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- Title
The Africa Center for Biostatistical Excellence: a proposal for enhancing biostatistics capacity for sub-Saharan Africa.
- Authors
Machekano, Rhoderick; Young, Taryn; Rusakaniko, Simbarashe; Musonda, Patrick; Sartorius, Ben; Todd, Jim; Fegan, Greg; Thabane, Lehana; Chikte, Usuf
- Abstract
Sub-Saharan Africa has a shortage of well-trained biomedical research methodologists, in particular, biostatisticians. In July 2014, a group of biostatisticians and researchers from the region attended a brainstorming workshop to identify ways in which to reduce the deficit in this critical skill. The workshop recognized that recommendations from previous workshops on building biostatistics capacity in sub-Saharan Africa had not been implemented. The discussions culminated with a proposal to setup an Africa Center for Biostatistical Excellence, a collaborative effort across academic and researcher institutions within the region, as a vehicle for promoting biostatistics capacity building through specialized academic masters programs as well as regular workshops targeting researchers.
- Subjects
SUB-Saharan Africa; EDUCATION of research personnel; CONSENSUS (Social sciences); ORGANIZATIONAL change; STATISTICS; RESEARCH personnel
- Publication
Statistics in Medicine, 2015, Vol 34, Issue 27, p3481
- ISSN
0277-6715
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1002/sim.6572