Potential participants should apply to the program with a viable policy topic within their area of expertise and of priority to the government. Applicants should have access to local data describing the burden of the health problem targeted by the policy brief, knowledge about current interventions or approaches to the health problem in the country, and ideas about policy options to address it. Each policy topic must have a senior government sponsor who will work with the participant or team to advance policy recommendations in the brief after course completion. The Ministry of Health, together with partners at CDC and Vital Strategies, will assist in screening and selecting participants for the program. Following selection into the program, participants can expect to be involved with the D2P training program for a total of 10 to 12 weeks, which will include an Orientation Day, Online Course, Bootcamp (in some countries), and a two-week In-Class Session (see approximate timeline below). A ‘Final Check’ will guarantee a spot in the in-class session, during which participants will actually write the policy briefs. A brief description of each of these components is below. Participants must satisfactorily complete both the online and in-class components of the D2P training to be considered graduates.