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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Identifying gaps, needs and areas of collaboration in Personalized Medicine 5th -6th December 2022 Cape Town, South Africa The regional stakeholder workshop aims to bring together stakeholders’ representatives from government, academia and industry such as health system policy makers, researchers, regulatory authorities, funding agencies, science councils, health care providers, researchers, scientific societies, regional technology developers…

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The 1st Research and Innovation Ministerial Meeting of the AU-EU High-Level Policy Dialogue on Science, Technology and Innovation (HLPD on STI) met in 2020 and agreed to focus on cooperation efforts in four priority areas, namely: Public Health, Green transition, Innovation & Technology, and Capacities for Science. Ministers also agreed to start developing the joint…

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The EU-Africa PerMed project is proud to announce that one of our African partners, the South African Medical Research Council SAMRC (https://www.samrc.ac.za/), has joined the International Consortium for Personalised Medicine (ICPerMed). SMRC becomes the first African organizations joining this International Consortium, which is one the main objectives of the EU-Africa PerMed project. The South African…

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The EU-Africa PerMed project is happy to announce the launching of two project videos. The first video, called EU Africa PerMed: Building Links Between EU & Africa in Personalised Medicine briefly explains why Personalised Medicine (PM) is important, what are the health challenges that Africa faces, how PM can help these countries to better address…

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EU-Africa PerMed consortium finally meets in Nairobi (Kenya) 12th July 2022 The EU-Africa PerMed consortium had its first onsite consortium meeting in Nairobi (Kenya), hosted by NACOSTI, the Kenya National Commission for Science, Technology and Innovation on the 12th of July 2022.  After 18 months since the project started, the members of the consortium had the opportunity to finally…

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