Barriers to global engagement for African researchers: A position paper from the Alliance for Medical Research in Africa (AMedRA)

Bamba Gaye; Nzechukwu Michael Isiozor; Gurbinder Singh; Ngone Diaba Gaye; Mame Madjiguene Ka; Daouda Seck; Khadidiatou Gueye; David Lagoro Kitara; Camille Lassale; Anne Malick; Mor Diaw; Sidy M Seck; Abdourahmane Sow; Magaye Gaye; Abdou Salam Fall; Aïda Diongue; Ibrahima Seck; Jamal Belkhadir; Issa Wone; Serigne Magueye Gueye; Papa Salif Sow; Jamal Eddine Kohen; Dorothea Vogelsang; Maïmouna Ndour Mbaye; Elisabeth Alice Liyong; André Pascal Kengne; Roberta Lamptey; Ndeye Marième Sougou; Eugène Sobngwi; Awa Ba; John Tukakira; Thiess Lorenz; Elise G Kabore; Malaizyo Gabriel Muzumala; Ahmed Olanrewaju; Lamin Es Jaiteh; Lucrèce M Delicat-Loembet; Aimée Olivat Rakoto Alson; Khadim Niang; Ciira Wa Maina; Ernest Mwebaze; Joyce Nabende; Dina Machuve; Prestone Adie; Fatoumata Hanne; Roger Tine; Marième Sougou; Kouassi Gustave Koffi; Lameck Luwanda; Elisabeth Lilian Pia Sattler; Demeke Mekonnen; Fatma Ebeid; Jean Paul Enama; Mohamadi Zeba; Fernand Guedou; Pascal Mbelesso; Jennifer Carter; Bakary Coulibaly; Mohamed Lamine Drame; Alain Mouanga; Pierre Marie Preux; Philippe Lacroix; Mouhamadou Diagana; Didier Koumavi Ekouevi; Dismand Houinato; Adama Faye; Vivien Wambugu; Jean Kamaté; Mathias Lalika; Elaine Nsoesie; Boni Maxime Ale; Ibrahima Socé Fall; Abdoulaye Samb; Léon Tshilolo; Modou Jobe

doi:10.7189/jogh.14.03042

Barriers to global engagement for African researchers: A position paper from the Alliance for Medical Research in Africa (AMedRA)

J Glob Health. 2024 Oct 18:14:03042. doi: 10.7189/jogh.14.03042.

Authors

Bamba Gaye^{1

2

3}, Nzechukwu Michael Isiozor^{1

4}, Gurbinder Singh¹, Ngone Diaba Gaye^{1

5}, Mame Madjiguene Ka^{1

6}, Daouda Seck^{1

7}, Khadidiatou Gueye^{1

8}, David Lagoro Kitara^{1

9}, Camille Lassale^{1

10

11

12}, Anne Malick^{1

13}, Mor Diaw^{1

2}, Sidy M Seck^{1

14}, Abdourahmane Sow⁷, Magaye Gaye^{1

15}, Abdou Salam Fall¹⁶, Aïda Diongue^{1

17}, Ibrahima Seck¹⁸, Jamal Belkhadir^{1

19}, Issa Wone²⁰, Serigne Magueye Gueye¹⁵, Papa Salif Sow²¹, Jamal Eddine Kohen^{1

22}, Dorothea Vogelsang²³, Maïmouna Ndour Mbaye^{1

24}, Elisabeth Alice Liyong^{1

25}, André Pascal Kengne²⁶, Roberta Lamptey²⁷, Ndeye Marième Sougou¹⁸, Eugène Sobngwi²⁸, Awa Ba^{1

