Join the SoAP Webinar on “Funding of Scientific Research in Africa: Opportunities, Strategies; Experience Sharing” to learn more about research funding across the African continent 📅Tuesday, 9 September 2025 🕒 14:00 – 15:30 (GMT) 💻 Zoom #Researchfunding #africanResearch

Something new is coming. A space where science meets storytelling. A platform where African voices lead the conversation. Soon, we’ll be launching a #podcast designed to rebuild trust in science, make research relatable, and spotlight African innovation. Stay tuned…

Warmest congratulations to Soumba Keita, #MARCADPlus PhD #fellow, on obtaining the University Diploma in Statistical and Epidemiological Methods in Health (DESU MSTEPS) from Aix-Marseille University Watch the full video here: youtu.be/g9sD1_-WTWg #Malaria #Research #PhD

Introducing Echoes of Evidence, a new podcast from Science for Africa Foundation bringing science into everyday life. In our premiere episode featuring Dr Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg, we reflect on the power of science, the legacy of colonialism in Africa’s knowledge systems, and how modern

Roland Glover, #MARCADPlus MSc Fellow, interacting with community members, volunteers & pregnant women in Agortime Ziope (Ghana's Volta Region) under the Seek to Save work area on #MalariaPrevention among pregnant women using LLINs & IPTp-SP. #CommunityEngagement #Malaria

Congratulations 🎉to #MARCADPlus Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr Koba Privat Agniwo, awarded an ASTMH Travel Award after a highly competitive process. Dr Privat will present preliminary results from his MARCAD Plus research project at #TropMed25 #ASTMH #research #NTDs #schistosomiasis

#Publication "Malaria and anaemia prevalence and associated factors among pregnant women initiating antenatal care in two regions in Ghana: an analytical cross-sectional study" …pregnancychildbirth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11… Congratulations to Dr Gifty Dufie Ampofo & team UHAS #Malaria #anaemia

#MARCADPlus fellows from USTTB/Mali (PMRTC) benefited from a #training session on the NIH Biosketch format. Held on 24 September, the session aimed to strengthen the skills of #Postdoctoral, #PhD, and #MSc fellows in preparing CVs using the NIH Biosketch format.

#MARCADPlus is thrilled to announce that #MARCAD programme #Alumni, Dr Gifty has been promoted to Associate Professor in the Community Health Department of the School of Medicine UHAS Congratulations, Prof. Gifty Dufie Ampofo! 🎉 #Leadership #achievement #womeninSTEM

In collaboration with the Ghana Health Service,Ho Municipal Health Directorate & Ho hospitals #MARCADPlus PhD fellow Dieu M Mbumba Lupaka led a series of #CommunityEngagement activities with health stakeholders to strengthen #malariaprevention in pregnancy in Ghana’s Volta Region

Warmest congratulations to Tah Calvino Fomboh, #MARCADPlus #MSc fellow from the University of Yaoundé I, on the successful defense of his MSc thesis. Science for Africa Foundation Wellcome FCDO Research, Science and Technology Mbacham Université de Yaoundé 1/The University of Yaoundé1 #malaria #research #FromScienceToImpact #MasterDefense

🚨 #NewResearchAlert MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM scientists with partners have developed a low-cost tool that rapidly detects low levels of #malaria from a finger prick offering a scalable solution for malaria elimination across #Africa. Read more about it here 👇 lshtm.ac.uk/research/units…

#MARCADPlus PhD Fellows, Pape Cheikh Sarr & Dieu Merci Mbumba Lupaka, are attending the DELTAS Africa II #CommunityEngagement (CE) Seed Fund Grantees Workshop from October 14–16, 2025, in Cape Town, South Africa. Science for Africa Foundation Lillian Mutengu Pape Cheikh Sarr #DELTASAfrica #Workshop

Prof Doudou Sow, member of the #MARCADPlus Capacity Advisor Team, participated in the first intensive training on the #ELISA diagnostic technique dedicated to combating female genital #schistosomiasis, organized by the Research Center on Neglected Tropical Diseases (CRMTN) #NTDs

As part of his #MARCADPlus PhD research project, fellow Omar Sow completed a three-month scientific stay at the Department of Tropical Medicine & Infectious Diseases, Tulane University, in New Orleans (USA), in the laboratory of Dr. Ronald Blanton #Malaria #NTDs #schistosomiasis

NECROLOGIE C’est avec une profonde tristesse que le Ministère de la Santé et de l’Hygiène publique annonce le décès du Professeur Jean Louis Abdourahim Ndiaye, Professeur titulaire de parasitologie, survenu ce jour. Médecin émérite, enseignant engagé et figure respectée du

#HappeningNow in #Dakar, 🇸🇳! A scientific showcase of cross boarder research collaboration btw Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, #MRCG & London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Centred on public health, cross boarder disease surveillance & research initiatives including capacity building, genomics, childhood TB & #HepatitisB.

Gearing up for a 🆕milestone in African science! #MRCG, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine & Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar officially opened Partnership Office in #Dakar, strengthening collaboration for health research across #WestAfrica. #MRCGUCADPartnership #ResearchExcellence #RegionalCollaboration