Strengthening renal registries and ESRD research in Africa

MR Davids, FJ Caskey, T Young, GKB Singh - Seminars in nephrology, 2017 - Elsevier
In Africa, the combination of noncommunicable diseases, infectious diseases, exposure to
environmental toxins, and acute kidney injury related to trauma and childbirth are driving an …

[HTML][HTML] Series: Clinical Epidemiology in South Africa. Paper 1: Evidence-based health care and policy in Africa: past, present, and future

T Young, P Garner, M Clarke, J Volmink - Journal of clinical epidemiology, 2017 - Elsevier
Africa has high disease burden and health system challenges but is making progress in
recognizing, accepting, and adopting evidence-based health care (EBHC). In this article, we …

[HTML][HTML] Developing excellence in biostatistics leadership, training and science in Africa: How the Sub-Saharan Africa Consortium for Advanced Biostatistics (SSACAB …

TF Chirwa, ZM Zingoni, P Munyewende… - AAS open …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The increase in health research in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has led to a high demand for
biostatisticians to develop study designs, contribute and apply statistical methods in data …

The Africa Center for Biostatistical Excellence: a proposal for enhancing biostatistics capacity for sub‐Saharan Africa

R Machekano, T Young, S Rusakaniko… - Statistics in …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

[HTML][HTML] The Vanderbilt Nigeria Biostatistics Training Program (VN-BioStat): Results from a Skills Workshop

BE Shepherd, N Hussaini, A Huang… - … journal of statistics …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract The Vanderbilt-Nigeria Biostatistics Training Program (VN-BioStat) aims to
establish a research and training platform for biostatisticians doing HIV-related research in …

Key factors of clinical research network capacity building

G Li, Q Wu, Y Jin, T Vanniyasingam… - Journal of Venomous …, 2018 - SciELO Brasil
In general, clinical research network capacity building refers to programs aimed at
enhancing networks of researchers to conduct clinical research. Although in the literature …

Sub-Saharan African Region Strategies to Improve Biostatistics Capacity: Exploring Collaborations Between Training and Research Institutions

TF Chirwa, PO Munyewende, DG Chen… - … Biostatistical Methods for …, 2022 - Springer
There has been an increase in health sciences research conducted within the sub-Saharan
African (SSA) region in connection with the rest of the world. However, the capacity to …

Use of patient-reported outcomes in low-resource settings—lessons from the development and validation of the Zimbabwean Caregiver Burden Scale

JM Dambi, J Jelsma, T Mambo… - European Journal of …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Full article: Use of patient-reported outcomes in low-resource settings — lessons from the
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[PDF][PDF] Developing excellence in biostatistics leadership, training an d science in Africa: How the Sub-Saharan Africa Consortium fo r Advanced Biostatistics (SSACAB) …

TF Chirwa, ZM Zingoni, P Munyewende, SO Manda… - academia.edu
The increase in health research in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has generated large amounts
of data and led to a high demand for biostatisticians to analyse these data locally and …