29}, John Tukakira³⁰, Thiess Lorenz³¹, Elise G Kabore^{1

32}, Malaizyo Gabriel Muzumala^{1

33}, Ahmed Olanrewaju^{1

34}, Lamin Es Jaiteh³⁵, Lucrèce M Delicat-Loembet^{36

37}, Aimée Olivat Rakoto Alson^{1

38}, Khadim Niang³⁹, Ciira Wa Maina⁴⁰, Ernest Mwebaze⁴¹, Joyce Nabende⁴², Dina Machuve⁴³, Prestone Adie⁴⁴, Fatoumata Hanne²⁰, Roger Tine⁴⁵, Marième Sougou^{1

45}, Kouassi Gustave Koffi⁴⁶, Lameck Luwanda⁴⁷, Elisabeth Lilian Pia Sattler^{1

48}, Demeke Mekonnen^{1

49}, Fatma Ebeid^{1

50}, Jean Paul Enama⁵¹, Mohamadi Zeba^{52

53}, Fernand Guedou⁵⁴, Pascal Mbelesso^{55

56}, Jennifer Carter^{57

58}, Bakary Coulibaly⁵⁹, Mohamed Lamine Drame⁶⁰, Alain Mouanga^{55

61}, Pierre Marie Preux^{55

62}, Philippe Lacroix^{55

62}, Mouhamadou Diagana^{55

63}, Didier Koumavi Ekouevi^{55

64}, Dismand Houinato^{54

55}, Adama Faye⁴⁵, Vivien Wambugu^{1

65}, Jean Kamaté^{1

66}, Mathias Lalika^{1

67}, Elaine Nsoesie⁶⁸, Boni Maxime Ale^{69

70

71}, Ibrahima Socé Fall^{1

72}, Abdoulaye Samb^{1

2}, Léon Tshilolo^{1

73

74}, Modou Jobe^{1

75}

Affiliations

¹ Alliance for Medical Research in Africa (AMedRA).
² Department of Physiology, Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar, Dakar, Senegal.
³ Biomedical Informatics, Emory School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
⁴ Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.
⁵ Department of Cardiac Rehabilitation, Ibra Mamadou Wane Medical Center, Dakar, Senegal.
⁶ Department of Cardiology, Principal Hospital of Dakar, Dakar, Senegal.
⁷ Institut Pasteur de Dakar, Dakar, Senegal.
⁸ Fann National University Hospital, Dakar, Senegal.
⁹ Gulu University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Gulu, Uganda.
¹⁰ Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain.
¹¹ Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.
¹² CIBER Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition (CIBEROBN), Carlos III Health Institute (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain.
¹³ Ministry of Health and Social Action, Dakar, Senegal.
¹⁴ Faculty of Health Sciences, University Gaston Berger, Saint-Louis, Senegal.
¹⁵ Surgery & Surgical Specialties Department, Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar, Dakar, Senegal.
¹⁶ Laboratoire des Transformations Économiques et Sociales, Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire Cheikh Anta Diop, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal.
¹⁷ Senegalese National Agency of Civil Aviation and Meteorology (ANACIM), Dakar, Senegal.
¹⁸ Department of Public Health, University Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal.
¹⁹ Moroccan League for the Fight Against Diabetes, Rabat, Morocco.
²⁰ Département des Sciences de la Santé, Université Assane Seck de Ziguinchor, Ziguinchor, Sénégal.
²¹ Department of Infectious Diseases, Fann National University Hospital, Dakar, Senegal.
²² Universite Abulcasis (Cheikh Zaid), Rabat, Morocco.
²³ Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands.
²⁴ Department of Internal Medicine and Specialties, Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar, Dakar, Senegal.
²⁵ Likak Research, Dakar, Senegal.
²⁶ Non-Communicable Diseases Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa.
²⁷ Family Medicine Department, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana.
²⁸ Department of Internal Medicine and Specialties, University of Yaounde 1, Yaounde, Cameroon.
²⁹ Laboratoire de physiologie, département de médecine, UFR Santé et Développement Durable, Université Alioune Diop de Bambey, Bambey, Sénégal.
³⁰ Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
³¹ Department of Cardiology, University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
³² Department of Cardiology, CHU Yalgado Ouedraogo, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
³³ The University of Zambia, Department of Computer Science, University of Zambia Datalab and Enterprise Medical Imaging in Zambia Project, Lusaka, Zambia.
³⁴ University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
³⁵ Department of Surgery, Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital, Banjul, Gambia.
