The Young Health Programme Scholarship is now accepting applications from those who want to attend One Young World Summit in Tokyo. The aim of this fully funded scholarship program is to point out, polish, and empower young leaders who are addressing Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) through innovation, advocacy, and providing basic health services. This program was launched in 2016 and since 2016 more than 100 young leaders were selected for the One Young World Summit and became part of the Young World Community. 

The One Young World Summit is a flagship program of the One Young World. The OYW summit brings together the smart, innovative, and talented minds from every country and sector who are working for the development and promotion of social impact. The best of this international summit in Tokyo is that the selected delegates are trained by the experienced and best business, humanitarian, and political leaders such as Sir John Major, Kumi Naidoo, Rosario Dawson, Paul Polman, and Akon, etc. 

This year the fully funded conference will take place in May in Tokyo, Japan. The OYW summit is a very competitive conference as the organization selects impactful and innovative young leaders from all over the world. The One Young World Summit Tokyo will select over 2000 leaders from 190+ countries. The organization using the summit as a platform and chance to show the importance of young leaders the positive impact they created in today’s world.

The YHP scholarship is provided by the AstraZeneca and it was lanuched in 2010. The aim of the AstraZeneca Young Health Programme is to help young people aged 10-24 to fight or channelege long-term diseases such as diabetes, cancers, heart diseases, respiratory, and mental ill health. Thes non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is the world’s greatest cause of the mortality. The NCDs almost killed 41 million people every year. The following article has a complete explanation about the conference, how to apply, the application process, and duration of the program along with the eligibility criteria and benefits.

Young Health Programme Scholarship:

Host Country:

•United Kingdom

Scholarships By:

•AstraZeneca

No. of Scholarships:

•15

Benefits of the YHP Scholarship in Tokyo:

•The delegates will have access to the One Young World Summit in Tokyo, Japan.
•The YHP scholarship will provide accommodation.
•The organization will cover international air travel (economy class) to and from Tokyo.
•All the meals will be covered by the organization.
•Local transportation of all the delegates will be covered.
•Delegates can claim discretionary funds after the summit.

Eligibility Criteria of the Young Health Programme Scholarship:

•This scholarship is open to the participants of any nationals.
•The participants must be between 18-30 years of age.
•The participant must work in teamwork and collaboration for a common goal.
•The participant must have leadership qualities.