PhD Scholarship Program for  the Promotion of Demographic Training and Research in Sub-Saharan Francophone  Africa (AFFSA).
                     
                    This scholarship program  was funded through a grant of over 650 000 dollars from the Andrew  W. Mellon Foundation of New York (USA) to Professor Barthélemy Kuate Defo. The  main objective of these scholarships was to provide advanced training involving  advanced methods of analysis and research on the health issues on African  populations over time and space and to truly strengthen the research capacity  of PhD students on population challenges facing Francophone Sub-Saharan countries  in the 21st century.
                      
                    
                     
                    List of PhD  students at the Université de Montréal who received AFFSA scholarships
                     
                    Camara ANSOUMANE YASSIMA,  PhD candidate
                    
                      Carole CHARVET,  PhD  candidate  
                    
                      Élise COMOE FIEDIN,  PhD candidate
                    
                      Fabien CISHAHAYO,  PhD  candidate
                    
                      Jean-Christophe FOTSO,  PhD candidate
                    
                      Amélie GAGNON,  PhD candidate
                    
                      Sarah HAYFORD, (University of Pennsylvania, USA)  PhD candidate
                    
                      Lama KABBANJI,  PhD candidate
                    
                      Diallo KHASSOUM,  PhD candidate
                    
                      Ibrahima MAHAMANE,  PhD candidate
                    
                      André Ngui NGAMINI,  PhD candidate
                    
                      Kandala NGIANGA-BAKWIN,  PhD candidate
                    
                      Ismael NGNIÉ-TETA,  PhD candidate
                    
                      Kourouma NOUNKE,  PhD candidate
                    
                      David OJAKAA,  PhD candidate 
                    
                      Brahimi RABAH,  PhD candidate
                    
                      Zo RANDRIANASOLO,  PhD candidate
                    
                      Amadou SANNI MOUFTAOU,  PhD candidate
                    
                      Valéry Thierry TCHABEWOU,  PhD candidate
                    
                      Macoumba THIAM,  PhD candidate
                    
                      Zacharie TSALA DIMBUENE,  PhD candidate
                    
                      Carolette Rechelle NORWOOD, (University of Nebraska, USA)  PhD candidate