TY - GEN
T1 - Enhancing research capacity of African institutions through social networking
AU - Jimenez-Castellanos, Ana
AU - Ramirez-Robles, Maximo
AU - Shousha, Amany
AU - Bagayoko, Cheick Oumar
AU - Perrin, Caroline
AU - Zolfo, Maria
AU - Cuzin, Asa
AU - Roland, Alima
AU - Aryeetey, Richmond
AU - Maojo, Victor
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Traditionally, participation of African researchers in top Biomedical Informatics (BMI) scientific journals and conferences has been scarce. Looking beyond these numbers, an educational goal should be to improve overall research and, therefore, to increase the number of scientists/authors able to produce and publish high quality research. In such scenario, we are carrying out various efforts to expand the capacities of various institutions located at four African countries-Egypt, Ghana, Cameroon and Mali-in the framework of a European Commission-funded project, AFRICA BUILD. This project is currently carrying out activities such as e-learning, collaborative development of informatics tools, mobility of researchers, various pilot projects, and others. Our main objective is to create a self-sustained South-South network of BMI developers.
AB - Traditionally, participation of African researchers in top Biomedical Informatics (BMI) scientific journals and conferences has been scarce. Looking beyond these numbers, an educational goal should be to improve overall research and, therefore, to increase the number of scientists/authors able to produce and publish high quality research. In such scenario, we are carrying out various efforts to expand the capacities of various institutions located at four African countries-Egypt, Ghana, Cameroon and Mali-in the framework of a European Commission-funded project, AFRICA BUILD. This project is currently carrying out activities such as e-learning, collaborative development of informatics tools, mobility of researchers, various pilot projects, and others. Our main objective is to create a self-sustained South-South network of BMI developers.
KW - Biomedical Informatics
KW - Capacity building
KW - Developing countries
KW - Education
KW - Social Networks
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84894367668&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3233/978-1-61499-289-9-1099
DO - 10.3233/978-1-61499-289-9-1099
M3 - Conference contribution
C2 - 23920873
AN - SCOPUS:84894367668
SN - 9781614992882
T3 - Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
SP - 1099
BT - MEDINFO 2013 - Proceedings of the 14th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics
PB - IOS Press
T2 - 14th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics, MEDINFO 2013
Y2 - 20 August 2013 through 23 August 2013
ER -