MARCAD DATA MANAGEMENT AND ANALYSIS WORKSHOP

MARCAD organized a one-week course in data management and analysis for its Fellows (postdocs and PhD’s students supported within the program to allow them to gain more skills in STATA1 6 and R software programs, in order to better manage and use their research data. The workshop took place from 21^st – 25^th October 2019 at the University of Yaounde 1/ Cameroon.

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Official Launching Ceremony of the 3rd and 4th MARCAD Workshops in Yaoundé/Cameroon

The University of Yaounde 1 (UY1), Cameroon hosted the 3rd- and 4th MARCAD Training on Leadership and Biostatistics, held from 14-25th October 2019. The official launching ceremony of the two workshop took place, on Friday 18th, in the room conference of the Higher National School of the university.

The event was chaired by the vice-Rector, Prof Dontsi, in presence of the ambassadors of Senegal, of Tchad, of Central-African-Republic, the British high commission representant, the university authorities, MARCAD’s northern partners represented by Prof Charles Wondji, some professors of the University, the MARCAD secretariat, fellows and other participants.

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MARCAD Leadership Workshop: Training the next African scientists Leaders

As part of its training and personal development activities, MARCAD organized a weekly course on Leadership at the University of Yaoundé I, Cameroon from 14th to 28th October 2019. The five day workshop aimed at improving the leadership capacity of MARCAD fellows and other support staff.

It further delivered the needed leadership skills that enable them to be more effective in their scientific work and collaboration with others across disciplinary and professional boundaries.

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« There should be a World Health Assembly resolution for malaria eradication » article published in Malaria Journal by Prof Oumar Gaye MARCAD Director

Abstract

Several efforts are being made now for malaria elimination with a goal for eradication. New tools and strategies are being developed and there is currently renewed political engagement and interest. Several technical groups have produced a guide on elimination for policymakers and indicated different research questions to be addressed. The World Health Assembly resolution and the United Nations General Assembly convened a high-level roundtable “From High Burden to High Impact: Getting back on track to end Malaria”. In Africa, the Head of states pronounced a vision for an Africa free of malaria and launched the slogan “Zero malaria starts with me”. Massive efforts to sustain research capacity in the endemic countries will be critical. It will be important to both increase domestic financing, and advocate to sustain and increase funding from major donor countries. It is unethical to continue to observe deaths of so many children in malaria endemic countries, the most vulnerable populations. Considering malaria eradication as a vision and working with all the opportunities we now have could accelerate the process. Eliminating malaria with a country regional approach and progressing step by step will give us consistent information on our way towards eradication.

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