Capacity
Training and capacity building
A core aim of the project is to build a lasting network of African modellers, with capacity building embedded in how the project works day to day:
- At each hub — learning by doing, on real decision problems.
- Across hubs — teams working jointly and sharing methods.
- Across the ecosystem — knowledge sharing and cross-learning with partners and programmes.
Hands-on training runs across the hubs in Tanzania, the DRC and Nigeria, pairing early-career researchers with experienced modellers.
Open challenges
Hackathons and modelling competitions
The network runs hackathons and modelling competitions — open challenges that grow skills, surface new approaches, and connect modellers across countries and disciplines.
Community
A Community of Practice
MoDD Africa contributes to a regional Community of Practice (CoP) in vector epidemiology and modelling, a space to share methods, data and lessons and to keep the ecosystem connected as it grows.
Programmes
For national malaria programmes
We work directly with National Malaria Programmes to make sure models answer the questions that matter for control and elimination — and that the outputs are usable where decisions are made.
Careers
Opportunities
Research and PhD positions open periodically through the Ifakara Health Institute. See current openings on the IHI jobs board, or get in touch via IHI’s contact page.