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- Title
Training and capacity building in medical statistics in Sub‐Saharan Africa: Impact of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine MSc in Medical Statistics, 1969 to 2021.
- Authors
Carpenter, James R.; Todd, Jim; Baisley, Kathy; Bradley, John; Tumwesigye, Nazarius Mbona; Musonda, Patrick; Chirwa, Tobias
- Abstract
Since its inception in 1969, the MSc in medical statistics program has placed a high priority on training students from Africa. In this article, we review how the program has shaped, and in turn been shaped by, two substantial capacity building initiatives: (a) a fellowship program, funded by the UK Medical Research Council, and run through the International Statistical Epidemiology Group at the LSHTM, and (b) the Sub‐Saharan capacity building in Biostatistics (SSACAB) initiative, administered through the Developing Excellence in Leadership, Training and Science in Africa (DELTAS) program of the African Academy of Sciences. We reflect on the impact of both initiatives, and the implications for future work in this area.
- Subjects
SUB-Saharan Africa; AFRICA; MEDICAL statistics; TROPICAL medicine; LONDON School of Hygiene &; Tropical Medicine; MEDICAL research
- Publication
Statistics in Medicine, 2022, Vol 41, Issue 5, p838
- ISSN
0277-6715
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/sim.9304