BACKGROUND
Established in 2005, the African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET) is a non-profit networking and service alliance of Field Epidemiology (and Laboratory) Training Programs (FELTPs), and other applied epidemiology training programs. AFENET is dedicated to helping Ministries of Health in Africa build strong, effective, sustainable programs and capacity to improve public health systems on the African continent.
The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is an autonomous technical Agency established by the African Union (AU) to enhance the capacity, capabilities, and partnerships of Africa’s public health institutions. Its primary goal is to control, Prevent, detect, and respond to disease threats and outbreaks by employing science, policy, and data-driven interventions and programs effectively and efficiently.
To successfully build back better and stronger from the COVID-19 pandemic, Africa CDC has called for a New Public Health Order, strengthening public health institutions, health workforce development, building local medical manufacturing capacity, and respected partnerships. Ensuring the health security of more than 1.3 billion Africans requires a skilled public health workforce. The AU Agenda 2063 and the Africa Health Strategy 2016–2030 identify vital human resources for health as an essential requirement for Africa to achieve universal health care and collective health security.
The African Union Commission (AUC) and the Africa Centers for Diseases Control (Africa CDC) launched the Kofi Annan Global Health Leadership Programme (KA-GHLP) on 20th May 2020. The program has successfully graduated 39 fellows through two cohorts, furthermore, the third cohort is expected to graduate May 2024. All these fellows have benefited from having access to Executive coaching as part of their leadership development plans. These Executive coaching sessions are provided by accredited executive coaches, based in Africa, and able to provide coaching in the chosen language of the Fellow.
Africa CDC in 2024/25 now plans to launch Cohort 4 of the Kofi Annan Fellowship and seeks the services of a world-class coaching firm based in Africa and able to provide a suite of coaches that are accredited and able to provide coaching services in the AU languages –English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Kiswahili and Arabic. For Cohort 4 we shall have 25 fellows, each of whom will require a minimum of 6 individual coaching sessions over a period of 1 year from July 2024 till end of June 2025. This would also involve providing services for base line and post Fellowship assessments (psychometric assessments, 360-degree appraisals as well as any other relevant assessments the coaching firm recommends).
It is against this background that AFENET on behalf of Africa CDC seeks to hire a consultancy firm to provide coaching services for the Kofi Annan Fellowship in Global Health Leadership.