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Malaria Modeling field-strengthening: WAMCAD

Objectives

To support malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases mathematical modeling capacity-building efforts in West Africa (Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Nigeria, Senegal).

Principal Institution

University of Ghana (UG), Ghana

Principal Investigators / Focal Persons

Yaw Afrane

Rationale and Abstract

Building malaria modeling capacity in West Africa by training a critical mass of modeling scientists across multiple career stages to work closely with national malaria control programs (NMCPs). They will strengthen infrastructure and faculty in existing laboratories, provide technical training and support, and promote modeling as a PhD program in universities. They will also develop mathematical modeling curricula in malaria and NTDs in multiple languages and adapted for each country, which will be freely available online. In addition, they will build an anglo-franco-lusophone West African consortium of modelers, epidemiologists, parasitologists, and NMCPs, to share expertise and support NMCP priorities, and ultimately to sustain reductions in malaria burden.

Thematic Categories

Health Workforce
Modeling

Date

Aug 2022 — Aug 2025

Total Project Funding

$3M

Funding Details
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