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This area is being set up as first step for the newly formed 'East African Data Management and Statistics Network'. The aim of this professional community is to foster collaboration and peer support in our region to support this under resourced area of clinical research.
Anyone from the region is welcomed to get involved and of course this is open access so we hope others from different places in the world might also contribute in answering questions raised or indeed benefiting yourselves from the posts here.
The aim of this online element is to compliment and enhance the face to face activity that we plan for the East Africa region to better support clinical research data management and statistics.
So please get involved by stating your interest below and also saying what you might like to see from this network and how it could help you.
Later there will be a dedicated space on The Global Health Network our East African Data Management and Statistics area. This will have many features and resources - but for now this can start us off and you can already use this to develop ideas, ask questions and even post things like documents or templates at you might like to share?
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Naomi Waithira
21 Nov 2012
This is a great initiative and I would be pleased to be part of it.I see it as a platform for information sharing and fostering collaboration between people in the same profession within the same area. Through sharing our experiences we would find solutions to common challenges we face: as the Swahili saying goes " kidole kimoja hakiui chawa" (A single finger does not kill a louse)
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JimTodd
21 Nov 2012
Data management and statistics is important, in many areas of society. And especially in the area of health.
In East Africa there are many excellent statisticians, data managers, and database programmers. There are plenty of short courses and resources available for teaching, training and mentoring people in data handling.
On the other side there are thousands of new graduates coming out of our universities. And many are looking for a job, but cant find one. With these plentiful talented young people available, we need to find a way to get the best to become data professionals.
This is where I see the opportunity lies. In developing the structure to train and mentor the next generation of data managers, statisticians and database programmers.
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