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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Southern African  Regional Stakeholder Workshop Identifying gaps, needs and areas of collaboration in Personalized Medicine 5th-6th December 2022, UCT Graduate School of Business, Cape Town, South Africa The one and half-day Southern African workshop on Personalised Medicine (PM) was organised by the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) together with the Department of Science and…

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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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