Blog

In this blog post, we take a closer look at how the team at MUII-Plus has built both human and infrastructure capacity to cope with national pressure applied with COVID-19, as well as other infectious diseases.

In this blog, the Sub-Saharan African Network for TB/HIV Research Excellence (SANTHE) explores the impact of HIV on the antibody responses in COVID-19 as well as the opportunity for science and art in community engagement.

For World Water Day 2021 our partner platform, F1000Research, has featured two interviews with AAS Open Research-published researchers, focussed on novel opportunities for providing safe and clean drinking water and sanitation in Africa.

In this blog post, we explore the effects the COVID-19 pandemic has had on mental health in Africa and how the DELTAS Africa-funded African Mental Health Research Initiative (AMARI) has responded by offering support and engaging communities in educational campaigns to reduce the gap in resources in the future.

Fiona Luboga from MUII-Plus introduces the new MUII-Plus Gateway on AAS Open Research, as we highlight some of the top articles to look out for from the new Gateway.

In this blog post, we take a closer look at how IDeAL researchers are working with the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme (KWTRP) to understand and combat COVID-19 in Kenya. From Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) testing and data collection to engaging the public with the science behind the pandemic, we explore the benefits of a multidisciplinary approach to tackling COVID-19.

Pamela Andanda (University of Witwatersrand) and Jennifer Maroa, (African Academy of Sciences) discuss Africa’s data and biospecimen governance and policies.

For this final Q&A, we spoke to the AAS Open Research Photography Competition runner up, Oluwatosin Ogunsola from the Federal University of Technology Akure (Nigeria), about his research interests behind the photograph of the use of plastic mulch in achieving sustainable tomato production on a farm in Nigeria, West Africa.

For this second Q&A, we spoke to the AAS Open Research Photography Competition runner up, Kwasi Adu Obirikorang from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana, about his research behind the photograph of the fisherman casting his net over Lake Bosomtwe.

For this Q&A, we spoke to Adéritow Gonçalves from the National Institute of Public Health (NIPH) in Cape Verde about his research into mosquitoes and vector-borne diseases behind the AAS Open Research Photography Competition winning entry.