Enhancing research capacity of African institutions through social networking

Ana Jimenez-Castellanos, Maximo Ramirez-Robles, Amany Shousha, Cheick Oumar Bagayoko, Caroline Perrin, Maria Zolfo, Asa Cuzin, Alima Roland, Richmond Aryeetey, Victor Maojo

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Abstract

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.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMEDINFO 2013 - Proceedings of the 14th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics
PublisherIOS Press
Pages1099
Number of pages1
Edition1-2
ISBN (Print)9781614992882
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013
Event14th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics, MEDINFO 2013 - Copenhagen
Duration: 20 Aug 201323 Aug 2013

Publication series

NameStudies in Health Technology and Informatics
Number1-2
Volume192
ISSN (Print)0926-9630
ISSN (Electronic)1879-8365

Conference

Conference14th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics, MEDINFO 2013
Country/TerritoryDenmark
CityCopenhagen
Period20/08/1323/08/13

Keywords

  • Biomedical Informatics
  • Capacity building
  • Developing countries
  • Education
  • Social Networks

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