2024 Africa CDC Youth Pre-Conference (YPC2024)

Published by Abinaidah Chaseba

Deadline: 31 August 2024

Open to: African youth aged 18 to 35 years

Benefits: Sponsorship for accepted abstracts

DESCRIPTION

The Africa CDC Youth Pre-Conference (YPC) is an Africa CDC youth initiative held annually at the margins of the International Conference on Public Health in Africa (CPHIA). It brings together young African public health professionals from all over the continent and the diaspora, with the aim of providing a platform to network with young leading health experts, exchange with their peers on existing and emerging health issues on the continent and present their contribution to a continental audience.

Previous editions of the YPC in 2022 and 2023, were held under the theme “Meaningful youth engagement for advancing sustainable health security in Africa” and ‘Youth Leadership for A Safer and Healthier Africa’, respectively. The most recent edition, YPC 2023, was attended by more than 250 youth delegates from 48 African Union Member States. It provided platforms for engagement with high-level officials and public health experts, small group workshops on selected thematic areas, as well as co-creation sessions for Africa CDC’s Strategy for Youth Engagement and Participation in Global Health and the Bingwa Initiative 2.0.

The Africa CDC is pleased to announce the 2024 Africa CDC Youth Pre-Conference (YPC 2024), to be held, in person from 23-24 November 2024 in Rabat, Morocco, under the theme “Amplifying Youth Voices: Youth Shaping Health Policy, Practice, and Research in Africa”. Its aim is to (1) showcase the remarkable contributions young Africans are already making in health policy, practice, and research; and (2) explore how to broaden engagement with and further empower these young leaders to transform the health sector across Africa.

ELIGIBILITY

Applicants must meet all the below criteria to be eligible to apply:

  • Age: 18 to 35 years
  • Citizenship: Applicants must be a citizen of an AU member State
  • Experience and expertise: have an educational background (at least enrolled as undergraduate) and first professional experiences in health and health-adjacent disciplines. Extensive work experience in public health may be used as a supplement by applicants holding degrees unrelated to health sciences or public health.
  • Leadership and commitment: participants must demonstrate leadership potential and strong commitment to public health engagement through involvement in youth-led health initiatives, advocacy, or community organising.

BENEFITS

Sponsorships are available for accepted abstracts/article/commentary. Only one sponsorship per abstract will be granted.

HOW TO APPLY?

  •  fill out the application form online.
  • Submit your CV and a 300-word abstract or article or commentary relating to the track of your choice.

For further information, please visit the official website.