Given the unique health challenges in Africa and with increasing recognition of the high genetic diversity among African populations, genomic research and biobanking based in the region has grown substantially ...
Obesity, a risk factor for multiple non-communicable diseases, is rapidly increasing in prevalence in many low- and middle-income countries, including those in sub-Saharan Africa (1). Findings from recent research suggest ...
This blog post was written by Sophie Allcock, with approval from Zipline. Worldwide, millions of people die every year because they are unable to receive life-saving medicines and healthcare. This ...
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the leading causes of death worldwide, responsible for 1.7 million deaths in 2016 . The majority of deaths from TB occur in low- and middle-income ...
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder with a prevalence of around 1-2% worldwide. Despite the fact that 90% of individuals with ASD live in low- and middle-income countries ...
In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) more people die of cancer than malaria or tuberculosis each year.(1) The World Health Organization estimates that cancer deaths in the region will increase by 85% ...
This blog post was written by Michèle Ramsay, Clement Adebomowo and Nicola Mulder The Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa) Consortium developed as a partnership among the African Society of ...
Cancer is seen as a growing health problem in Africa, with incidences and deaths expected to increase by 70% by 2030 (1). This is due to both the anticipated increase ...
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has the dubious privilege of being a fertile ground for a diabetes epidemic. It has a population of over 1 billion and one of the fastest rates ...
The Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) is a complex and diverse area of the genome and plays an important role in transplantation. A lack of bone marrow registries means that variation ...