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The HEAT Center is a five to ten-year transdisciplinary research project funded by the National Institute of Health (NIH) within the NIH Harnessing Data Science for Health Discovery and Innovation in Africa (DSI-Africa) programme.

The project aims to build capacity on data science and climate change, and to be a resource for climate change initiatives across the continent. The consortium consists of a trans-disciplinary trans-African group of academic and non-academic partners. The study includes partners in South Africa, Côte d’Ivoire and Kenya, with a focus on activities in these countries.

The consortium consists of a trans-disciplinary trans-African group of academic and non-academic partners. The study includes partners in South Africa, Côte d’Ivoire and Kenya, with a focus on activities in these countries.

Partners

Funding Acknowledgement

The research was supported by the Fogarty International Center and National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), and OD/Office of Strategic Coordination (OSC) of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number U54TW012083. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health

DS-I Africa

The Data Science for Health Discovery and Innovation in Africa (DS-I Africa) Initiative aims to leverage data science technologies to transform biomedical and behavioral research and develop solutions that would lead to improved health for individuals and populations. The HE2AT is one one of the research hubs within DS-I.