AID cooperative agreement no. DPE-5951-A-00-9033-00 with Johns Hopkins University for the health and child survival fellows program

health professionals in overseas assignments related to child survival. The fellowship program aims to establish a cadre of U.S. field- experienced technical experts in child survival and international health by (1) attracting new talent to careers in international health; and (2) stimulating interest among U.S. universities and other institutions in addressing the needs of developing countries. The project will include four activities: (1) identifying assignments (generally for 2 years) for fellows in host country government agencies, PVO"s, academic institutions, or other organizations; (2) recruiting fellows (M.S./M.P.H. level or above) who reflect the best and the brightest, but also the diversity, of the United States, and providing them with orientation, supervision, and support; (3) pairing fellows with host country counterparts, who will eventually assume the fellows" responsibilities, and providing counterparts with additional opportunities (e.g, courses, workshops) for career development; and (4) establishing an advisory board so as to ensure broad institutional involvement in the program and particularly to promote minority participation by including Historically Black Colleges and Universities on the Board. It is expected that the program will support sixteen fellows a year -- physicians, nurses, health economists, health educators, social scientists, and managers -- of whom approximately half will be women and half will be minorities.