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STATISTICS IN MEDICINE
Volume 41, Issue 5, Pages 838-844Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/sim.9304
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- MRC [MC_UU_12023/21, MC_UU_12023/29]
- Developing Excellence in Leadership, Training and Science (DELTAS) Africa Initiative Sub-Saharan Africa Consortium for Advanced Biostatistics [107754/Z/15/Z]
- New Partnership for Africa's Development Planning and Coordinating Agency (NEPAD Agency)
- Wellcome Trust [107754/Z/15/Z]
- UK government
- Medical Research Council (MRC)
- Department for International Development (DFID UK) under the MRC/DFID Concordat [K012126/1]
- European Union
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This article reviews the training of African students in the MSc in medical statistics program and the impact of two capacity building initiatives. It reflects on the implications for future work in this field.
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.
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