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Professor Edwine Barasa, Deputy Executive Director, KEMRI- Wellcome Trust Research Programme, says Rwanda, Ghana, Gabon and Burundi as the only...
Urban populations are diverse, and certain neighbourhoods or subgroups may be disproportionately affected by poor birth outcomes.
Malaria remains one of the most important infectious diseases in sub-Saharan Africa, responsible for approximately 228 million cases and 602,000 deaths in 2020. In this region, malaria transmission is driven mainly by mosquitoes of the Anopheles gambiae and, more recently, Anopheles funestus complex. The gains made in malaria control are threatened by insecticide resistance and behavioural plasticity among these vectors. This, therefore, calls for the development of alternative approaches such as malaria transmission-blocking vaccines or gene drive systems. The thioester-containing protein 1 (...
The best is yet to come - IAVI. Africa is contributing far more than samples to scientific research. The continent’s scientists are actively engaged in developi
"The need for accurate and culturally sensitive communication with relevant community stakeholders about a trial is widely recognised as a critical preliminary step in the research process..." The growing number of clinical trials around emerging diseases has sparked calls for improved community engagement (CE), especially in emergency situations.