For some time now, this has fueled the brain drain to Europe, the UK or North America,” said Chibale. H3D is involved in two initiatives to help boost drug discovery and development research and innovation in Africa. The aim of this drug discovery training programme is to build drug discovery capacity at HDIs. H3D is also involved, as the focal point, in the Grand Challenges Africa drug discovery programme to support new drug discovery projects across Africa. Working with the former US President Barack Obama Foundation, he has also shared his experiences with emerging leaders across Africa, who are part of the one-year Obama Foundation Leaders: Africa programme.

Source: The North Africa Journal December 07, 2018 11:48 UTC