Our impact
Improving health and saving lives in Africa
Since being established in 2015, there are already positive outcomes for the Research Development Fellows and for workshop participants.
5 workshop participants reported winning grants, and 2 won AREF Research Development Fellowships. 5 AREF Fellows from the 2015 cohort have won grants with the EDCTP, Wellcome Trust, NIH, Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene and Research Initiative in Science and Education (RISE).
2 of AREF’s Fellows have published peer reviewed articles as a result of their placement (Hassan et al, 2017; Garcia-Knight et al, 2017; Tientcheu et al, 2017).
Click on the stories below to read more about researchers who have benefited from AREF’s Academy and Awards.
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Pauline Bakibinga’s research
"Many women stay at home to give birth, where they have no support if any complications arise. It endangers both mothers and babies, and death rates are unacceptably high.”
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El Hadji Niang’s research
“I’ve had malaria myself, I’ve lost people I cared about to the disease. It’s a huge problem. Now I want to contribute and help to solve it.”
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Oluwafemi Akande’s research
"Poor ventilation and low air quality could be contributing to infectious disease spreading more rapidly and respiratory problems in general."
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Haddy Fye’s research
"It is my hope that the work I am currently engaged in will eventually translate to the establishment of a reference diagnostic laboratory for sickle cell disease serving much of West Africa."
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