Building Africa's Capacity to Model Infectious Disease
To equip 35 researchers with foundational modelling skills through hands-on workshops and support 12 advanced modellers through a 1-year fellowship with mentorship, ensuring equitable geographic representation and gender balance across sub-Saharan Africa.
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16 September 2026
IDM-Africa Project Launched; Building a Strategic Hub for Infectious Disease Modelling Workforce.
IDM-Africa responds directly to this gap by building modelling capacity where outbreaks happen and routing outputs straight into policy.
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14 August 2026
IDM-Africa Project Kicks Off to Strengthen Infectious Disease Modelling Across Sub-Saharan Africa
By bringing together regional and international expertise, IDM-Africa represents an important investment in building the scientific capacity needed to ensure that the models shaping infectious disease responses are increasingly developed by researchers who understand the contexts in which those diseases emerge and spread.
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