title: The Afya Bora Consortium: an Africa-US partnership to train leaders in global health.
abstract: The Afya Bora Consortium is a partnership of 8 academic health institutions, 4 in Africa and 4 in the United States. The Consortium is developing a Global Health Leadership Fellowship for medical, nursing, and public health professionals, largely drawn from the 4 African partner countries. The fellowship provides trainees with practical skills to prepare them for future positions leading the design, implementation, and evaluation of large, high-impact programs in governmental agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and academic health institutions in their own countries. This article describes a Pilot of the proposed program.
authors.affiliation: Division of Allergy and Infectious Disease, Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology and Global Health, University of Washington, 325 Ninth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104, USA. cfarq@u.washington.edu
authors.forename: Carey
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Farquhar
authors.forename: Neal
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nathanson
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa; D003479:Curriculum; D003906:Developing Countries; D005257:Fellowships and Scholarships; D014943:Global Health; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education*; D006293:Health Promotion; D007391:International Cooperation; D007857:Leadership; D008611:Mentors; D010865:Pilot Projects; D015397:Program Evaluation; D014146:Training Support / Q000592:standards; D014481:United States; D014495:Universities