EVALUATION OF CARTA AT 10 YEARS
The Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa (CARTA) was formed in 2008 out of the realization that individual African universities lack the human and financial resources and infrastructural capacity to tackle the challenges of doctoral training on the continent. CARTA offers a well thought out approach to rebuild and to strengthen the capacity of African universities to produce world-class researchers, research leaders, and scholars. By end of 2019, 87 CARTA PhD fellows had graduated from their respective institutions (45% of them female). Of the 83 graduates from cohorts 1 to 6, at least 49 have received promotions and among these, 29 are men and 20 women.
For this and much more click on the link to read more on the Evaluation of CARTA at 10 years. Follow CARTA on twitter for snapshots about the report and more program activities.
PHD INTERIM SEMINARS AND PRESENTATIONS OF RESEARCH FINDINGS
Alexander Kagaha, our Cohort 7 fellow from Makerere University registered at the University of Witwatersrand presented his interim seminar on July 3, 2020.The title of his PhD is "Policy and practice of abortion care in Eastern Uganda".
Marceline Finda, our Cohort 7 fellow from Ifakara Health Institute registered at the University of Witwatersrand presented her interim seminar on July 24, 2020. The title of her PhD is “Awareness and acceptance of alternative interventions for malaria control among stakeholders in Tanzania: a community engagement process”.
Chimwemwe Kwanjo Banda, our Cohort 6 fellow from the University of Malawi conducted her virtual research presentation on July 24, 2020. The title of her presentation "Factors associated with diabetes self-management and preparedness of the primary healthcare system to support people living with diabetes in Blantyre, Malawi"
CARTA COVID 19 RESPONSE TEAM
Our Cohort 1 fellow Sunday Adedini is involved in COVID-19 response and research on the impact of COVID-19 in South Africa. He leads a team of demographers at the SAMRC/Wits Vaccine and Infectious Disease Analytics (VIDA) Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. VIDA, where he works, is conducting the first clinical trial in South Africa (and in Africa) for a COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine trial was launched at Wits University on June 23, 2020. Click on the link the link to watch a short video of the above. Read more
Sunday Adedini has also been invited to serve as a panelist on the IUSSP (International Union for the Scientific Study of Population) webinar on COVID-19 Pandemic and Sexual and Reproductive Health in Africa. The webinar is scheduled for August 25-27, 2020.
We have a new website, let us know what you think
Our new and improved website is up and running. It presents information on the consortium, partners, fellows and opportunities among other features. The website has a new and easy to navigate format. We are still open for feedback on the look and feel of the same and we request all fellows and focal persons to review their information and that of their institution on the website and to let us know of any need for amendment or addition through the link below.
feedback on this google form here.
Opportunities
SUMMER SCHOOL IN PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY, ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT SEMINAR
This year’s SSPH+ Summer School in Public Health Policy, Economics, and Management will take place fully online and will have a rich program of 1 and 3-day courses, plus 2 freely accessible plenary lectures each day at 9:00-10:00 and 17:00-18:00. “Is Breathing killing us? Tackling Air Pollution using science for policies to protect health” will conveniently take place on Zoom August 24, 25, and 26 (Mo to Wed) from 13:00-15:00 (CEST). Several experts agreed to contribute to this interactive course, including representatives of WHO and the Federal Office of the Environment. The plenary lecture "Air pollution and COVID-19" on Wed 9:00h will be part of my course. This course can be combined with other 1-day or 3-day courses without problems.
Please find more information here
SWISS SUB SAHARAN AFRICA MIGRATION NETWORK
On behalf of the Leading House for the Region Africa, the Swiss Subsaharan Africa Migration Network at Université de Neuchatel has launched a new call - the S-SAM Fourth Call 2020 - targeting late PhD and early postdoctoral researchers from sub-Saharan Africa or Switzerland to submit proposals for survey questions, survey experiments and survey analysis.
Application deadline is September 4, 2020. More information here
AFRICA RESEARCH EXCELLENCE FUND (AREF) RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT FELLOWSHIP 2020
DEADLINE SEPTEMBER 23, 2020
The AREF Research Development Fellowship (RDF) Programme aims to enhance the research competitiveness of emerging African researchers who are working on important challenges for human health in Africa. In 2020, these challenges will include infectious disease and non-communicable diseases. AREF’s goal is to transform the opportunities for up to 15 talented postdoctoral scientists in Africa in 2020 to contribute to reducing the burden of disease through leading research that is responsive to African settings.
For more information click on the link.
MRC/DFID AFRICAN RESEARCH LEADER SCHEME 2020
The UK Medical Research Council and the UK Department for International Development announce a further call for proposals for the prestigious African Research Leader awards.
