GHFP-II Global Health Internships , 2014

The Global Health Fellows Program II is pleased to announce its upcoming Summer 2014 internships with the US Agency for International Development (USAID) in Washington, DC.

Work with the largest development agency in the world

USAID is home to a wide range of world-renown global health experts working on projects of international scope and importance. Here's your opportunity to contribute your skills to specific activities in one of the offices in USAID's Bureau for Global Health and other USAID bureaus. Internships will be based in several offices including the Office of the Assistant Administrator, Office of HIV/AIDS, Office of Population and Reproductive Health, and Office of Health, Infectious Diseases and Nutrition.

These compensated internships will not only provide you a unique opportunity to gain practical experience in the field of global health, you'll be at the center of some of the most important and interesting work being done today. All internships require US citizenship or permanent resident status.

Technical areas include:

• Infectious diseases: HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria
• Maternal and child health
• Reproductive health
• Nutrition
• Commodities security and logistics
• Youth programming
• Demography

A variety of competitive positions are available. While most are at the graduate level, some positions are also open to undergraduate students who meet certain criteria, as well as some that will be challenging for PhD candidates. We are interested in people from a broad range of disciplines including:

• Public health
• Social work
• Education
• International relations/development
• Supply chain management
• Medicine
• Nutrition
• Commodities security and logistics
• Youth programming
• Demography

We anticipate approximately 30 openings in total. We'll be sending out additional announcements as new scopes of work come online. Below you'll see the positions that are already confirmed. All positions are in USAID/Washington:

Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Intern
Policy, Evaluation & Communication Division, Office of Population & Reproductive Health
Policy, Advocacy, Financing and Governance Intern
Policy, Evaluation, and Communication Division, Office of Population and Reproductive Health
Children in Adversity Outreach Intern
Center for Excellence on Children in Adversity, Office of the Assistant Administrator
Global Fund Intern
Tuberculosis (TB) Team, Office of Health, Infectious Diseases and Nutrition
Health Financing Intern
Tuberculosis (TB) Team, Office of Health, Infectious Diseases and Nutrition
Laboratory Strengthening Intern
Tuberculosis (TB) Team, Office of Health, Infectious Diseases and Nutrition
PRH Communications Intern
Office of Population and Reproductive Health
Health Communications Intern
Policy, Evaluation, and Communication Division, Office of Population and Reproductive Health
Public Affairs Communications Intern
Office of HIV/AIDS
Pediatric HIV Care and Treatment Intern
Technical Leadership and Research Division, Office of HIV/AIDS
Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission Intern
Technical Leadership and Research Division, Office of HIV/AIDS
HIV/AIDS Research Intern
Technical Leadership and Research Division, Office of HIV/AIDS
HIV/AIDS Care and Support Intern
Technical Leadership and Research Division, Office of HIV/AIDS
HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment Intern
Technical Leadership and Research Division, Office of HIV/AIDS
HIV/AIDS Testing and Counseling Intern (2)
Technical Leadership and Research Division, Office of HIV/AIDS
HIV/AIDS Condom Programming Intern
Implementation Support (IS) Division, Office of HIV/AIDS
Health Workforce Intern
Strategic Planning, Evaluation and Reporting Division, Office of HIV/AIDS
Africa Bureau Health Team Intern
Office of Sustainable Development
Fistula and Postabortion Care Intern
Service Delivery Improvement Division, Office of Population and Reproductive Health
Neglected Tropical Diseases M&E Intern
Office of Health, Infectious Diseases and Nutrition

Create your profile now at www.ghfp.net

How to apply:

The application period will run from January 6-20, 2014, but you can get a head start by completing your online profile now and by answering the general essay questions which are up on the website. Please note that as we review your application materials, the answers to the essays will carry considerable weight. We strongly recommend that you give them some thought and develop compelling and relevant answers. There will also be an additional question related to the specific internship(s) that you apply for (you can apply for up to two) and that question will not be accessible until the open application period begins. Log on to www.ghfp.net to create your profile.