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Application Deadline: June 13th, 2020. Eligibility: All young people in Africa above the age of 14 years who identifies themselves as Youths can participate. Background of UNICEF COVID-19 African Challenge COVID-19 has hit the world hard in an unprecedented manner. Amid other hard realities, misinformation and fake news worsens our …

Application Deadline: June 21, 2020 Background of International Society for Infectious Diseases (ISID) Research Grants ISID’s research grants are one of the Society’s signature programs and are instrumental in fulfilling ISID’s commitment to funding researchers from countries which bear the greatest burden of infectious disease. To date over 175 grants …

Application Deadline: Tuesday, June 30, 2020. Maximum Amount: US$200,000 Type of call: Rolling call Background of African Academy of Sciences (AAS) Funding for Covid-19 R&D goals in Africa The COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented challenges across the world with Africa holding the weakest end of the stick. Like most health …

Application Deadline: 17th May, 2020. Eligibility: Researchers, PhD students and Master Students based in Nigerian universities who have already conducted extensive fieldwork and are familiar with research methodology in humanities and social sciences. Background of IFRA Funding for DATA COLLECTION on Covid-19 in Nigeria World over and also in Nigeria, …

Application Deadline: 3 May 2020 Maximum amount: €30,000 but may be increased based on need. Background of G²LM|LIC COVID-19 Funding The current COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a global crisis with short- and long-term implications for health, the economy, and social relations. It is expected that the negative impacts of …

Application: Ongoing Background of Peace First COVID-19 Grants COVID-19 is a global pandemic as declared by the WHO, and communities have been recommended to take social distancing measures to prevent the spread of the virus. Globally, COVID-19 is more than a public health challenge — it has laid bare the …

Application Deadline: 4th May 2020 Background of COVID-19 Elrha Funding Elrha is making an urgent call for research proposals to support the COVID-19 response in humanitarian settings. The aim of this call is to fund public health research that will produce robust findings that can contribute to the effectiveness of the current humanitarian response and increase the …

Course Developers: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics & African Society for Laboratory Medicine. Timeline: 3 weeks. Course Type: Online Free Certificate Course. Aim: To equip all medical and healthcare professionals with the latest recommendations on COVID-19 diagnostics and testing, and how to improve …

Course Developer: WHO. Course duration: 1 hour. Aim: To provide information on what facilities should be doing to be prepared to respond to a case of an emerging respiratory virus such as the novel coronavirus, how to identify a case once it occurs, and how to properly implement IPC measures to …