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Brief overview of AFRIVAXn and its purpose

Formed in 2023, AFRIVAXn was formed to lead research on the safety and immune landscape of vaccines in the African population. This was informed by limited inclusion of African people in most clinical trials behind therapeutics and vaccines in use globally. The AFRIVAC initiative emerged from the Low- and Middle- Income (LMIC) research building advocacy led by Coalition for Equitable Research in Low-Resource Settings – CERCLE (https://cerclecoalition.org ) Immunology and Diagnostics Expert Working Group and Technical leadership from Makerere University Lung Institute (https://mli.mak.ac.ug/). The consortium consists of institutions from Sub Saharan Africa and counterparts from the Global North (France, USA and United Kingdom).

The consortium institutions include:

  1. Makerere University Lung Institute; Uganda (https://mli.mak.ac.ug/) – Technical Lead
  2. Centre for Equitable Global Health Initiatives; Uganda
  3. Moi University; Kenya (https://www.mu.ac.ke/index.php/en/)
  4. Kavi Institute of Clinical Research (https://kavi-icr.uonbi.ac.ke)
  5. National Medical Institute for Medical Research; Tanzania (https://nimr.or.tz/)
  6. Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa; South Africa (https://www.caprisa.org/)
  7. Universite Catholique de Bukavu; Democratic Republic of Congo (https://ucbukavu.ac.cd/)
  8. Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technolog; Mali (http://www.usttb.edu.ml/)
  9. Kilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute (https://www.kcri.ac.tz/about)
  10. University of Cape Coast; Ghana (https://ucc.edu.gh/)
  11. University of St Andrews; Scotland- United Kingdom (https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/) and Co-Chair of the CERCLE Immunology and Diagnostics Expert Working Group
  12. University College Dublin; Ireland – United Kingdom (https://www.ucd.ie/)
  13. Epicentre; France (https://epicentre.msf.org/en)
  14. SDSN Association Paris; France (https://www.unsdsn.org/)
  15. Duke University (https://duke.edu ) and Co-Chair of CERCLE the Immunology and Diagnostics Expert Working Group
  16. Centre de Recherches Medicales de Lambarene (CERMEL) – Gabon https://cermel.org/html.fr/
  17. Institut Pasteur de Bangui (IPB)-Central African Republic Yap BOUM II Mudarshiru, please add these individuals.

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AFRIVAXn has an academic response to epidemics with the noble purpose of improving the health and life of those that need it the most.