During the annual ICPerMed family meeting, that took place online on the 28th November 2024, the EU-Africa PerMed team had the opportunity to update on the latest activities and project results. Our project coordinator, Erika Sela, provided an overview of the key milestones and progress made by the EU-Africa PerMed project during the last year,…

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Our project coordinator, Erika Sela, represented EU-Africa PerMed at the final meeting of the PerMediNA project- Personalized Medicine in North Africa– held in Tunis on 17-18 September 2024. During the meeting, our initiative was presented in the session focused on “International cooperation and continuity planning”. During this meeting, EU-Africa PerMed received an award in recognition…

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The EU-Africa PerMed project is thrilled to announce that Rizwana Mia, Senior Programme Manager at the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), has been elected as a Vice-Chair of the International Consortium for Personalised Medicine (ICPerMed). This is a significant achievement for both Rizwana and the African research community, as SAMRC became the first African…

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The EU-Africa PerMed project held its 3rd Stakeholder Workshop on June 26-27, 2024, at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Dakar, Senegal. The event, hosted by L’Institut de Recherche en Santé, de Surveillance Épidémiologique et de Formations (IRESSEF), took place in a hybrid format, bringing together 70 onsite and 22 online participants. The workshop convened a…

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The 2nd Summer School took place from May 21-23, 2024, at the prestigious KCB Leadership Centre in Nairobi, Kenya. It was organised by EU-Africa PerMed project partners, with notable contributions from the Italian Ministry of Health (It-MoH) and the African Population Health Research Center (APHRC) as the local host. We welcomed junior researchers, policymakers, and…

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Valencia (Spain) 4-5 October 2023 The Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union organised a European high-level conference to reflect the influence of Personalised Medicine in the evolution of healthcare to improve people’s lives. The conference brought together a large number of high-level experts and stakeholders with different background and expertise, from different…

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The Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT) from Egypt has become a full member of the International Consortium for Personalised Medicine (ICPerMed). It is the first organisation from Egypt to join ICPerMed, and the second from Africa, after the South Africa Medical Research -SAMRC- joining last year. EU-Africa PerMed is supporting the integration of…

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9th May 2023 In Kenya, there has been a growing interest in Personalised Medicine (PM) as the country strives to improve healthcare outcomes for its citizens. The medical models holds much promise for disease prevention and treatment and in Kenya PM has several potential benefits such as the ability to identify individuals who are at…

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19th February 2023 The EU-Africa PerMed consortium had a second onsite consortium meeting in Cape Town (South Africa), on the 19th of February 203, hosted by the South African Medical Research Council -SAMRC.  The members of the consortium had the opportunity to discuss about the evolution of the project, review the different work packages and…

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The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) through the EU- Africa PerMed consortium hosted the second stakeholder workshop, that has taken place on the 20-21 February 2023 and the 1st EU-Africa PerMed Summer School on 22-23 February in Cape Town, South Africa. 2nd Stakeholder workshop: The 2nd Stakeholder workshop has attracted 80-100 registered key representatives…

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