Funding

 

The Philippe Wiener—Maurice Anspach Foundation provides principal funding for AfriPop and support to Dr. Catherine Linard. Dr Linard is hosted by the Department of Zoology at the University of Oxford, UK, and also by the Biological control and Spatial Ecology Lab. (abbreviated as LUBIES, Lutte Biologique et Ecologie Spatiale), which is part of the Université Libre de Bruxelles.

 

The Emerging Pathogens Institute (EPI) and the Department of Geography at the University of Florida, USA, hosts and supports Dr. Andrew Tatem. Dr Tatem is also supported by a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (Grant #49446), and is a Research Associate of the Center for Geographic Medicine, Kenya. Dr Tatem also acknowledges funding support from the RAPIDD program of the Science & Technology Directorate, Department of Homeland Security, and the Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health.

 

 

Associate Partners

 

AfriPop forms part of the Malaria Atlas Project (MAP)

 

 

 

 

AfriPop is an endorsed project of the Global Land Project

 

 

 

 

AfriPop is an associate partner of the Global Atlas of Helminth Infections

 

 

 

 

AfriPop is an associate partner of The Human Mobility Mapping Project

 

 

 

 

Data

 

The Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) has provided access to spatially-linked census data for much of Africa.

 

The following people have contributed data or expertise:

Marius Gilbert

Robert Snow

Abdisalan Noor

Victor Alegana

Peter Gething

Simon Hay

Fred Piel

Anand Patil

John Mendelsohn

Craig von Hagen

Mark Thompson

Fritz Shoeman

Greg Yetman

Nicholas Campiz

Patrice Fillon

Bruno Moonen

Gabriel Mushinge

Natashia Morris

Amit Verma

Deepa Pindolia

Anja Bibby

Tim Robinson

Willy Wint

Gina Weir-Smith

Hennie Loots

Pieter Sevenhuysen

Janet Nackoney

Craig Schwabe

Mark Polyak

 

Webpage

 

Construction was aided by Sreesesha Aditya,  University of Florida, USA

 

 

Links

 

Homepage: Dr Andy Tatem

 

 

 

Contact

 

Further information can be obtained through contacting:

 

Dr Andrew Tatem (University of Florida, USA / Centre for Geographic Medicine, Kenya / Fogarty          International Center, National Institutes of Health, USA ): Webpage

 

Dr Catherine Linard (University of Oxford, UK / Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium)

Contact / Acknowledgements