Enhancing science preparedness for health emergencies in Africa through research capacity building
BMJ Glob Health
.
2020 Jul;5(7):e003072.
doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-003072.
Authors
Sam Kinyanjui
1
2
,
Sharon Fonn
3
,
Catherine Kyobutungi
4
,
Marta Vicente-Crespo
4
,
Bassirou Bonfoh
5
,
Thumbi Ndungu
6
,
Nelson Kaulukusi Sewankambo
7
,
Abdoulaye A Djimde
8
,
Oumar Gaye
9
,
Tobias Chirwa
10
,
Eustasius Musenge
11
,
Alison Elliot
12
13
,
Damalie Nakanjako
7
,
Dixon Chibanda
14
,
Gordon Awandare
15
Affiliations
1
Training, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research Coast, Kilifi, Kenya skmuchina@kemri-wellcome.org.
2
Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK.
3
Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg-Braamfontein, South Africa.
4
African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya.
5
Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Cote d'Ivoire, Abidjan, Lagunes, Côte d'Ivoire.
6
Africa Health Research Institute, Durban, Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa.
7
Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda.
8
Pharmacy, Malaria Research and Training Center, Bamako, Mali.
9
Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal.
10
School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand School of Public Health, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
11
School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand Faculty of Science, Johannesburg, South Africa.
12
Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe, Wakiso, Uganda.
13
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
14
College of Health Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe.
15
West African Center for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens, University of Ghana College of Basic and Applied Sciences, Accra, Ghana.
PMID:
32636315
PMCID:
PMC7342471
DOI:
10.1136/bmjgh-2020-003072
No abstract available
Keywords:
health services research; health systems; public health.
Publication types
Editorial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
Africa
Capacity Building
Disaster Planning*
Emergencies*
Humans
Public Health
Grants and funding
WT_/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom