Emerging Epidemics: Improving Preparedness in Burkina Faso
The overall ambition of the research project is to identify key elements for a smart foresighting system for early detection of infectious diseases in order to reduce the risk of new international pandemics.
This is a cross-disciplinary project, including anthropology, epidemiology and data science. We will generate new knowledge about local perceptions of contagion and caring practices, identify relevant disease indicators and communication channels and identify potentials for improved use of m-Health for early detection and reporting.
The research project is organized in four work packages.
- In workpackage 1 we will study local perceptions and practices of disease and care-giving.
- Workpackage 2 identifies locally relevant disease indicators and methods for identification of early warning signals at community level.
- In workpackage 3 we plan to analyze patterns and means of communication using ICT.
Workpackage 4: Inputs from workpackage 1-3 will be used to develop a smart foresighting system, which will be pilot tested in workpackage 4.
The main outputs of the project will be a total of four PhD degrees (three from Burkina Faso and one from Denmark), a minimum of 15 publications, five policy briefs, two regional and one national stakeholder workshops, an international conference as well as tools and recommendations for an improved community based system for early detection of infectious diseases.
Samuelsen, H., & Toé, L. (2021). Covid-19 Temporalities: Ruptures of Everyday Life in Urban Burkina Faso. Medicine Anthropology Theory, 8(1), 1-21. https://doi.org/10.17157/mat.8.1.5104
Researchers
| Name | Title | Image |
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| Dan Wolf Meyrowitsch | Associate Professor |
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| Helle Samuelsen | Associate Professor |
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| Ib Christian Bygbjerg | Professor |
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| Ingemar Johansson Cox | Professor |
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| Karin Linda Schiøler | Associate Professor |
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| Pia Juul Bjertrup | PhD Fellow |
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External researchers
- Associate Professor, Gabin Korbeogo, University Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Ouagdougou, Burkina Faso
- Associate Professor, Maxime Drabo, University Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Ouagdougou, Burkina Faso
- PhD fellow, Cheick Omar Diallo, University Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Ouagdougou , Burkina Faso
- PhD fellow, Hamidou Sanou, University Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Ouagdougou, Burkina Faso
- Associate Researcher, Lea Paré Toé, IRSS, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
- PhD fellow, Huguette Tynou, IRSS, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.