Abstract

Turning Discoveries into Treatments: Immunology in Africa

Osier FHA, Mwandumba HC, Gray CM
Trends Immunol. 2020;41

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.it.2020.10.007


An exemplar outcome of an immunology-based intervention is vaccine development; the current COVID-19 pandemic is a case in point. Can we build an immunology research ecosystem in Africa that nurtures discovery and enables translation? We see African immunologists as key agents of change and discuss obstacles and opportunities.

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Key Terms
Africa | *Allergy and Immunology/education/organization & administration/trends | COVID-19 Vaccines | *Developing Countries | Humans | SARS-CoV-2 | *African scientists | *funding | *immunology | *training (Source: Medline)
Funded by
Sofja Kovalevskaja Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation [3.2-1184811-KEN-SKP]; EDCTP Senior Fellowship of the EDCTP2 programme - European Union [TMA 2015 SF1001]; African Research Leader Award - UK Medical Research Council (MRC) under the MRC/DFID of the EDCTP2 programme - European Union [MR/P020526/1]; African Research Leader Award - UK Department for International Development (DFID) under the MRC/DFID of the EDCTP2 programme - European Union [MR/P020526/1]; Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation [OPP1108452]; National Institutes of Health [AI155319, R01HD102050-01, U01AI131302-01, R21 HD103498-01]
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