SSACAB is a collaboration between 16 Southern and 4 Northern institutions. The partners in SSACAB recognise the importance of biostatistics in developing a strong biomedical research culture, and the need for better training in biostatistics. Each of them will have different roles, which are complementary to meeting the goals of this consortium. The Southern academic institutions with support from Northern partners will develop and implement masters’ level courses in biostatistics, and supervise PhD students to develop biostatistical capacity. The research institutions will provide research questions of practical relevance, data and student cosupervision to complement the academic institutions.

SSCAB is led by Professor Tobias Chirwa at the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa.

Lead:

 University of Witwatersrand, South Africa

Co-leads:

 London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

 University of Warwick

 University of KwaZulu-Natal

 KEMRI-Wellcome Trust

Northern collaborators:

 University Medical Center Utrecht

 University of Oxford

Southern collaborators:

 Stellenbosch University

 Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College

 University of Malawi

 Makerere University

 University of Ghana

 University of Nairobi

 University of Zambia

 University of Kinshasa

 University of Namibia

Southern collaborators – national and international research institutes:

 South African Medical Research Council

 INDEPTH Network Accra

 Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa

 Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa