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Major funding boost to support manufacture of medicines in Sub-Saharan Africa
The H3D Foundation is pleased to announce the award of $721,209 USD in funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through MATRIX, a USAID project to advance the research and development of innovative HIV prevention products for women....
H3D Foundation signs partnership with APN to build pharmaceutical R&D capacity in Africa
Pharmaceutical research and development (R&D) on the African continent is set for a welcome boost following the signing of a partnership deal between African Pharmaceutical Network (APN), a Pan-African network of pharmaceutical industry professionals, stakeholders...
Global Health Mentorship Programme: Nurturing Scientific Leadership for Africa
On 24 October 2022, the H3D Foundation and CP+ Associates co-hosted a scientific leadership workshop for the mentees and mentors participating in the Global Health Mentorship programme. This programme provides structure and support for formal mentorship between...
AI/ML Workshop Opens New Doors for Young Scientists
In Sept 2022, the H3D Foundation and Ersilia Open Source Initiative co-hosted a 4-day in-person workshop in Cape Town. With the title “Bringing data science and AI/ML tools to infectious disease research”, the workshop's aim was to offer young scientists hands-on...
Kelly Chibale on Building a sustainable health innovation ecosystem
By Kelly Chibale For decades, the African continent has lagged the Global North in innovative pharmaceutical research and development (R&D), relying on innovations from outside to keep its population healthy. For example, the continent produces only 1% of...
Africa ‘must establish regional manufacturing hubs’ for a sustainable medicines pipeline
Researchers say that a pipeline of products and robust systems are needed to fight the pandemic and simultaneously deliver on other health outcomes. (Photo: Waldo Swiegers / Bloomberg via Getty Images) By Zukiswa Pikoli The pandemic has exposed the...
H3D Foundation supports drug discovery capacity building in South Africa through sponsored workshop
In October 2021, the H3D Foundation sponsored an in-person 2-day “Introduction to Drug Discovery” Workshop in Cape Town, hosting 23 participants from across South Africa. Prof Kelly Chibale, Chairman and CEO of the H3D Foundation, shared wisdom from his...
EU-Africa Business Forum and Summit: Forum to foster partnership for health innovation and skill development in Africa
This past week, as African and European business leaders came together to discuss international collaboration to strengthen Africa’s economy and build back stronger from COVID-19, it was impossible to overlook the foundational role of skills development for health...
Capacity building and skills development for health innovation in Africa
Capacity building and skills development for health innovation in Africa The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Holistic Drug Discovery and Development (H3D) Centre, the H3D Foundation and the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and...
Africa’s Renewed Hope for Drug Discovery and Health Innovation
Unlike counterparts in the global North, research scientists based in Africa who are involved in health innovation often find themselves having to prove their expertise on multiple occasions and fronts, both within and outside the continent. This not only poses...
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