The IAS Person-Centred Care Advocacy Academy Fellowship 2024
Application Deadline: Unspecified
Applications are now open for the 2024 IAS Person-Centred Care Advocacy Academy Fellowship. The Person-Centred Care Advocacy Academy will award fellowships to 15 advocates to engage in a series of interactive workshops. The academy is jointly organized by IAS – the International AIDS Society – and the Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ), in partnership with Gilead Sciences. It is designed for individuals working in central, eastern, southern and western Africa who are interested in strengthening their advocacy skills to enhance person-centred service delivery initiatives.
The objectives are to:
- Provide training and skills building on current person-centred care approaches to service delivery and existing barriers to their implementation
- Develop tools to disseminate information on person-centred approaches and their importance to the wider community, including policy makers, the media and programme managers
- Create opportunities to interact with leading researchers and advocates in the field
- Guide participants to identify service delivery gaps in their communities and develop action plans to overcome these challenges
Eligibility Requirements
To be eligible, applicants must:
- Have sufficient proficiency in English
- Demonstrate involvement as an advocate or healthcare provider (including peer educators) in the HIV field for at least two years
- Be affiliated with HIV associations, groups or committees based in central, eastern, southern or western Africa
- Be interested in person-centred care approaches
