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Development of a biostatistics curricula at University of Botswana

Award Number: D71TW010343
ORGANIZATION: FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL CENTER
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: TRAINING/TRAINEESHIP
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 04/13/2016
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 02/28/2018

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Development of a biostatistics curricula at University of Botswana - DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Botswana, like many other low middle income countries, suffers from current critical shortage of qualified biostatisticians. This has impacted negatively on policies and decision making processes that require statistical guidance and expertise. For example, many health institutions have a considerable amount of secondary data but to date information contained in these data remain unclear simply due to lack of biostatistics specialists. Collaborative work between Princess Marina Hospital, a leading HIV Referral Hospital in Botswana, and American universities like the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard Universities, have so far been limited in bringing in foreign biostatisticians to extract electronic data for analysis and interpretation. The situation is exacerbated by that, University o Botswana, the leading institution in the country, does not have a biostatistics program either offered at undergraduate and/or graduate level or as a short course. This has led to the departments that require biostatistics training to offer their students biostatistics related courss such as Qualitative Biology. However, these biostatistics-related courses are not tailor-made for research which results in students missing out especially that they need biostatistics background to carry out scientific research. It is, therefore, imperative to develop and run a biostatistics course for these departments. To date, the authors are aware of only seven (7) trained biostatisticians in the whole country. To meet the demand for bio-statistical experts, we propose setting up a training program for biostatisticians at graduate level through which we can build bio-statistical capacity and train expert methodologists who will help in the design of appropriate studies in the areas such as HIV, cancers, etc. As a collaborative effort between Faculty of Health Sciences and Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Botswana (UB), with mentoring from the University of Pennsylvania's Division of Biostatistics this grant proposal will be preparatory towards developing a short and long-term biostatistics training curricula at the University of Botswana. This grant application if successful shall be used to facilitate bringing together all stakeholders in health-related disciplines to draw up a relevant curriculum towards establishment of a biostatistics program at UB. Therefore, this grant if successful, will help us: i) to develop biostatistics curricula in order to increase the pool of qualified biostatisticians who meet the educational and collaborative research need in Botswana, and ii) to develop relevant basic biostatistics courses for undergraduate and graduate non-biostatistics students for work on research projects.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $151 )
2022	2017	UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA	PLOT 4775 NOTWANE ROAD	GABORONE				BWA	International Research and Research Training	000	2	9/23/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$151
														Subtotal = $151

Issue Date FY: 2020 ( Subtotal = -$16,100 )
2020	2017	UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA	NOTWANE ROAD	GABORONE				BWA	International Research and Research Training	000	2	9/1/2020	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$16,100
														Subtotal = -$16,100

Issue Date FY: 2017 ( Subtotal = $30,240 )
2017	2017	UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA	NOTWANE ROAD	GABORONE				BWA	International Research and Research Training	000	2	2/24/2017	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$30,240
														Subtotal = $30,240

Issue Date FY: 2016 ( Subtotal = $30,240 )
2016	2016	UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA	PRIVATE BAG 708	BOTSWANA				BWA	International Research and Research Training	001	1	7/1/2016	NEW	$0
2016	2016	UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA	PRIVATE BAG 708	BOTSWANA				BWA	International Research and Research Training	000	1	4/13/2016	NEW	$30,240
														Subtotal = $30,240

Grand Total All Awards = $44,531

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Development of a biostatistics curricula at University of Botswana

Award Number: D71TW010343

ORGANIZATION: FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL CENTER

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: TRAINING/TRAINEESHIP

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 04/13/2016

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 02/28/2018

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