Congratulations to Vincent Ntui-Njock
Congratulations to Vincent Ntui-Njock, Biochemist and Molecular Biologist, University of Buea, Southwest Cameroon on being the first prize winner at the Fellows Presentations at the 20th H3Africa Consortium Meeting that took place from the 27 to 28 February 2023 in Cape Town, South Africa....
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Congratulations to Henrietta Monye
Congratulations to Henrietta Monye
Congratulations to Henrietta Monye, Ophthalmologist, Eleta Eye Institute, Ibadan, Nigeria on winning the first runner-up prize at the Fellows Presentations at the 20th H3Africa Consortium Meeting that took place recently in Cape Town. We caught up with her to learn more about her career.
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A testimonial with three-time course and more than 8 training/Hands-on participant
A testimonial with three-time course and more than 8 training/Hands-on participant – Nessrine MEZZI
Currently I am a PhD student. I have attended not one, not two but three H3Africa/H3BioNet courses in the span of three years. I am very delighted to share with you my testimonial about how these training and...
Our goal at this meeting - the very first of its kind ever held in Africa - was to identify gaps in our knowledge and policies related to ethics in genomic research.
Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., is Director of the National Institutes of Health. He will be speaking at the Partnering for Global Health Forum in Washington, D.C. on June 27
The P. falciparum Community Project provides researchers with high-quality genotypes linked to a global resource characterising genetic variation in P. falciparum populations.
The vast majority of genomic studies have been of American, Asian and European genomes, with just one genome-wide association study (looking at malaria) based on an African population – surprising considering that around one billion people live on the African continent.
The H3Africa project is definitely a step in the right direction. As we empower African researchers and construct the infrastructure to allow true collaborations between countries, we move farther away from the scenario of one population taking advantage of another.
Vaccines are one of our most effective health interventions, but are often misunderstood. In this Q&A, we explain what they are, how they work and why they are important.