Improving Equitable Access to Healthcare

These fellowships aim to connect researchers based at an African institution to any department of the University of Oxford so that they may collaborate on a project in the area of improving equitable access to healthcare in low- and middle-income countries.  

As described by Wellcome (which provides the funding for this strand of fellowships), the barriers to equitable access include inadequate healthcare systems, lack of infrastructure, pricing practices, and sub-optimal regulatory and procurement processes. Any application for a project that aims to address one or more of these barriers, or other causes of inequality in global access to healthcare, will be in scope for these fellowships. 

While in Oxford the visiting Fellow will work with their collaborating department and across other disciplines where appropriate, to develop research ideas, projects and events. This can include research papers, ideas for co-led projects and future joint research developments.