Enhancing research capacity of African institutions through social networking

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

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Title		Enhancing research capacity of African institutions through social networking
Authors		Jimenez-Castellanos, Ana Ramirez-Robles, Maximo Shousha, Amany Bagayoko, Cheick Oumar Perrin Franck, Caroline Zolfo, Maria Cuzin, Asa Roland, Alima Aryeetey, Richmond Maojo, Victor show all authors [1 - 10]
Published in		Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. 2013, vol. 192, p. 1099
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.
Keywords		Biomedical Research/education/organization & administration — Cameroon — Developing Countries — Egypt — Ghana — International Cooperation — Mali — Medical Informatics/education/organization & administration — Social Support
Identifiers		DOI: 10.3233/978-1-61499-289-9-1099 PMID: 23920873
Full text		Article (Published version) (78 Kb) - Free access Other version: http://ebooks.iospress.nl/publication/34315
Structures		Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de radiologie
Research group		Groupe Geissbuhler Antoine (informatique médicale) (222)
Citation (ISO format)		JIMENEZ-CASTELLANOS, Ana et al. Enhancing research capacity of African institutions through social networking. In: Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 2013, vol. 192, p. 1099. doi: 10.3233/978-1-61499-289-9-1099 https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:124740