Multi-specialty / General Paediatrics Fellowships in Africa: 7 Recorded Programs

Explore 7 recorded multi-specialty / general paediatrics fellowship and training routes in Africa. Compare institutions, duration, eligibility, funding and official sources.

7 recorded routes across 7 source institution labels: 7 clinical training. 7 records have at least one field-level source check.

Listings do not confirm a current vacancy or applicant eligibility. Historical placements, frameworks and awards may appear alongside host training programmes; read each profile’s scope and dated evidence.

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Program and institutionPathway and locationDuration and capacityEntry requirementsFunding and feesSources and shortlist
African Paediatric Fellowship Programme (UCT)
University of Cape Town, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health
Clinical training
Cape Town, South Africa
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An umbrella capacity-building programme offering selected medical/rehabilitative qualifications and tailored non-degree fellowships. It is not one uniform clinical fellowship or a guarantee that each listed specialty has an available place.

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Recorded capacity: Not recorded
Training through APFP at UCT is available only where no equivalent local course exists; the requested study must address a broader multidisciplinary child-health capacity plan.Funding: Not recorded
Fees: Not recorded
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African Paediatric Fellowship Programme (UKZN)
University of KwaZulu-Natal, Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health
Clinical training
Durban, South Africa
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An umbrella African pediatric capacity-building fellowship partnership across UKZN pediatric subspecialties and general pediatrics, tailored to partner-hospital health-service needs. Its November 2023 report is historical rather than a current intake announcement.

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Recorded capacity: Not recorded
Not recordedFunding: The November 2023 programme report described ELMA/HWSETA-supported and self-funded trainees. Those historical aggregate categories do not guarantee funding for an individual applicant.
Fees: Not recorded
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African Paediatric Fellowship Programme (Wits)
University of the Witwatersrand, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health
Clinical training
Johannesburg, South Africa
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Recorded capacity: Not recorded
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African citizen and medical doctor/allied health professional under45, nominated by a home African teaching/government/public hospital for locally unavailable appropriate training, with leave, guaranteed return employment and intention to return home.

Funding: The Wits APFP describes donor support, mainly ELMA, covering tuition, professional fees and living expenses during training; individual selection and award terms still apply.
Fees: Not recorded
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ECSA College of Paediatrics and Child Health Sub-specialty Fellowships
East, Central and Southern Africa College of Paediatrics and Child Health (ECSAPACH)
Clinical training
Multiple, Africa (multiple)
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A college-wide subspecialty-training framework described prospectively as programmes the college will offer. A specific operating host, current intake and placement availability are not established by this page.

The college describes planned two-year subspecialty fellowships.
Recorded capacity: Not recorded
Not recordedFunding: Not recorded
Fees: Not recorded
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Fellowship Training in Child Health Subspecialties (Komfo Anokye)
Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons / Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital
Clinical training
Kumasi, Ghana
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The college lists Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital for pediatric fellowship training, with named general/subspecialty routes. This is a training-centre recognition list, not a dated recruitment or proof that each route is currently taking trainees.

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Fellowship Training in Child Health Subspecialties (Korle Bu)
Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons / Korle Bu Teaching Hospital
Clinical training
Accra, Ghana
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The college lists Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital for pediatric fellowship training, with named general/subspecialty routes. This is a training-centre recognition list, not a dated recruitment or proof that each route is currently taking trainees.

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Recorded capacity: Not recorded
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Fees: Not recorded
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Kenya Paediatric Fellowship Programme (KPFP) scholarships
Kenya Paediatric Association (with CHAI, UoN, Moi, AKU, Gertrude's, KNH)
Clinical training
Nairobi, Kenya
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A capacity-building funding partnership involving KPA, CHAI and five Kenyan training institutions, supporting doctor subspecialist and pediatric-nursing training. The funder’s project allocations are not individual vacancies or salary offers.

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Recorded capacity: Not recorded
Not recordedFunding: ELMA describes project support and scholarships to participating training institutions and public-sector workforce programmes; this page does not award an individual applicant a specified stipend.
Fees: Not recorded
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What is recorded and what to check

Coverage in this collection: 2/7 entry requirements; 3/7 funding; 0/7 fees; 0/7 clinical registration; 0/7 clinical language; 1/7 language / examination requirements; 0/7 application document language. Recorded information is not a full programme verification. Language examinations and document translation do not establish the language of clinical practice.

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