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)