The Africa Center for Biostatistical Excellence: a proposal for enhancing biostatistics capacity for sub-Saharan Africa.
Machekano, Rhoderick;
Young, Taryn;
Rusakaniko, Simbarashe;
Musonda, Patrick;
Sartorius, Ben;
Todd, Jim;
Fegan, Greg;
Thabane, Lehana;
Chikte, Usuf;
(2015)
The Africa Center for Biostatistical Excellence: a proposal for enhancing biostatistics capacity for sub-Saharan Africa.
Statistics in medicine, 34 (27).
pp. 3481-3489.
ISSN 0277-6715
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/sim.6572
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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.