Name of the Event: Africa CDC Youth Pre-Conference (YPC2024)

Date: 23 – 24 November 2024

Place: Rabat, Morocco

Mode: In-person

Last Date of Application: 30 August 2024

Link to Apply:

The 2024 Youth Pre-Conference on Public Health aims at fostering and enhancing advocacy for youth meaningful engagement, active participation, and inclusive leadership in public health in Africa. It also seeks to educate and empower the youths to make informed decisions and contribute to strengthening the continent’s health security (UHC) and providing a space for young people to present their Contributions to health policy, practice, and research.

Dates, Venue, Proposed Framework

The 2024 Africa CDC Youth Pre-Conference will take place in person from 23-24 November 2024 in Rabat, Morocco.

It will include:

• Plenary sessions and Keynotes by high-level individuals.

• Parallel sessions and workshops in a range of formats to encourage broad participation.

• Oral and poster presentations of youth-led or youth-focused research and projects.

• Networking opportunities.

Eligibility:

Applicants must meet all the below criteria to be eligible to apply:

• Age- 18 to 35 years

• Citizenship: Applicants must be a citizen of an AU member State

• Experience and expertise: have an educational background (at least enrolled as an undergraduate) and first professional experience in health and health-adjacent disciplines. Extensive work experience in public health may be used as a supplement by applicants holding degrees unrelated to health sciences or public health.

• Leadership and commitment: participants must demonstrate leadership potential and a strong commitment to public health engagement through involvement in youth-led health initiatives, advocacy, or community organising.

We are not the official organisers of the program. If you have any queries regarding it, kindly contact the organisers at – AUBingwa@africa-union.org