⛑️ Field epidemiology, data science & research for the health of populations in precarious situation.
Epicentre is an epidemiology, medical research, innovation and training group created in 1986 and embedded in Médecins sans frontières (MSF). Today Epicentre conducts field epidemiology activities, research projects and training sessions in support of MSF goals of providing medical assistance in areas where people are suffering from conflict, epidemics, disasters or where access to care is inadequate or non-existent.
Our experience and presence within MSF enables us to design and carry out projects in complex, and often unstable, situations specific to humanitarian aid to meet the healthcare needs of these populations and support MSF’s public statements. We have research centres in Paris, France (🇫🇷), Maradi, Niger (🇳🇪) and Mbarara, Uganda (🇺🇬).
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{repicentre}: an open-source repository of self-paced tutorials for applying R in humanitarian contexts
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The Data Science Team Gallery: a gallery of the dashboards, tools and R packages developped by the Data Science team.
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The Meeting Place Planner: a tool to estimate the best location to host a meeting based on participant location and number, to minimise flight travel emissions.
Also consider donating to Médecins Sans Frontières, a medical humanitarian organisation that is only funded through private donations.
With ❤️ from Epicentre team