title: Network for strong, national, public health institutes in west Africa.
authors.affiliation: Centre Muraz, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso; University of Ouagadougou, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Meda
authors.affiliation: INSERM U1219, Centre Inserm Epidémiologie et Biostatistique, Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux 33076, France. Electronic address: francois.dabis@u-bordeaux.fr.
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dabis
authors.affiliation: Institut de la Veille Sanitaire, Saint-Maurice, France.
authors.forename: Jean-Claude
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Desenclos
authors.affiliation: West African Health Organization, Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.
authors.forename: Xavier
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Crespin
authors.affiliation: Institut Immunologie, Inflammation, Infectiologie et Microbiologie, INSERM, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Jean-François
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Delfraissy
mesh_terms: D000047:Academies and Institutes / Q000458:organization & administration*; D000354:Africa, Western / Q000453:epidemiology; D058872:Epidemics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019142:Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D011634:Public Health