ArticleAfrican health sciences2025
Bridging the biostatistics gap in African health research: An urgent call to action.
Article in African health sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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- African network for statistical excellence in health research.Journal of global health · 2026Article
- Work in progress on infections, reproductive sexual health, education and non-communicable diseases.African health sciences · 2025Article
- Effect of Hands-on Biostatistics Training on Postgraduate Nursing Students' Knowledge and Attitude at a Tertiary Care Institution, Sub-Himalayan Region: a quasi-experimental study.Nigerian medical journal : journal of the Nigeria Medical AssociationReview
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Abstract
The shortage of biostatisticians across Africa continues to hinder the quality, transparency, and reproducibility of health research on the continent. Drawing on documented regional initiatives and published literature, this Letter to the Editor highlights the ongoing gap in biostatistical capacity and proposes three practical recommendations to address it. These include the organization of structured training through pan-African institutions, the promotion of existing statistical reporting guidelines such as SAMPL, and the integration of applied biostatistics into doctoral and medical education. Strengthening statistical competence through these scalable approaches could support researchers, improve the quality of published research, and foster more rigorous scientific practice throughout Africa.
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