Developing Excellence in Leadership, Training, and Science in Africa programme (DELTAS Africa II)

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The WACCBIP DELTAS II Vision

the vision of WACCBIP DELTAS II is to build on our successes from DELTAS I, by providing high-quality training and advanced research on the mechanisms underlying the development of infectious diseases (IDs) and non-communicable diseases (NCDs).

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The DELTAS Africa programme paves the way for new scientific leaders who address Africa’s most pressing public health challenges and generate data and evidence that informs policy and Africa’s development agenda. Through phase one, we have already seen how impactful science funding can be. These scientists have contributed to health policy development globally, improved research infrastructure and increased scientific knowledge through peer reviewed publications and innovations in health. The funding built a critical mass of globally competitive research leaders who are now internationally recognised.

Dr Alphonsus Neba DELTAS Africa Programme Manager, SFA Foundation.

In this second phase, we are advancing a programme that is truly pan-African, multidisciplinary and cross-disciplinary. Together, we bring a wide range of expertise to address the challenges faced by our continent, and to ensure that researchers and institutions are not left behind in efforts to close the critical gaps in the science ecosystem. This all to ensure healthy and productive nations for acceleration of economic growth.

Dr Tom Kariuk Executive Director, SFA Foundation.

Wellcome is committed to funding ambitious and creative research across Africa that takes on some of the most pressing health challenges facing our world. We are very pleased to be working with the SFA Foundation and partners to support high-quality, world-leading research across Africa, developing the continent’s growing research and development sector.

Cheryl Moore  Chief Research Programmes Officer, Wellcome

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 The WACCBIP DELTAS II programme is a graduate internship programme for new graduates to work in an environment that supports and promotes the development of research leadership. ...

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The WACCBIP DELTAS II programme is a graduate internship programme for new graduates to work in an environment that supports and promotes the development of research leadership. ...

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The WACCBIP DELTAS II programme is seeking ambitious African scientists to study and work in an environment that promotes the development of leadership skills and networking with other scientists in A...

About WACCBIP DELTAS II

WACCBIP launched its second implementation of the DELTAS programme, having been selected as one of 14 leading science consortia to receive funding under phase two of the Developing Excellence in Leadership, Training, and Science in Africa programme (DELTAS Africa II). Speaking at the launch, Prof Gordon Awandare (Director, WACCBIP) highlighted WACCBIP's intention to use deep research approaches to obtain a more thorough understanding of the disease mechanisms for some of the major infectious and non-communicable diseases affecting African populations.

The WACCBIP DELTAS II Programme will be implemented with partners at the institutional (West African Genetic Medicine Centre and Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research), regional (Medical Research Council unit, The Gambia, University of Liberia, University of Lagos and University of Cape Town), and international (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Francis Crick Institute, UK, and Johns Hopkins University, USA).

About WACCBIP

In response to the World Bank’s call for proposals for African Centres of Excellence, the University of Ghana proposed the establishment of the West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP) at Legon.

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