Twenty-seven public health specialists from the African region will participate in the ten-day workshop. The workshop will focus on training early career public health specialists in qualitative and quantitative data analysis methods (e.g. descriptive analysis, basic inferential analysis, thematic analysis), data visualisation, and research dissemination. The workshop will be very interactive and include group work, case studies, hands-on exercises, and discussions. Participants will also take part in social activities and a team building event to facilitate networking.

The workshop is the last of three in-person workshops which have been conducted over the course of the CARe project. All workshops are part of a comprehensive, 26-month, on-the-job professional online and in-person training programme which builds capacity in applied public health research in National Public Health Institutes, Ministries of Health and public health institutions in African countries. The training comprises of: 1) in-person workshops to intensively learn about applied public health research, 2) monthly live sessions on the above-mentioned topics, 3) guided online self-study, 4) monthly webinars with topic experts to discuss current public health issues, and 5) bimonthly mentorship meetings were the CARe team guides the participants in completing their own research projects. The training participants have varied professional backgrounds. They work with African partner institutions as part of Global Health Protection Programme (GHPP) projects, in national public health institutes and other public health service institutions. The training programme has been running since October 2023 and will conclude in December 2025. 

The financial support of this project is provided by the Federal Ministry of Health on the basis of a resolution of the German Bundestag.