The Countdown to 2030 Fellowship Program is a multilateral collaboration to strengthen analytical capacities for monitoring and tracking the progress of life-saving interventions for reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health and nutrition (RMNCAH+N) in Africa. Every year beginning in 2023, Countdown to 2030 selects 10 fellows from countries with an ongoing Countdown collaboration. During the 12-month fellowship, the selected researchers to work on a specific research project related to RMNCAH+N with mentorship from other Countdown researchers.

Fellowship activities include:

• Contributing to country collaboration activities by leading the drafting of reports or other technical and communication products.
• Attending two training workshops at the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC).
• Attending virtual and face-to-face meetings with mentors and technical facilitators.
• Drafting and submitting at least one article to an international peer-reviewed journal.
• Submitting a progress report every three months.

2025 Fellows Cohort

• Application and selection process.
• First training

2024 Fellows Cohort

• Empowering the Next Generation of African Researchers – a booklet highlighting fellows’ experiences.
• Posters from the 2025 annual meeting. 
• Application and selection process.

• Through from the RADAR project’s grant from Global Affairs Canada, the fellows received funding to take Coursera courses within the Evaluating Large-Scale Health Programs Specialization.

2023 Fellows Cohort

• Application and selection process.
• Report and blog post from the first 2023 training workshop.
• Fellow’s reflections on their experiences.

The playlist of all interviews below is with our 2023 fellows is available here.