{"id":1475,"date":"2010-06-28T12:13:48","date_gmt":"2010-06-28T12:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.h3africa.org\/?p=1475"},"modified":"2020-04-21T14:09:35","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T14:09:35","slug":"nih-and-wellcome-trust-announce-h3africa-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/h3africa.org\/index.php\/2010\/06\/28\/nih-and-wellcome-trust-announce-h3africa-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"NIH and Wellcome Trust Announce H3Africa Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Read Original Article:\u00a0<\/strong> NIH and Wellcome Trust Announce H3Africa Initiative<\/a><\/p>\n

In the ten years since the Human Genome Project was completed genomics has progressed in leaps and bounds, but surprisingly little has been about Africa or by African scientist.<\/p>\n

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 \u2013 surprising considering that around one billion people live on the African continent.<\/p>\n

That makes today\u2019s announcement\u00a0all the more exciting. A new partnership from the US\u00a0National Institutes of Health<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(NIH) and the Wellcome Trust looks to fund population-based genetic studies in Africa. The $38 million Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3 Africa) Project will also build capacity for African scientists to do genomic studies in their home countries.[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Read Full Article Here” style=”flat” shape=”square” color=”info” align=”center” button_block=”true” link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fwww.councilforresponsiblegenetics.org%2Fblog%2Fpost%2FNIH-lanches-H3-Africa-Initiative.aspx||target:%20_blank|”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

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