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Africa Health Research Institute’s vision is optimal health and well-being of under-resourced populations.
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Diversity, equity and inclusion are important values that deserve to be honored in science and societies striving for justice. As scientists we have to continue to call for these values steadfastly. This day and every day. #InternationalDayForWomenAndGirlsInScience #MedSky #TBSky

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📢 "Every scientist I know agrees it's the diversity of the people in the lab, on our teams, and at scientific conferences that drives our creativity, our thinking outside the box, our making sure that we answer important questions." @emilybethwong.bsky.social #IDWGS www.youtube.com/shorts/ky9cH...

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

🥳 Celebrating the incredible Prof Refiloe Masekela, who has been awarded the prestigious American Thoracic Society’s @atscommunity.bsky.social World Lung Health Award, in recognition of outstanding contributions to improving global lung health. Congrats, Prof!

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📢 "Africa must rethink reliance on US funding". AHRI's Prof Willem Hanekom says the current crisis highlights the drawbacks of global health research relying so heavily on US federal funding. Via @lindanordling.bsky.social www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-afri...

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@ahri-news.bsky.social director Willem Hanekom says the current funding upheaval in global health means diversification is sorely needed. His suggestion? Get Global South philanthropists together to fill the gap. Full story by me: www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-afri...

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

📢 “Recognising & supporting social fathers who, other than family members, may be teachers or community mentors, can help ensure children have stable, positive male role models, even in the absence of biological fathers" - AHRI's Dr Tawanda Makusha, co-editor of the State of SA’s Fathers 2024 report

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

Was great to host visitors from @ahri-news.bsky.social at SATVI for this workshop on transcriptomic and RNAseq analyses! We look forward on collaborating to tackle the critical challenges of asymptomatic TB!

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

Very excited about this new project that will allow us dig into the biology that underlies subclinical/asymptomatic TB. Even today our @ahri-news.bsky.social team is visiting @tomscriba.bsky.social’s team at SATVI to learn critical transcriptomic pipelines. ⬆️ 🇿🇦🌍multiomics capacity! #TBsky #IDsky

submitted 25 days ago • 2 comments

A major new research project at AHRI, led by Dr @emilybethwong.bsky.social is set to tackle asymptomatic TB, one of the most complex issues hindering progress in the fight against the #TB epidemic. Find out more ➡️ www.ahri.org/groundbreaki... #stopTB #endTB

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments