www.whoindia.org : WHO Fellowship

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Fellowships and Training Programmes In India
A WHO fellowship is defined as a specially tailored training activity for an individual or a group for the purpose of fulfilling specific learning objectives. The programme which may be of short or long duration and which takes place in a training institution or in the field inside or outside the fellow’s country, in response to nationally approved health or health related priorities.

http://www.whoindia.org/en/section61/section62.htm

The WHO fellowships provide opportunities for:
a. Specialist training in the candidate’s own country where suitable facilities exist.
b. The international exchange of scientific knowledge and transfer of technology.
c. Training and study in health matters which may not be available in the candidate’s own country.

Those who wish to apply for WHO fellowships should fulfill the following conditions:
1. They must have at least two years experience in subject they wish to study.
2. The subject proposed for study must be directly connected with the country’s health programme, preference being given to applicants for training, which is necessary for carrying out a specific project.
3. They must undertake, in writing, to continue in, or enter the service of, their national administration – or a technical institution approved by it for at least the first three years after their fellowship.
4. They should not be over 55 years of age.
The candidates should fill up the attached Government of India’s Application form (See Annex I). The State Government concerned should forward the filled application form to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare for further action. All applications will be reviewed by a committee, and the committee will inform candidates that have been awarded the WHO fellowship. Subsequently, candidates should fill-up the WHO Fellowship form (Annex II)

Fellowships could be awarded in almost any health discipline. Preference will be given to those disciplines that reflect the WHO and GOI priorities. The major fields in which fellowships are given include: public health administration, national health planning including hospital and medical care administration, construction of health institutions and medical librarianship; environmental health, sanitation, housing, town planning and food control; nursing, including midwifery, public health nursing; medical social work; maternal and child health, including pediatrics and obstetrics and family planning; other health subjects such as mental health, health education, sexology, occupational health, nutrition, health statistics, dental health, rehabilitation, control of pharmaceutical and biological preparations, communicable diseases, laboratory services, clinical medicine, including surgery and medicine, anesthesiology, radiology, haematology and other medical and surgical specialties; and medical and allied education, including educational planning and technology in the health sciences and teachers training.

WHO Fellows undergoing training in courses of 3-month or longer duration need to submit, in addition to FTSR, a Utilization of Studies Report (UoSR) after one year of their return to their duty station after completion of training. UoSR also needs to be written by the competent Government Authority highlighting how the training helped improve the health services in the country.

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World Health Organization India Office,
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[Guest]

i am a staff nurse working in Regional Referral Hospital Nasik.
i want the subject fellowship for 4 weeks in singapore or other country. so please inform me details please

[Guest]

Where can i get a form for utilization of fellow's service report?