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Regional Centre for Vector Borne Diseases in West Africa (RCVBD)
The following grant was awarded by, is supported by, is administered by or is in partnership with the Fogarty International Center at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Funding Fogarty Program
Global Infectious Diseases (GID)
Project Information in NIH RePORTER
Regional Centre for Vector Borne Diseases in West Africa (RCVBD)
Principal Institution
University of Ghana
Principal Investigator(s) (PI)
Afrane, Yaw Asare
Project Contact Information
Email: yaw_afrane@yahoo.com
Year(s) Awarded
2021-2026
Country
Ghana; Burkina Faso; Gambia
Collaborators
The Medical Research Council Unit Gambia
Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé of Burkina Faso
University of California at Irvine
University of New Mexico
Northwestern University
NIH Partners
NIAID
Project Description
West Africa is highly burdened with several vector-borne diseases, especially malaria, yet have very little research capacity, therefore, this training program offers the chance for a multi-site training of Ph.D. students and junior scientists/faculty who will become future research leaders. This program will lead to the building and strengthening of local investigator capacity. Successful malaria and other vector-borne diseases control needs capacity building in disease endemic countries to establish a cadre of local scientists who can address the ongoing and evolving challenges in vector-borne diseases and control.
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