GLIDE Disease Elimination & Eradication Course
The Global Institute for Disease Elimination (GLIDE) invites you to apply for the 2025 Disease Elimination & Eradication Course (DEEC) at the University of Global Health Equity in Rwanda
DEEC is a collaborative course that is offered to public health professionals and others and aims to improve participants’ knowledge on the principles of disease elimination and eradication and equip them with public health science, leadership and planning skills.
The DEEC is a hybrid course comprising a one-month online component and a seven day in-person component. The online portion is self-paced with a weekly moderated session– it introduces participants to key concepts that will be further discussed in person. The in-person segment focuses on the application of these concepts through active learning, group participation, and strategy co-creation.
Dates:
- Online portion:May 5 – June 3, 2025
- In-person portion: UGHE campus, Rwanda from June 11-19, 2025
Eligibility:
- Minimum 2-3 people per country.
- Country teams will be prioritized; very limited spaces will be available for individual applicants not affiliated with a country team.
- Applicants must be engaged in an eliminable infectious disease control or elimination program or interested in building skills and competencies for infectious disease elimination and eradication strategy development. Priority will be given to those whose work focuses on NTDs, Malaria, and/ or Polio.
- Mid-career professionals with comparable years of experience.
- Country teams can be multidisciplinary and made up of team members from diverse backgrounds (e.g. government disease program, academia, NGO), however, the team must consist of one (or more) member from a government disease program. Team diversity is encouraged, however, country teams all from a government disease program will still be considered. Examples of diverse country team profiles can include.
- Disease program managers (NTDs, malaria or polio) or other Ministry of Health/Government disease program staff.
- Public health professionals from NGOs, UN agencies, and private for-profit organizations.
- Academia – inclusion of young researchers (e.g. post-doc) whose work focus on NTD, malaria and polio with an element of integration are encouraged to apply.
Scholarship support covering course fees, housing, and travel costs is available for a select number of applicants based on merit and need. Additionally, other organizations, such as NGOs and similar organizations, that work with disease programs in any capacity are encouraged to financially support public health professionals.
Read here for more information.
Application deadline, 31st of March 2025.
