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Mathematical modellers work with data to represent complex health processes, explore disease dynamics and investigate possible scenarios. Yet these numbers do not exist in isolation. They come from somewhere.

The conference brought together researchers, academics, students and practitioners to explore applications of operations research across different fields. Three members of the MASHA team had the pleasure of attending and presenting.

Levoniah Chakuvinga, an MMALA PhD student at the Modelling and Simulation Hub Africa (MASHA), recently attended the 18th World Congress on Public Health in Cape Town, South Africa.

The launch marks an important milestone for MASHA, which has been awarded a role as a GS LEARN implementing organisation in partnership with the World Health Organization’s Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals (WHO IVB) unit.

Phyllis Tenkorang, a Research Fellow at the Modelling and Simulation Hub, Africa (MASHA), has been awarded a 2026 Dark Peak Analytics LMIC Scholarship for the R for Health Economic Evaluation courses.

Two MMALA PhD students, Sena Alohoutade and Hilja Hambeleleni Eelu, have recently been awarded prestigious Bayer Foundation fellowships. Sena received a Climate and Health Fellowship, while Hilja was awarded a Medical Science Fellowship.