³⁶ Department of Biology, University of Sciences and Technology of Masuku, Franceville, Haut-Ogooue, Gabon.
³⁷ NGO Sickle Cell Disease Organization of Gabon (SCDOGa), Franceville, Haut-Ogooue, Gabon.
³⁸ Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Joseph Ravoahangy Andrianavalona University Hospital Center (JRA UHC), Faculty of Medicine, University of Antananarivo, Antananarivo, Madagascar.
³⁹ UFR-2S, Université Gaston Berger, Saint-Louis, Senegal.
⁴⁰ Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Dedan Kimathi University of Technology, Nyeri, Kenya.
⁴¹ College of Computing & Information Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
⁴² Department of Computer Science, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
⁴³ Schools of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Arusha, Tanzania.
⁴⁴ ENGIE Energy Access.
⁴⁵ Institut de Santé et Développement (ISED), Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal.
⁴⁶ Clinical Hematology Unit, CHU de Yopougon, BP 3709 Abidjan 08, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
⁴⁷ Haydom Lutheran Hospital in Manyara, Haydom, Tanzania.
⁴⁸ Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA.
⁴⁹ Medical Research Lounge Trading PLC, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
⁵⁰ Pediatric Hematology Oncology and BMT, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt; Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University Research Institute-Clinical Research Center, Cairo, Egypt.
⁵¹ Humanity First, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
⁵² International Research Laboratory Environnement, Santé Et Sociétés (IRL 3189, ESS), CNRST/CNRS/UCAD/UGB/USTTB, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
⁵³ Laboratoire de Recherche en Maladies Infectieuses Et Parasitaires (LR/MIP), Institut de Recherche en Sciences de La Santé (IRSS/CNRST), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
⁵⁴ Laboratory of Chronic and Neurologic Diseases Epidemiology, LEMACEN, Doctoral School of Health Sciences, University of Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Benin.
⁵⁵ EMAC-AOC Group (Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases - Central and Western Africa).
⁵⁶ Department of Neurology, Amitié Hospital, Bangui, Central African Republic.
⁵⁷ Clinical Trial Service Unit & Epidemiological Studies Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
⁵⁸ Health Data Research UK, University of Oxford (HDRUK-Oxford), Oxford, UK.
⁵⁹ Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire Appliquée, Bamako, Mali.
⁶⁰ Health Policy and Health System Expert, International Consultant, Port Moresby, Guinea.
⁶¹ Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Marien Ngouabi, Brazzaville, Congo.
⁶² Inserm U1094, IRD UMR270, Univ. Limoges, CHU Limoges, EpiMaCT - Epidemiology of chronic diseases in tropical zone, Institute of Epidemiology and Tropical Neurology, OmegaHealth, Limoges, France.
⁶³ Département de Neurologie, CHU de Nouakchott, Nouakchott, Mauritania.
⁶⁴ Faculté des Sciences de la Santé, Département de Santé Publique, Université de Lomé, Lomé, Togo.
⁶⁵ Duke University, Durham, USA; Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
⁶⁶ AGCS PLUS, Advocacy Officer, Dakar, Senegal.
⁶⁷ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
⁶⁸ Department of Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁶⁹ Institute of Tropical and Infectious Diseases, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁷⁰ Holo Global Health Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁷¹ School of Public Health, MOI University, Eldoret, Kenya.
⁷² Department of Health Emergency Interventions, Health Emergencies Programme, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁷³ Institut de Recherche Biomédicale, CEFA-Monkole, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
⁷⁴ Département de Pédiatrie, Université Officielle de Mbujimayi (UOM), Mbujimayi, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
⁷⁵ Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Serrekunda, Gambia.

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