Technology finally caught up with Akbar Waljee’s desire to conduct meaningful global health work in his native Kenya. On the surface, professor of Internal Medicine Akbar Waljee’s latest collaboration is a puzzle. How does a US-trained gastroenterologist end up helping establish Eastern Africa’s first-ever data science hub with projects focused on mental and maternal health? […]

New program will establish data science research and training network across the continent. The National Institutes of Health is investing about $74.5 million over five years to advance data science, catalyze innovation and spur health discoveries across Africa. Under its new Harnessing Data Science for Health Discovery and Innovation in Africa (DS-I Africa) program, the […]