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🎓 PhD in Epidemiology & Biostatistics — UCT 2026

Location: Cape Town, South Africa
Deadline: Rolling

Full details & apply: https://hepius.co/phd-position-epidemiology-and-biostatistics-2026-university-of-cape-town/

UCT Fully Funded PhD in Epidemiology 2026 — R380,000/year University of Cape Town offering fully funded PhD positions in Epidemiology and Biostatistics for 2026 intake.

🧠 Africa CDC/AUC Mental Health Leadership Program 2026

Location: Cairo, Egypt
Deadline: April 5, 2026

Full details & apply: https://hepius.co/fellowship-africa-cdc-auc-mental-health-leadership-program-2026-cairo-egypt/

Africa CDC Mental Health Leadership Program 2026 — Apply April 5 Fully funded mental health leadership course for African professionals. Cairo, May 10-22, 2026.

💷 AREF Research Development Fellowship 2026/2027

Location: UK/Europe/Africa
Deadline: May 8, 2026

Full details & apply: https://hepius.co/fellowship-aref-research-development-fellowship-2026-2027-africa-research-excellence-fund/

AREF Research Development Fellowship 2026 — Up to GBP 47,000 Fully funded fellowship for African early-career health researchers. Up to GBP 47,000. Deadline May 8, 2026.

🔬 ViGOR Research Fellowship 2026

Location: Central & East Africa
Deadline: April 30, 2026

Full details & apply: https://hepius.co/fellowship-vigor-research-fellowship-2026-virus-genomics-for-outbreak-response/

ViGOR Research Fellowship 2026 — Apply by April 30 NIHR-funded fellowship for African researchers in virus genomics and outbreak modelling.

🧬 Africa CDC Biomanufacturing Fellowship 2026-2028

Location: Pan-Africa
Deadline: April 20, 2026

Full details & apply: https://hepius.co/fellowship-africa-cdc-biomanufacturing-fellowship-2026-2028-africa-cdc/

Africa CDC Biomanufacturing Fellowship 2026-2028 — Apply by April 20 Fully funded 2-year fellowship for African biomanufacturing professionals. Hosted at your company. Deadline April 20, 2026.

FELLOWSHIP ALERT | Africa CDC PHEM Fellowship 2026 — Deadline March 31 (7 days left!)

Fully funded 6-month residential fellowship for mid-career African public health professionals. Cohort III covers PHEOC operations, outbreak response, One Health, and health policy.

Training sites: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia + Zambia
Start: June 2026 | Fully funded by Africa CDC
Eligible: Government-employed civil servants from AU member states

Apply now — only 7 days left:

Fellowship | Africa CDC Public Health Emergency Management (PHEM) Fellowship 2026 | Africa CDC Africa CDC PHEM Fellowship 2026 Cohort III is open — fully funded 6-month residential fellowship for African public health professionals. Deadline: March 31, 2026.

HEALTH NEWS | NVIDIA launches full Healthcare AI Stack at GTC 2026 — open-sourcing surgical robotics datasets, hospital digital twins, and drug discovery AI. Big leap for global health tech. Full analysis on Hepius:

News | NVIDIA Launches Healthcare AI Stack at GTC 2026: Surgical Robots, Drug Discovery, and Hospital Twins | NVIDIA NVIDIA unveiled a complete healthcare AI platform at GTC 2026 — surgical robot models, hospital digital twins, and drug discovery tools — now open to developers.

⚠️Fellowship Alert!

O'Shaughnessy Ventures (OSV) is offering $100,000 equity-free fellowships and $10,000+ grants for bold, unconventional thinkers.

No equity taken. Open globally. Deadline: April 30, 2026.

If your project is too ambitious for mainstream funders, this might be your match.

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Fellowship | O'Shaughnessy Ventures (OSV) 2026 | $100,000 Equity-Free Funding O'Shaughnessy Ventures offers $100,000 equity-free fellowships and $10,000+ grants for bold, independent thinkers worldwide. No equity taken. Deadline: April 30, 2026.

Extended reality (XR), one of the latest advances in technology, is changing the reality of the quality of healthcare service.

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6 Ways XR Is Improving Healthcare Service Quality XR is one of the latest technological advances and is changing the reality of healthcare service quality.

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A case of surgery on a healthy patient

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