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Sub-Saharan African region news, resources and funding for global health researchers

NIH supports 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

Grant Awards in Region

• Fogarty grant awards impacting the sub-Saharan African Region
  

Recent Region News

• African genomic data sharing and the struggle for equitable benefit
  authored by Fogarty grantee Michèle Ramsay
  Science Direct, January 14, 2022
• Landmark COVID-19 vaccine trial in sub-Saharan Africa is the first to study the efficacy of MRNA COVID-19 vaccines in people living with HIV
  HVTN/Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center news release, December 13, 2021
  
• Diverse genome sequences provide a powerful tool for studying risk of heart disease including Africans enrolled from Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria
  NIH/NHGRI news, December 8, 2021
• H3Africa Funds Scientists, Advances Genomics, and Fosters Collaboration in Africa 
  Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN), December 3, 2021
• DFC, IFC, EIB, and AFD Boosting COVID-19 Vaccine Production in Africa with Senegal-based Vaccine Manufacturer IPD
  U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) news, July 9, 2021
• Joint investment plan to boost vaccine manufacturing capacity in Africa
  Statement by USAID Administrator Samantha Power
  USAID news, June 30, 2021
• Implementation determinants and mechanisms for the prevention and treatment of adolescent HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: concept mapping of the NIH Fogarty International Center Adolescent HIV Implementation Science Alliance (AHISA) initiative [Open access], co-authored by Fogarty's Susan Vorkoper and Dr Rachel Sturke
  Implementation Science Communications, May 22, 2021
• African Postdoctoral Training Initiative (APTI) announces second cohort of fellows to be hosted at NIH
  Fogarty/NIH news, April 14, 2021
• Perspective: Scaling up COVID-19 vaccination in Africa - Lessons from the HIV pandemic, co-authored by Fogarty grantee Dr Jean B Nachega
  New England Journal of Medicine, March 31, 2021
• South Africa study shows power of genomic surveillance amid COVID-19 pandemic
  Blog post by NIH Director Dr Francis S Collins, February 18, 2021
• Contact tracing and the COVID-19 response in Africa: Best practices, key challenges, and lessons learned from Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, and Uganda [Open access], co-authored by Fogarty's Drs Cecile Viboud and Peter H Kilmarx
  The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, February 11, 2021
• Grantee news: Vanderbilt, Zambia researchers find delirium in hospitalized patients linked to mortality, disability in Sub-Saharan Africa
  Vanderbilt University Medical Center's VMUC Reporter, February 11, 2021
• Africans begin to take the reins of research into their own genomes
  Science, February 4, 2021

Related Fogarty News and Information

• Emerging Global Leader Dr. Veronica Dzomeku hopes to transform maternity care in Ghana
  Nov/Dec 2021 Global Health Matters
• New book from the African Forum for Research and Education in Health (AFREhealth)details the Medical and Nursing Education Partnership Initiatives
  Nov/Dec 2021 Global Health Matters
• NIH awards $75M to boost data science in Africa
  Sept/ Oct 2021 Global Health Matters
• GEOHealth hub studies climate change in East Africa
  Sept/ Oct 2021 Global Health Matters
  
• Fogarty Fellow investigates trauma care in Tanzania
  Sept/ Oct 2021 Global Health Matters
• Investing in Africa will improve economy and health Opinion from Fogarty Director Roger I. Glass
  Sept/ Oct 2021 Global Health Matters

• Former Fogarty trainee now leads infectious disease research in Uganda
  Jul/ Aug 2021 Global Health Matters
  

• Innovating advanced care for Ugandan patients with rheumatic heart disease
  May / June 2021 Global Health Matters
  