This MRC/ DFID jointly funded scheme aims to strengthen research leadership across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) by attracting and retaining exceptionally talented individuals who will lead high quality programmes of research on key global health issues pertinent to SSA. The African Research Leader (ARL; PI) should be supported by an enthusiastic local research environment and by a strong linkage with a UK partner (i.e. the UK Co-Investigator; Co-I).
For more information, click on the link.
ACADEMY SCHOLARS PROGRAM
This program is open to all recent PhD recipients and doctoral candidates in the social sciences or law. The Academy Scholars Program identifies and supports outstanding scholars at the start of their careers whose work combines disciplinary excellence in the social sciences or law with a command of the language and history or culture of countries or regions outside of the United States or Canada. Their scholarship may elucidate domestic, comparative, or transnational issues, past or present.
Application deadline is October 1, 2020
For more information click here
INVITATION TO SUBMIT COVID-19 ABSTRACTS FOR THE EVIDENCE LEADERS AFRICA CONFERENCE
The African Academy of Sciences (AAS) and the African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP) will convene a virtual Evidence Leaders Africa Conference on 3 - 4 November 2020. The conference is part of an ongoing initiative, the Evidence Leaders in Africa (ELA) project funded by the Hewlett Foundation. ELA seeks to expand and fortify Evidence Informed Decision Making (EIDM) leadership in Africa.
The key purpose of the conference is to promote EIDM and contribute to the development of evidence-informed policy, efficient and effective implementation of policies and programmes as well as learning to accelerate the development of all STI sectors in Africa. We would like to invite abstract submissions focusing on COVID-19 for presentation consideration during the conference.
Please submit your abstracts by August 15, 2020.
If interested, please submit your abstract using the application form here.
SVRI RESEARCH GRANT
Knowledge for Action to End Violence Against Women and Violence Against Children.
The Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI), through the Knowledge for Action to End Violence Against Women and Violence Against Children research grant, support research to improve prevention and response to VAW, VAC and other forms of violence driven by gender inequality in low and middle-income countries. Applications are open for innovative research that will contribute to the prevention and response of violence against women (VAW), violence against children (VAC) and other forms of violence.
Application deadline is September 15, 2020
Click on the link for more information
Publish on the African Academy of Sciences Open Research (AASOR) platform. AASOR provides an avenue for rapid publication and open peer review for researchers supported by the AAS and programs supported through its funding platform, AESA. Interested to know how to go about it?
Click on this link for more details. See the APHRC gateway on the platform. We greatly encourage our fellows to use this platform to make available any research on COVID-19 through an open-review open-access platform that expedites knowledge sharing. Let us know in advance if you would want to submit to AAS gateway so that we can better support you.
Publications
Our Cohort 7 fellow Blessings N. Kaunda-Khangamwa from the University of Malawi and registered at the University of Witwatersrand recently published Adolescents living with HIV, complex needs and resilience in Blantyre, Malawi. Read more
Our Cohort 1 graduate Rose Okoyo Opiyo from the University of Nairobi recently published the policy brief Towards realization of vision 2030 Read more
Our Cohort 9 fellow Syke Adams from the University of Witwatersrand recently published An Exploration into Mothers’ Experiences of Feeding Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in South Africa. Read more
Our reads this month
"Enhancing science preparedness for health emergencies in Africa through research capacity building" by the heads of the African Research Coalition for Health (ARCH), including the CARTA directors. Read more
ARCH is an umbrella network of 11 African-led consortia covering 54 African research institutions and universities across 17 Sub-Saharan countries whose aim is to build high-quality research capacity in the continent.
We would love to hear from you
Share with us news and updates such as upcoming events, meetings, story ideas, new collaborations, new trials/updates, upcoming and published papers, policy briefs, community engagement activities, scholarships, what you are reading, if you won a grant, attending or about an upcoming conference, a call for applications/funding/papers etc.
Share these before August 20, 2020 to be included in the next CARTA news & updates. Send an email to cartaenquiries@aphrc.org.
EVALUATION OF CARTA AT 10 YEARS The Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa (CARTA) was formed in 2008 out of the realization that individual African universities lack the human and financial resources and infrastructural capacity to tackle the challenges of doctoral training on the continent. CARTA offers a well thought out approach to rebuild and to strengthen the capacity of African universities to produce world-class researchers, research leaders, and scholars. By end of 2019, 87 CARTA PhD fellows had graduated from their respective institutions (45% of them female). Of the 83 graduates from cohorts 1 to 6, at least 49 have received promotions and among these, 29 are men and 20 women. For this and much more click on the link to read more on the Evaluation of CARTA at 10 years. Follow CARTA on twitter for snapshots about the report and more program activities. PHD INTERIM SEMINARS AND PRESENTATIONS OF RESEARCH FINDINGS Alexander Kagaha, our Cohort 7 fellow from Makerere University registere
- Log in to post comments