Sub-Saharan African region news, resources and funding for global health researchers
and NIH support a diverse mix of research projects in sub-Saharan Africa with significant activities in approximately 20 African countries. About a third of the funding supports groundbreaking research and research training on HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases, including a substantial effort to study mother-to-child transmission of HIV. Around 20 percent funds research on other infectious diseases, ranging from population-based research on malaria, schistosomiasis and leishmaniasis, to molecular research on vectors and parasites. Chronic disease research makes up about 12 percent of the research portfolio, with the remainder devoted to child development, biodiversity, basic research and other studies.
Countries in Region
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central Africa Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Rwanda, São Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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Recent Region News
- Fogarty grantees develop biomedical engineering expertise in Africa
Sep / Oct 2019 Global Health Matters - Opinion: Celebrating 30 years of capacity building in Rakai, Uganda to advance research discoveries
Sep / Oct 2019 Global Health Matters - Building AIDS research capacity in Botswana: Q and A with Dr. Simani Gaseitsiwe
Sep / Oct 2019 Global Health Matters - Profile: Fogarty Fellow Neiloy Sircar uses legal skills to study human rights and HIV/AIDS in Kenya
Sep / Oct 2019 Global Health Matters - Scientists in Madagascar study novel methods to predict disease spread with support from NIH-NSF
Sep / Oct 2019 Global Health Matters - Report:
Transforming the Institutional Landscape in Sub-Saharan Africa: Considerations for Leveraging Africa’s Research Capacity to Achieve Socioeconomic Development
Center for Global Development, July 1, 2019 -
Profile: Fogarty Fellow Dr Eric Coker sheds new light on Uganda's indoor air pollution
May / Jun 2019
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New fellowship program will bring African scientists to train at NIH
Jan / Feb 2019
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Building neurology research capacity in Zambia: Q and A with Dr Omar Siddiqi
Jan / Feb 2019
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President Donald J. Trump’s Africa strategy advances prosperity, security and stability
White House Fact Sheet, December 13, 2018 -
Preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission in South Africa:
Q and A with Dr Glenda Gray
Nov / Dec 2018
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Profile: Fogarty Fellow Dr Cameron Gaskill studies HIV referral patterns in Ghana
Nov / Dec 2018
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US First Lady Melania Trump supports USAID programs in Africa
Nov / Dec 2018
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The Medical Education Partnership Initiative: Strengthening Human Resources to End AIDS and Improve Health in Africa, co-authored by Fogarty leadership
Academic Medicine courtesy of PubMed, October 16, 2018 -
Sub-Saharan Africa’s health, research workforce gets $26M boost
Sep / Oct 2018
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As dementia rises in Africa, urgent need for research
Sep / Oct 2018
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Second NIH Rwandan Fellow Dr. J. Damascene Kabakambira works to prevent diabetes in Africa
NIMHD/NIH news, July 24, 2018 -
Research to guide practice: enhancing HIV/AIDS platform to address non-communicable diseases in sub-Saharan Africa [Open access], generated by a project led by Fogarty’s Center for Global Health Studies
Supplement to
AIDS, July 1, 2018 -
Fogarty continues to advance African health education
Jan / Feb 2018
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Making the case for African investment in research
Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
Jan / Feb 2018
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Multigenerational research in South Africa leads to HIV discoveries
Jan / Feb 2018
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Study links gut-homing protein levels with HIV infection risk, disease progression, co-funded by NIH and the South African Medical Research Council
NIAID/NIH news, January 24, 2018 -
Continuing to strengthen science capacity in Africa
Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
Sep / Oct 2016
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NIH-led effort uses implementation science approaches to reduce mother-to-child HIV transmission
Jul / Aug 2016
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Ebola, Zika modelers aim to inform policy decisions
Mar / Apr 2016
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Fogarty Contact
Stacy Wallick, M.P.H.
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Division of International Relations
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Telephone: 301-496-2091
FAX: 301-480-3414
Email (preferred): Stacy.Wallick@nih.gov
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