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Reducing mental health disorders in Africa through training of health personnel specialised in mental health: a participatory initiative between Amref International University and the WHO Centre for Mental Health Research, Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine, and Movement of the University of Verona

Background
Amref International University (AMIU), in partnership with the WHO Centre for Mental Health Research within the Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine, and Movement at the University of Verona, is implementing a 12-month initiative titled “Reducing Mental Health Disorders in Africa through Training of Health Personnel Specialised in Mental Health.” Referred to as the Mental Health Programme (MHP), this collaborative project aims to strengthen Africa’s mental health workforce by equipping health professionals with specialised training in mental health care. The initiative embraces a participatory approach, ensuring that the capacity-building efforts are contextually grounded, community-centred, and responsive to the growing mental health challenges across the continent.Through this project, AMIU and its partners seek to promote accessible, evidence-based mental health services by investing in skilled personnel who can lead mental health interventions across diverse African health systems.

Funder: Italian Ministry of University and Research
Funding Amount: Euros 88.528,65
Grant No. CUP B23C24000630003

Collaborators: University of Verona, Amref Italy
Commencement Date: October 2024
Duration: 12 Months
Principal Investigator (PI): Dr Lucy Njiru

Migration and Displacement Action Plan for Sub-Saharan Africa. Developing policy-oriented research on Migration and 2. Displacement in the Sub-Saharan Region

Background
The MAPS project is a multi-country research initiative aimed at strengthening policy and programming on migration and forced displacement in Sub-Saharan Africa. Implemented across ten countries, the project addresses critical knowledge gaps by generating original data, engaging first-line practitioners, and focusing on vulnerable groups such as women, children, minorities, and persons with disabilities. Through a participatory research approach and mixed-method studies, the project explores themes across peace, people, planet, and prosperity. Key outputs include knowledge products, digital platforms, stakeholder forums, and capacity-building programmes to support early-career scientists and foster informed, inclusive, and evidence-driven responses to migration and displacement challenges in the region.

Funder: EU
Grant No: NDICI AFRICA/2024/181237/10
Funding Amount: Euros 8000,000

Collaborators: Amref Italy, Università degli Studi di Roma, La Sapienza, Kabale University, University of Dodoma, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Università degli Studi di Ferrara, Università degli Studi di Udine, Università IUAV di Venezia, Università Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria and Universitat de Barcelona

Commencement Date: December, 2024
Duration: 3 Years
Principal Investigator (PI: Dr Lucy Njiru
Co-Principal Investigator (PI Dr Josephat Nyagero

Technical Support in Development of Public Private Partnership (PPP) Framework for Health Care Waste Management, Oxygen Operations Guideline and Framework and Antimicrobial Resistant Baseline Survey

Background
The MAPS project is a multi-country research initiative aimed at strengthening policy and programming on migration and forced displacement in Sub-Saharan Africa. Implemented across ten countries, the project addresses critical knowledge gaps by generating original data, engaging first-line practitioners, and focusing on vulnerable groups such as women, children, minorities, and persons with disabilities. Through a participatory research approach and mixed-method studies, the project explores themes across peace, people, planet, and prosperity. Key outputs include knowledge products, digital platforms, stakeholder forums, and capacity-building programmes to support early-career scientists and foster informed, inclusive, and evidence-driven responses to migration and displacement challenges in the region.

Funder: UNDP/Global Fund
Funding Amount: USD 83,150
Collaborators: Amref Health Africa in South Sudan

Commencement Date: March 2025
Duration: 7 Months
Principal Investigator (PI): Prof Joachim Osur

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: LEARNING FOR LIFE 2025 POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP

Background
Amref International University (AMIU) in partnership with Mastercard Foundation, under the Learning for Life (L4L) programme, invites suitable candidates to apply for any of AMIU's three listed postgraduate degree Programmes at the institution’s School of Public Health. AMIU, a premier Pan-African university of health sciences education, is committed to bridging the human resources for health (HRH) gap by training the next generation of health professionals equipped to meet Africa’s pressing health needs. Successful candidates will be part of a networked cohort of highly skilled experts in respective fields with increased employability and opportunity for employment creation within the health sector and beyond.

Application Deadline: Friday 4th April 2025 11:59 EAT

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2025 Call for Women’s Health Workforce Scholarships

Background

Amref International University (AMIU) is delighted to announce the inaugural Women’s Health Workforce Scholarship Fund. This transformative initiative seeks to address Africa's critical health workforce shortage while fostering gender equity in higher education.
Why This Scholarship?
This scholarship fund is dedicated to empowering academically outstanding female students from disadvantaged backgrounds, including those from remote areas, low-income families, ethnic minorities, and individuals with disabilities.

Eligible Programmes
For the January 2025 intake, the scholarship supports students pursuing Bachelor of Science degrees in:
• Community Health Practice
• Health Systems Management

Why This Scholarship?
To be considered, applicants must:
• Have applied and admitted to one of the two Bachelor’s programmes offered by Amref International University
• Submit a passport-sized photograph
• Be academically outstanding females from disadvantaged backgrounds as outlined above Write a two-hundred (200)-word statement justifying the need for scholarship

Scholarship Benefits
• Partial scholarships covering 50% of tuition and accommodation costs.

Application Process
For more details and to access the application form click button below:

Note: Applications for the January 2025 intake will close on January 5th 2025

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CALL FOR LEGACY GIFT SCHOLARSHIP IN NURSING PROGRAMMES

TWO (2) FULL SCHOLARSHIPS IN KENYA REGISTERED COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING – PRESERVICE

Background
Amref International University in partnership with the Amref UK Office, invites suitable applicants for the 2024 Diploma in Kenya Registered Community Health Nursing (Preservice) Legacy Gift Scholarship. Successful applicants will be part of the students to be enrolled in the May, 2024 intake of Amref International University.

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ONE (1) FULL SCHOLARSHIP IN HIGHER DIPLOMA IN ONCOLOGY NURSING

Background
Background Amref International University in partnership with the Amref UK Office, invites suitable applicants for the 2024 Higher Diploma in Onchology Nursing Legacy Gift Scholarship. Successful applicants will be part of the students to be enrolled in the May, 2024 intake of Amref International University.

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Call for Applications for Master of Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights and Policy (MSRHRP)

50% scholarship Offer for 15 students across Africa Apply now for a Scholarship via email at Joachim.Osur@amref.org Scholarship winners will pay USD150 per module.

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