Mr Koomi Toussaint Amoussouvi has defended his master thesis on 29/02/2024
Mr Koomi Toussaint Amoussouvi has defended his master thesis on 29/02/2024

In the three-year span of SARS-CoV-2 infections, many influencing factors remain unclear, including its seasonality. Despite numerous studies, findings on seasonal patterns vary over time and location, necessitating further investigations, particularly in Africa, where the low number of cases was surprising, to avoid a looming health shock of the pandemic on the continent. This study aims to explore SARS-CoV-2 seasonality across three climate zones.

๐’๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ : ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐š๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐–๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐๐ฒ๐ง๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐›๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ
๐’๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ : ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐š๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐–๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐๐ฒ๐ง๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐›๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ

Despite recent advances, growth in Biostatistics in West and Central Africa still lags, and collective efforts are needed to push the discipline forward. This workshop organized by HRH-SEMCA will bring together experts from West and Central Africa, but also from Europe and the US and earlier career young researchers in the field of Biostatistics/Biomathematics to...

Research stays at the Medical Biometry Institute, Freiburg
Research stays at the Medical Biometry Institute, Freiburg

From 01.06.2023 to 30.08.2023, Ms Yvette Montcho (PhD student) and Dr Jonas Doumatรจ (Junior researcher) will stay at the University of Freiburg in the frame of the HRH-SEMCA. They will stay at the Institute of Medical Biometry and Statistics for three months, where they will conduct their research under Prof Martin Wolkewitzโ€™s supervision.

Mrs Paustella G. AZOKPOTA has defended her master thesis on 29/12/2022
Mrs Paustella G. AZOKPOTA has defended her master thesis on 29/12/2022

Topic: Assessing the dynamics of COVID-19 in the face of vaccination in African countries: mathematical analysis

Mrs Robinah NALWANGA has defended her master thesis on 16/12/2022
Mrs Robinah NALWANGA has defended her master thesis on 16/12/2022

Topic: Assessing the impact of vaccination on the dynamics of COVID-19 in Africa: A mathematical modeling study

Collaboration between the German-West African Centre for Global Health and Pandemic Prevention (G-WAC) and the Humboldt Research Hub HRH-SEMCA
Collaboration between the German-West African Centre for Global Health and Pandemic Prevention (G-WAC) and the Humboldt Research Hub HRH-SEMCA

As part of this collaboration, the G-WAC organized the first Biennial West African Policy Dialogue on Pandemic Preparedness in Accra, Ghana intituled asย โ€œCapabilities for Better data, better analytics, better decisionsโ€.

On the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccines effectiveness in West Africa
On the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccines effectiveness in West Africa

The University of Abomey Calavi in Benin hosted a scientific conference on "COVID-19: Reality, Challenges and Perspectives" on October 27, 2022.

Prof. Romain Glรจlรจ Kakaรฏ was in Freiburg.
Prof. Romain Glรจlรจ Kakaรฏ was in Freiburg.

From 16.09.2022 to 22.09.2022, Prof. Romain Glรจlรจ Kakaรฏ has stayed in Freiburg, where he
discussed with Prof. Martin Wolkewitz several aspects of the implementation of HRH-SEMCAโ€™s
work packages.

Research stay in Freiburg
Research stay in Freiburg

Ms Yvette Montcho (PhD student) and Dr Bruno Lokonon (Post-Doc) have started a research stay at the University of Freiburg in the frame of the HRH-SEMCA

Mr Kassifou TRAORE has defended his master thesis on 25/01/2022
Mr Kassifou TRAORE has defended his master thesis on 25/01/2022

The current COVID-19 pandemic is carried out by the fast spread of a new Coronavirus (SARS-Cov-2) across the world.

Mr Aliou DICKO has defended his master thesis on 28/01/2022:
Mr Aliou DICKO has defended his master thesis on 28/01/2022:

Environmental and socio-demographic factors may interact to accelerate or reduce dynamics of epidemics such as the COVID-19.