About the consortia

Africa has the highest level of genetic diversity amongst all human populations. It also has the highest level of genetic diversity amongst populations of the pathogen that causes tuberculosis.

Building on established links with leading institutions in Europe and the US, the project networks three African Institutions with ambition to develop their mycobacterial and human genetic research capacity to study human health and heredity in East Africa, focusing on host-pathogen genotype interactions in tuberculosis. The scientific goal is to identify molecular targets that will rationalise the development of new drugs and vaccines to control a global epidemic, which disproportionately affects vulnerable East African populations.

Project Sites: University of Khartoum, University of Buea and the Eritrea Institute of Technology