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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.
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)
WHO has urged its Member States to be highly selective
in requesting fellowships and to explore first the wide variety of
alternative training mechanism available to them particularly within their
own country. In-country fellowships should be encouraged as far as
possible. India has been following this
path since the biennium 2000-2001.
Majority of the fellows would be provided training within their own
country. By using this device, more
fellows would get an opportunity to strengthen their health services that
would eventually help the country to raise the level of health of their
people. However, some fellows may
still be nominated by the government for training and study abroad in health
matters which may not be available in the country.
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.
Within one month of the termination of the WHO fellowship
training programme, all
fellows need to send to the concerned host training institute (in case of all
in-country fellowships), a Fellowship Termination of
Studies Report (FTSR), duly countersigned by their Head of
Departmental of the hospital/institution after returning to their duty
station.
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.
Important Note: All in-country WHO fellows who
availed of WHO sponsored training of 3-month or longer duration in the
biennium 2006-2007 (including those whose training overlaps in 2008), are
requested to kindly arrange to send to WHO, the completed UoSRs
in the first quarter of 2009. Providing realistic UoSRs to
WHO will help improve further the Fellowships Programme in the coming
biennia.
 Government of India's
Fellowship Application Form (Annex I)
WHO Fellowship Application
Form (Annex II)
Fellowship Termination of
Studies Report (FTSR) Form
Utilization of Services
Report (UoSR) Form
Institutes of Excellence In
India
List of Training Courses Available at WHO
Collaborating Centres
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