AfriNEXT project aims to develop and promote a vibrant, strong and sustainable research culture Africa. The project will create a critical mass of African world-class researchers capable of carrying out high quality research on local health priorities with a strong emphasis on maternal and child health. It is a great pleasure to collaborate with research and academic hubs of Burkina Faso, Ghana, Guinea, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Ethiopia, lead by Prof. Seni Kouanda.
An international research team has begun patient enrollment in a clinical trial testing multiple investigational Ebola therapies in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The randomized, controlled trial is
In a Controlled Human Infection Model (CHIM) study, a well-characterised strain of an infectious agent is given to carefully selected adult volunteers in order to better understand human diseases, how they spread, and
Pregnant women, babies and children under 5 years of age are the most vulnerable to malaria. In 2018, around 11 million pregnant women and 24 million children got malaria. Furthermore,