DELTAS
Led by Prof Thumbi Ndung’u, the Africa Health Research Institute/University of KwaZulu-Natal based SANTHE consortium empowers African scientists to combat HIV, Tuberculosis and HIV/TB co-infection through pioneering basic, clinical and translational research.
Led by Prof Oumar Gaye, MARCAD seeks to train a core group of African scientists in West and Central Africa who will be able to provide relevant answers for the control and elimination of malaria. One PhD and two post-docs fellows are hosted at each partner institution across five African countries (Mali, The Gambia, Cameroon, Ghana and Senegal). Postdoctoral fellows and PhD students are integrated into established research teams with senior scientists in participating institutions within a stimulated research environment.
MUII-plus is a collaborative capacity-building and research programme supporting excellence in infection and Immunity led by Prof Alison Elliott. Based at the UVRI campus in Entebbe, Uganda, MUII-plus attracts bright young biomedical researchers in Uganda and provides access to some of the best labs and research support in East Africa. It also provides access to collaborations with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Cambridge University, and other leading international centres.
Led by Dr Gordon Awandare, the University of Ghana based WACCBIP consortium seeks to improve the diagnosis, prevention, and control of tropical diseases in sub-Saharan Africa by providing advanced-level training and research excellence in cell and molecular biology. WACCBIP’s goal is to become a major hub for biomedical research training & a leading producer of home-grown African science.
Led by Professor Tobias Chirwa, the University of the Witwatersrand based SSACAB consorti therefore brings together over 20 African and Northern academic and research institutions to develop and improve biostatistical skills among researchers. The goal of our consortium is to create research nodes of excellence to grow the discipline and a biostatistical network to nurture researchers with advanced skills and expertise.
Led by Dr Dixon Chibanda, AMARI aims to equip researchers to lead high quality mental health research programmes that meet the needs of their countries, and to establish a sustainable career path for these researchers. A particular focus is on integrating mental, neurological and substance use (MNS) research into existing programmes such as HIV/AIDS, maternal and child health work.
Led by Prof Samson Kinyanjui, The Initiative to Develop African Research Leaders (IDeAL), based at the KEMRI – Wellcome Trust Research Programme in Kenya, is a high-quality training programme that aims to develop outstanding young African scientists into world-class research leaders.
CARTA is a consortium of eight African-partner universities, four research institutions, and nine non-African partner institutions jointly led by Dr Catherine Kyobutungi the, Executive Director of the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), Kenya, and Prof Sharon Fonn from the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), South Africa.
Led by Prof Bassirou Bonfoh, Afrique One-ASPIRE focuses on endemic zoonotic diseases (diseases that are transmissible between animals and humans) through capacity building. Its aspiration is to harness the unique societal drivers of Africa to build a world-leading Pan-African research capacity in One Health.
Led by Prof Abdoulaye Djimde, an eminent malaria researcher, the Mali-based DELGEME aims to develop advanced technical and analytical skills of African scientists in relevant areas of bioinformatics, next generation sequence analysis, population genetics, epidemiology, statistical and cellular and molecular biology in collaboration with local and international partners for malaria control and elimination in sub-Saharan Africa.