We call for establishing systematic structures at national, sub-national, and health program levels to integrate modeling insights into routine health decision-making.

Paper by Thumbi ,Jacquie Oliwa & Sheetal P. Silal

Link: tinyurl.com/3e2p6md9

Kenya Medical Research Institute

Strengthening policy modelling in Africa will be a marathon, not a sprint.

Prioritising sustained domestic and international investments in policy modelling is crucial.

Paper by Thumbi ,Jacquie Oliwa & Sheetal P. Silal

Link: tinyurl.com/3e2p6md9

and the team at MountKenyaUniversity, CEMA-Africa, African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS). Malaria remains a significant health challenge in Kenya, with asymptomatic cases often evading detection, posing a persistent threat to public health. However, through innovative approaches like mathematical modeling,

M&E holds us accountable for ECF control progress.

It allows stakeholders to track the effectiveness of interventions and ensures transparency.

This fosters trust and motivates continued support.

Read More:
tinyurl.com/2xwrr2j8

Josphat Muema Thumbi Feed the Future

We are looking for her!

Join a dynamic team of young researchers @CEMA-Africa.

An exciting Ph.D. opportunity for a female candidate interested in applied epidemiological modeling.

Link: forms.gle/D69S2JJwHCV711…

Deadline: 11th February 2024.

Pls share. She is on your timeline.

Pleased to participate in a fascinating discussion at #PMAC2024 on the power of epidemiological modeling in informing pandemic policy decisions. HITAP Thumbi Mark Jit Gabriel Leung

Many congratulations Drs ⁦Josphat Muema⁩ and Elkanah Otiang on your PhD awards today ⁦⁦University of Nairobi⁩ ! Very proud of your achievements and cannot wait to see you continue to excel - and to many more celebrations! ⁦Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Animal Health⁩ ⁦⁦⁦CEMA-Africa⁩ ⁦

#KWTRP has an open opportunity for an Early Post-Doctoral Researcher (Epidemiology/Implementation Science Researcher).

The application closes 2nd January 2024
jobs.kemri-wellcome.org/job-advert/ear…

Population Health Unit

Welcome to #IDeAL2launch 🥳. We aim to empower young Africans to become influential #AfricanResearchleaders capable of reshaping the continent’s health research agenda & solutions.
#FromSciencetoImpact
#DELTASAfricaII

Join us.

On November 8, Prof Maria-Gloria Basáñez, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, will discuss alternative and complementary treatment strategies for Neglected Tropical Diseases.

Don't miss out!

Register.
bit.ly/3FCxRJC

#CemaAfricaSeminarSeries

An estimated 59,000 people die from #rabies each year.

40% of those are children.

We are committed to support the scale-up of rabies vaccinations and increase access to this essential vaccine. #WorldRabiesDay2023

📷 Mission Rabies

Meet Bonface Osindi, a CEMA Africa intern.

Course: Bachelor of Science in Applied Statistics with Programming (BSc. ASP)
School: Murang'a University of Technology.

Research interests: Bioinformatics analysis & data-driven approaches to healthcare.

As part of our #Bicentenary celebrations, our School has developed a #historical walking tour of #veterinary #Edinburgh .

‘The Dick Vet Way’ takes around 2 hours to complete in person but you can follow the route online too!

View the route here: edin.ac/3KJxGPK

Last year, we run a story about Anita Makori's STEM journey and celebrated her admission into University of Oxford. Unfortunately, this failed because of lack of funding. This year, she was awarded full #scholarships from 3 prestigious schools (Oxford, Cambridge, and LSHTM).

For interactive visualizations of 2022 Kenya Demographic Health Survey by KNBStats CEMA-Africa check out the interactive App below.

The KDHS survey was implemented by KNBS in collaboration with Kenya's Ministry of Health (MoH) & stakeholders

Read More: kdhsportal.knbs.or.ke/shiny/

Looking for a Data Science internship?

CEMA is looking for you.

Please apply.

Deadline: 12th July 2023.

Link: tinyurl.com/yckta2ze

Great meeting in Kigali to elucidate ways to strengthen health and disease modeling for public health decision making. ⁦African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)⁩ ⁦Gates Foundation⁩ ⁦Wellcome⁩