Policy documents
The AU-EU Innovation Agenda, Final Version 19 July 2023. This Agenda proposes specific objectives with short-, medium- and long-term actions for four priority areas of the AU-EU cooperation in STI, being one of them Public Health, including precision medicine as a long term action: https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2023-07/ec_rtd_au-eu-innovation-agenda-final-version.pdf
The AU-EU Innovation Agenda Roadmap, which provides information on the governance, the coordination, the implementation and the Monitoring and Evaluation of the AU-EU Innovation Agenda. It can be accessed at the link here: https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2023-07/ec_rtd_au-eu-innovation-agenda-roadmap.pdf
Policy brief of the European Initiative 1+Million Genomes Initiative (1+MG) and its supporting project Beyond 1 Million Genomes (B1MG) project on Genomics in Healthcare, Key issues for implementation. Link: https://b1mg-project.eu/images/pdf/Policy_Brief_Genomics_in_Healthcare_2022.pdf.
WHO Science Council Report on Accelerating access to genomics for global health: promotion, implementation, collaboration, and ethical, legal, and social issues, published on the 12th July 2022. Link: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240052857.
ASP Policy Paper 1 (2020). A Framework for the Implementation of Genomic Medicine for Public Health in Africa. 8 February 2021. AAS, AESA, AUDA-NEPAD.
WHO-Africa (2015). Research for health: A strategy for the African region, 2016-2025.
AUDA-NEPAD (2019). Health Research and Innovation Strategy for Africa (HRISA): 2018-2030.
Scientific documents
Jongeneel CV, Kotze MJ, Bhaw-Luximon A, Fadlelmola FM, Fakim YJ, Hamdi Y, Kassim SK, Kumuthini J, Nembaware V, Radouani F, Tiffin N, Mulder N. A View on Genomic Medicine Activities in Africa: Implications for Policy. Front Genet. 2022 Apr 27;13:769919. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2022.769919. PMID: 35571023; PMCID: PMC9091728. Link: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fgene.2022.769919/full
Bentley AR, Callier S, Rotimi C. The Emergence of Genomic Research in Africa and New Frameworks for Equity in Biomedical Research. Ethn Dis. 2019 Feb 21;29(Suppl 1):179-186. DOI: 10.18865/ed.29.S1.179
Dandara C, Huzair F, Borda-Rodriguez A, Chirikure S, Okpechi I, Warnich L, & Masimirembwa C. (2014). H3Africa and the African life sciences ecosystem: building sustainable innovation. Omics : a journal of integrative biology, 18(12), 733–739. https://doi.org/10.1089/omi.2014.0145
Munung NS, Mayosi BM, de Vries J. Genomics research in Africa and its impact on global health: insights from African researchers. Glob Health Epidemiol Genom. 2018 Jun 8;3:e12. doi: 10.1017/gheg.2018.3.
Staunton C, de Vries J. The governance of genomic biobank research in Africa: reframing the regulatory tilt. J Law Biosci. 2020 Jan 20;7(1):lsz018. DOI: 10.1093/jlb/lsz018
Collaboration in health research
EDCTP3: EU-Africa Global Health Partnership. European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership Programme 3. Draft 14 August 2020.