Enhancing research capacity of African institutions through social networking

A. Jimenez-Castellanos; M. Ramirez-Robles; A. Shousha; C.O. Bagayoko; C. Perrin; M. Zolfo; A. Cuzin; A. Roland; R. Aryeetey; V. Maojo

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Enhancing research capacity of African institutions through social networking

A. Jimenez-Castellanos
, M. Ramirez-Robles
, A. Shousha
, C.O. Bagayoko
, C. Perrin
, M. Zolfo
, A. Cuzin
, A. Roland
, R. Aryeetey
, V. Maojo

Tuberculosis

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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 language	English
Title of host publication	MEDINFO 2013 : Proceedings of the 14th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics
Number of pages	1
Volume	192
Publisher	IOS Press
Publication date	2013
Pages	1099
ISBN (Print)	978-1-61499-288-2
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-61499-289-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-289-9-1099
Publication status	Published - 2013

Keywords

Research
Publishing
Scientific literature
Participation
Capacity building
Institutions
E-learning
Informatics
Tools
Networking
European Union
Egypt
Africa-North
Cameroon
Africa-Central
Ghana
Mali
Africa-West

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Jimenez-Castellanos, A., Ramirez-Robles, M., Shousha, A., Bagayoko, C. O., Perrin, C., Zolfo, M., Cuzin, A., Roland, A., Aryeetey, R., & Maojo, V. (2013). Enhancing research capacity of African institutions through social networking. In MEDINFO 2013 : Proceedings of the 14th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics (Vol. 192, pp. 1099). IOS Press. https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-289-9-1099

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Enhancing research capacity of African institutions through social networking. / Jimenez-Castellanos, A.; Ramirez-Robles, M.; Shousha, A. et al.
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