: Accomplished international physician scientists spend 2-4 weeks providing essential counsel, mentoring and supervising African scholars and clinicians.
• Sewankambo Scholarship Program: Outstanding African clinicians are provided 5 years of support and at least one internationally recognized investigator who commits to providing substantive on-going mentorship.
• Infectious Diseases (ID) Fellowship: A two-year fellowship for promising physicians wishing to specialize in infectious disease.
• Masters in Medicine Fellowship: Support for students in their post graduate medical training with a well-rounded education that explores the complexities and challenges associated with HIV/AIDS and other infectious disease in Africa.
• IDSA International Exchange Fellowship: North American and European infectious disease fellows spend 6 months contributing to clinical research at IDI.
• AIDS Training Program: Members of the Infectious Disease Society of America spend 4 weeks at IDI to teach an intensive HIV/AIDS course for African physicians.

For more information on Accordia Fellowship & Exchange Programs, please contact [email protected].