UZIMA-DS: UtiliZing health Information for Meaningful impact in East Africa through Data Science
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Funding Fogarty Program
Data Science for Health Discovery and Innovation in Africa (DS-I Africa)
Project Information in NIH RePORTER
UZIMA-DS: UtiliZing health Information for Meaningful impact in East Africa through Data Science
Principal Institution
Aga Khan University (Kenya)
Principal Investigator(s) (PI)
Ali, Amina Abubakar; Waljee, Akbar K.
Project Contact Information
Email:
amina.abubakar@aku.edu
Project Website
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UZIMA Data Science
Year(s) Awarded
2021–2026
Country
Kenya; Tanzania
Collaborators
Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI)
KEMRI - Wellcome Trust Research Programme
University of Michigan
University of Ottawa
Ministry of Health, Kenya
Nairobi Metropolitan Services
See Project Description for additional collaborators.
NIH Partners
OD/NIH; NIBIB; NIMH
Project Description
The, UZIMA-DS (UtiliZe health Information for Meaningful impact in East Africa through Data Science) Research Hub will create a scalable and sustainable platform to apply novel approaches to data assimilation and advanced artificial intelligence/machine learning-based methods to serve as early warning systems to
- improve health outcomes for at-risk mothers and children
- improve mental health outcomes for at-risk adolescents and young adults in Kenya.
The hub will bring together method experts in statistics, computer science, and informatics, health domain experts and practitioners, and partnerships with key stakeholders to not only improve the quality, efficiency, and relevance of multidisciplinary data science in health research, but also its transparency, reproducibility, and dissemination for sustainable impact in Africa. Thus, helping ensure current and future generations of Africans can achieve uzima (health/well-being in Swahili).
Additional Collaborators
County Govt of Kilifi; Wellcome Trust; Agha Khan Foundation; Agha Khan Health Services, Tanzania; University of Notre Dame; King's College, London
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