Emerging Voices for Global Health (EV4GH) is an innovative multi-partner blended training program for promising and emerging health policy & systems researchers, decision-makers, knowledge-brokers, implementers and other health system actors with an interest and potential to become influential global health voices and/or global/ local change makers.
20 February 2024: Deadline for applications (5 pm Bangladesh Standard time)
What is the Emerging Voices for Global Health training program?
EV4GH coaches Emerging Voices (EVs) to participate in global health platforms, raise their voices in scientific and policy debates and contribute to solving global health problems and improving health conditions. The EV4GH program is managed by an internationally representative governance committee consisting of EV alumni elected by previous EV4GH participants and several invited (liaison) members from EV partner institutes. EV4GH became a Thematic Working Group (TWG) of Health Systems Global (HSG) in 2015 and was reconfirmed as a TWG in 2021.
The Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp first initiated the Emerging Voices program. Currently, this is largely an alumni and partner institutes-driven initiative with an aim to empower health professionals from the Global South by providing intensive skills training and facilitating their participation in global health events. Since its inception in 2010, a total of eight EV4GH training programs were organized, all linked to the biannual international events of the Global Symposium on Health Systems Research and other regional and international events. The first edition of the EV4GH program (2010) was conducted in conjunction with the 1st Global Symposium on Health Systems Research in Montreux, Switzerland.
The subsequent editions were linked to the 2nd Global Symposium on Health Systems Research in Beijing, China (2012); the AIDS in Africa Conference (ICASA) in Cape Town, South Africa (2013); the 3rd, 4th and 5th Global Symposium on Health Systems Research in Cape Town, South Africa (2014), Vancouver, Canada (2016), and Liverpool, UK (2018), the (virtual) 6th Global Symposium on Health Systems Research in Dubai, UAE (2020) and the 7th Global Symposium on Health Systems Research in Bogotá, Colombia (2022). See the EV4GH website for more information on previous editions. Until now, 325 EVs from over 70 countries participated in the EV4GH training program. Many EVs are now in different leadership positions in their countries, regions, and globally.
The EV4GH 2024 venture aims to expand the global network with new Emerging Voices from across the world, specifically, underrepresented countries and regions. EV2024 is supported by the Emerging Voices Governance Board, partner institutions, and the new EV secretariat hosted at BRAC James P grant School of Public Health, BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The current list of partner institutions is (in alphabetical order):
- BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Institute of Public Health, Bengaluru, India
- Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM), Antwerp, Belgium
- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
- Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government (MBRSG), Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
- Peking University Health Science Centre, Beijing, China
- The University of Cape Town (UCT), Cape Town, South Africa
- University of the Western Cape (UWC), Cape Town, South Africa
- Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
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What does the EV4GH 2024 venture offer to participants?
- Develop writing and presentation skills, boost networking opportunities and skills, technical training and use of social media and other communication methods for disseminating evidence and policy advocacy.
- Introduce and boost knowledge about global health governance, health policy and systems research and other topics related to the theme of the 8th Global Symposium on Health Systems Research, including via interaction with senior global health experts during the face-to-face phase and symposium attendance.
- Introduce and initiate participants into Health System Global (HSG), a network that brings together health policy and systems researchers and practitioners worldwide, including a two-year (from 2024 venture to the next venture) membership to HSG.
- Present and engage in a pre-conference with invited senior researchers and policymakers.
- Facilitate participation and networking of EVs with other emerging and senior health systems professionals, senior researchers, policymakers and experts in health systems and global health.
- Become part of the EV4GH network: a global network of members that, among other activities, provides curated information on workshops, courses and conferences.
- Opportunity to engage further as EV alumni towards capacity building, mentorship opportunities, research collaborations and national & international partnerships.
- Facilitate skills to publish in journals, global health blogs, or on social media and communicate more effectively on the global stage.
Who is eligible to apply?
EV2024 applicants can apply for two tracks – Track 1) Researchers involved in health policy and systems research (researchers track), and Track 2) Health professionals, activists, policymakers, knowledge brokers, health journalists, and other health system actors (other health system actors track). All applicants must have been born on or after 1 st January 1984.
Track 1: Researchers’ track
This track aims to attract applications from emerging researchers involved in health policy and systems research. Applicants must submit an abstract for the 8th Global Symposium on Health Systems Research, Nagasaki, Japan and have at least two of the following:
- A Master’s degree in health or a health-related field
- Be enrolled in a doctoral-level program in health or a health-related field
- Have at least two years of work or research experience in public health or development
- Experience and/or knowledge from working in low and middle-income countries
Track 2: Other health system actors track
This track aims at other emerging health professionals, activists, policymakers, knowledge brokers, health journalists, and other health systems actors. Applicants must fulfil one of the following:
- Be involved in a decision-making, implementation or practitioner role within health services or a health system in a low- or middle-income country
- Be a passionate voice for strengthening health systems within their local/national health systems as an activist, health journalist, or patient advocate or otherwise be involved in advancing health equity and social justice in their setting
Tracks 1 & 2:
- The EV4GH venture is in English. Participants thus need to have a reasonable command of the English language (written and spoken) to participate. All documents needed for the application should be in English (and/or have English translation (see below)).
- For both tracks, special consideration will be given to those who explicitly include the planetary and political dimension of health systems and services in their work and challenge power in whatever form, based on good evidence.
- Focus will be on applicants from the Global South, but candidates from the Global North can apply as well, if they have some relevant (long-term) experience in the Global South, and/or are currently working on health policy and systems research issues in the Global South. Please see the Scholarship details at the end of the call.
- Accepted participants should be able to participate in the training program in full. This includes participation and presence in both the distance e-learning phase and the face-to-face phase in-person in Japan from 5 – 23 November 2024. Applicants who cannot participate in full and can undertake only part of the program will not be eligible to participate in the program.
- Considering the location of the EV2024 venture in Nagasaki, Japan,
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