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Teaching in Nouna, Burkina Faso
One major aim within the SFB 544 was to
build sustainable capacity in the Nouna
Research Centre (CRSN). Regular training
was provided in the field of statistical
methods and epidemiology for researchers
and collaborators. Topics in the reported
time frame were concepts in epidemiology,
including relevant measures, study designs
and principles to analyse observational
studies. Survival techniques were taught, in-
cluding Cox Regression models and Kaplan
Maier estimates, using EpiInfo and Stata
®
software.
Courses were conducted by Prof. Dr. Heiko
Becher, PD Dr. Heribert Ramroth and
Gabriele Stieglbauer.
The institutional capacity
building through an East African
region postgraduate teaching
programme "Public Health"
(EAR-HEALTH)
Within the EDULINK program we aimed to
contribute to public health training in East
Africa. The Project EAR-HEALTH (2008-2011)
was led by our institute (principal inves-
tigator Andreas Ruppel; project manager
Pauline Grys) with partners in Kenya (Moi
University School of Public Health, Duncan
Ngare, deceased, Edwin Were), Tanzania
(MUHAS School of Public Health and Social
Sciences, Melkizedeck Leshabari) and
Uganda (Makerere University School of
Public Health, Juliet Kiguli).
At each partner university we developed
and implemented – together with the local
organizers – each of the following courses:
›› "Quality improvement and leadership in
health systems and services" (QI), Rainer
Kuelker
›› "Sexual and reproductive health & HIV/
AIDS" (RH), Malabika Sarker
›› "Health and displaced populations" (DP),
Michael Marx
›› "Train the teachers" workshops, Andreas
Ruppel and Rainer Kuelker.
In total, the courses and workshops were
attended by over 300 participants from
various institutions.
The project ended in August 2011 and
received financial support from the ACP-EU
Cooperation Programme in Higher Educa-
tion (EDULINK: A programme of the ACP
group of states, with the financial assis-
tance of the European Union). It is intended
that the courses continue from 2012 without
EU-support and under the leadership of the
East-African partners.
www.ear-health.org
The EAR-HEALTH courses
facilitated in 2010 and 2011
in detail were:
2010
DP:
21.06.-03.07.2010, Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania, course coordinator Simon
Mamuya
RH:
10.05.-22.05.2010, Eldoret, Kenya,
course coordinator Edwin Were
QI:
22.02.-05.03.2010, Kampala, Ugan-
da, course coordinator Roy Mayega
Train the Teachers:
22.02.-26.02.2010, organizers Duncan
Ngare, David Ayuku, Charles Walekhwa,
Andreas Ruppel, Rainer Kuelker.
08.03.-12.03.2010, Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania, organizers M.T. Leshabari, D.C.
Kakoko, Andreas Ruppel, Rainer Külker.
2011
DP:
21.03.-01.04.2011, Kampala, Uganda,
course coordinator Abdullah Ali Halage
RH:
23.05.-03.06.2011, Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania, course coordinator Rose
Mpembeni
QI:
04.07.-15.07.2011, Eldoret Kenya,
course coordinator Edwin Were