Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa) at NIH

The Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa) Initiative is a partnership between NIH, the African Society of Human Genetics, and the Wellcome Trust through the Alliance for Accelerating Science in Africa (AESA). The H3Africa consortium facilitates fundamental research into diseases on the African continent while also developing infrastructure, resources, training and ethical guidelines to support a sustainable African research enterprise - led by African scientists, for the African people. Many Institutes and Center across NIH have partnered to support H3Africa, and NIH leadership on the Initiative comes from the NIH Common Fund, the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and Fogarty.

• Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa)
• H3ABioNet: a Pan African Bioinformatics Network for H3Africa
• H3Africa Global Health Bioinformatics Research Training (managed by Fogarty)

H3Africa Funding Opportunities

• Archive of past funding opportunity announcements from NIH related to H3Africa

H3Africa News

• NIEHS Helps Sow Seeds for African Gene-Environment Research
  NIH Record, September 30, 2022
• H3Africa resources endure beyond its end
  Global Health Matters, Mar / Apr 2022
• H3Africa Funds Scientists, Advances Genomics, and Fosters Collaboration in Africa
  Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN), December 3, 2021
  
• Whole-genome analysis of Nigerian patients with breast cancer reveals ethnic-driven somatic evolution and distinct genomic subtypes, includes Fogarty author
  Nature, November 26, 2021
• High-depth African genomes inform human migration and health [Open access]
  Nature, October 28, 2020
• H3Africa grantee leads COVID-19 genomics work in Africa
  Q and A with Dr Christian Happi
  May / June 2020 Global Health Matters
• Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa): a mini documentary [Video]
  H3Africa, May 2020
• Gene studies grow in Nigeria [Audio]: Local researchers trained through H3Africa help trace source of first confirmed case of coronavirus in Nigeria
  The World, Friday, March 13, 2020
• The next chapter for African genomics, featuring the Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa)
  Nature, February 19, 2020
• African scientists map the genomic resources of the continent
  H3Africa news courtesy of the African Academy of Sciences, September 23, 2019
• BMI distribution across African communities: Africa Wits-INDEPTH Partnership for Genomic Studies (AWI-Gen) [Open access], on work from a collaborative center under the H3Africa umbrella
  Global Health Action special issue, January 17, 2019
• Genomic analysis [supported in part by H3Africa] offers insight into 2018 Nigeria Lassa fever outbreak
  NIAID/NIH news, October 18, 2018
• Ethical guidelines for genomic research in Africa from the H3Africa consortium
  JAMA, June 19, 2018
• Building capacity in Africa for genomics and environmental health research
  NIEHS/NIH Global Environmental Health newsletter, February 2018
• Fogarty awards $5M for bioinformatics research training in Africa
  September 25, 2017
• H3Africa spurs range of genomic research, training
  November / December 2015 Global Health Matters
• Q and A with Dr Nicola Mulder on bioinformatics and H3Africa
  November / December 2015 Global Health Matters
• Sub-Saharan Africa genomics study gives clues about disease
  January / February 2015 Global Health Matters
• NIH programs build synergy, capacity in Africa
  November / December 2013 Global Health Matters
• Africa's genetic diversity holds promise
  May / June 2013 Global Health Matters
• H3Africa begins building Africa's genomics expertise
  Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
  November / December 2012 Global Health Matters
• NIH and Wellcome Trust fund $38M in African genomic studies
  September / October 2012 Global Health Matters
• African genetics and nursing funding opportunities released
  September / October 2011 Global Health Matters
• NIH, Wellcome Trust to fund genetic studies in Africa
  July / August 2010 Global Health Matters

Updated July 2, 2026