• African Postdoctoral Training Initiative (APTI) announces second cohort of fellows to be hosted at NIH
  Fogarty/NIH news, April 14, 2021
• MEPI program enabled African junior faculty to develop research skills, become independent investigators
  Mar / Apr 2021 Global Health Matters
• Voices of MEPI Junior Faculty fellows
  Mar / Apr 2021 Global Health Matters
• Profile: Fogarty Scholar Dr Joseph Matovu investigates HIV self-testing in Ugandan fishing community
  Mar / Apr 2021 Global Health Matters
• Profile: Dr Andrew Kim studies the impact of apartheid-based prenatal stress and COVID-19 in South Africa
  Jan / Feb 2021 Global Health Matters
• Prawn farming reduces disease, provides food source in Senegal
  Nov / Dec 2020 Global Health Matters
• Scientists in Tanzania show bacterial zoonoses, not malaria, often the cause of febrile diseases
  Nov / Dec 2020 Global Health Matters
• Profile: Fogarty Fellow Dr Matchecane Cossa studied surgical quality in Mozambique
  Nov / Dec 2020 Global Health Matters
• Harnessing Data Science for Health Discovery and Innovation in Africa (DS-I Africa):
• Focus: NIH hosts virtual conference on data science in Africa
  Sep / Oct 2020 Global Health Matters
• Data science potential for Africa examined during NIH virtual symposium
• Applicants urged to find diverse partners for new NIH DS-I Africa program
• Research hubs will harness innovation to advance African data science discoveries
• Unique methods needed to train African data scientists
• Conducting ethical data science research in Africa
• Leveraging data ecosystems to foster African research networks
• Developing biomedical technology to support global health research
  Q and A with Dr Bruce Tromberg
• Now is the time to catalyze data science and health innovation in Africa
  Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
• NIH launches $58M Harnessing Data Science for Health Discovery and Innovation in Africa program
  Jul / Aug 2020 Global Health Matters
• NIH Common Fund issues two awards for COVID-19 research in Africa
  Sep / Oct 2020 Global Health Matters
• African experts share COVID-19 contact tracing tips
  Sep / Oct 2020 Global Health Matters
• Scientists study intersection of COVID-19 and HIV in Africa
  Jul / Aug 2020 Global Health Matters
• Fogarty fellow captures 'lived experiences' of frontline health care workers, COVID-19 patients in South Africa
  Jul / Aug 2020 Global Health Matters
• Former Fogarty grantee leads COVID-19 genomics work in Africa: Q and A with Dr Christian Happi
  May / June 2020 Global Health Matters
• Fogarty grantee Dr Manasi Kumar studies COVID impact on pregnant teens in Kenya
  May / June 2020 Global Health Matters
• Conducting research in a pandemic raises thorny bioethics issues, bioethics grantee in South Africa shares insights
  May / June 2020 Global Health Matters
• Combining roles as a physician, scientist and policymaker in Zambia
  Q and A with former Fogarty trainee Dr Lloyd Mulenga
  Mar / Apr 2020 Global Health Matters
• Profile: Fogarty Scholar Dr. Nauzley Abedini studies neonatal jaundice in Ghana
  Mar / Apr 2020 Global Health Matters
• Maternal cumulative prevalence measures of child mortality show heavy burden in sub-Saharan Africa
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), February 25, 2020
• Prioritizing research training and medical education in Africa: Q and A with AFREhealth PI Dr Jean Nachega
  January / February 2020 Global Health Matters
• Innovative microscope enables early Kaposi's sarcoma diagnoses in Uganda
  January / February 2020 Global Health Matters
• Mobile tool deployed in Tanzania designed to alleviate late-stage cancer pain
  January / February 2020 Global Health Matters
• Scientist studies the moringa plant’s medicinal, nutritional benefits in Kenya
  January / February 2020 Global Health Matters
• Genes linked to schizophrenia identified in ancestral African population
  NIH Research Matters, February 11, 2020
• 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 Global Health Matters
• New fellowship program will bring African scientists to train at NIH
  Jan / Feb 2019 Global Health Matters
• Building neurology research capacity in Zambia: Q and A with Dr Omar Siddiqi
  Jan / Feb 2019 Global Health Matters

Fogarty Contact

Stacy Wallick, M.P.H.
International Program Officer
Division of International Relations
Fogarty International Center
National Institutes of Health
Building 31 Room B2C11
Bethesda, MD 20892-2220
Telephone: 301-496-2091
FAX: 301-480-3414
Email (preferred): Stacy.Wallick@nih.gov

NIH News & Resources

• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Global Research in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Research needed to treat sickle cell disease in Africa
  Nov/Dec 2014 Global Health Matters
• African medical education is being transformed by US program, journal articles report
  Fogarty news, July 30, 2014
• Research is essential to improving health in Africa
  Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
  Sep / Oct 2014 Global Health Matters

US Government Resources

• U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
  
• U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) on Africa

Online Resources

• African Academy of Sciences (AAS)
• Clinical Trials Community (CTC), an African Academy of Sciences platform
• African Journal Partnership Program (AJPP)
• Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa (CARTA)
• Federation of African Immunological Societies (FAIS) Legacy Project to support Ph.D. students across Africa
• Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) report:
  The Global Burden of Disease: Generating Evidence, Guiding Policy - Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Edition
• Scientific African, an open access, pan-African scientific journal
• World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa
  

Updated January 21, 2022