Exploring the landscape of essential health data science skills and research challenges: a survey of stakeholders in Africa, Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean
Respondents' consensus on essential data science skills suggests the need for a standardised framework for capacity building, adaptable to regional contexts. Greater investment, coupled with expanded collaboration and networking, would help address gaps and barriers, fostering a robust data science ecosystem and advancing insights into global health challenges.
Authors
- Agklinta Kiosia
- Matthew Retford
- Flávia Thedim Costa Bueno (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4154-4448)
- Md. Saimul Islam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0923-7373)
- Larissa Pruner Marques (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3461-8047)
- Anne Wozencraft
- Sally Boylan
Institutions
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research (BD)
- Health Data Research UK (GB)
- Imperial College London (GB)
- Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Public Health
- Published
- 2025-03-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1523873
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.53