Training Epidemiologists and Biostatisticians for enhanced response to disease outbreak and epidemic in West- Africa (TEBWA)
Aim
TEBWA aims to enhance West Africa research capacity in epidemiology and biostatistics to respond efficiently towards diseases outbreaks and emerging (and re-emerging) infectious diseases.
03 specific actions
- Train fifteen skilled postgraduate biostatisticians and infectious disease epidemiologists in West Africa;
- Strengthen young scientists from West African countries to manage epidemic disease outbreaks
- Strengthen regional and international cooperation in Biostatistical and epidemiological research.
Duration
- 06/2021 – 05/2024
Participating and collaborating organisations
- Laboratoire de Biomathématiques et d’Estimations Forestières, University of Abomey-Calavi (LABEF/UAC)
- Agence Nationale des Soins de Santé Primaire (ANSSP)
- Laboratoire d’Epidémiologie des Maladies Chroniques et Neurologiques (LEMACEN)
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
With the support of
- The European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership or EDCTP
- The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC)