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ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2020

Developing a Road Map to Spread Genomic Knowledge in Africa: 10th Conference of the African Society of Human Genetics, Cairo, Egypt.

Ghada Y El-Kamah, Amal M Mohamed, Yehia Z Gad, Sonia Abdelhak, Branwen J Hennig, Raj S Ramesar, Guida Landouré, Amadou Gaye, Melanie J Newport, Scott M Williams and 1 more

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Article in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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  1. Genetics and Genomics in Sickle Cell Disease in Africa.American journal of hematology · 2026
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11 authors.

Ghada Y El-KamahHuman Genetics and Genome Research Division, Centre of Scientific Excellence of Human Genetics, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt.
Amal M MohamedHuman Genetics and Genome Research Division, Centre of Scientific Excellence of Human Genetics, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt.
Yehia Z GadHuman Genetics and Genome Research Division, Centre of Scientific Excellence of Human Genetics, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt.
Sonia AbdelhakLaboratory of Biomedical Genomics and Oncogenetics, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia.
Branwen J HennigScience Division, Wellcome, London, United Kingdom.
Raj S RamesarDivision of Human Genetics, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Health Science, University of Cape Town and Affiliated Hospitals, Cape Town, South Africa.
Guida LandouréService de Neurologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire du Point G, Bamako, Mali.
Amadou GayeNational Institutes of Health, National Human Genome Research, Bethesda, Maryland.
Melanie J NewportBrighton and Sussex Centre for Global Health Research, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, University of Sussex, Falmer, United Kingdom.
Scott M WilliamsDepartment of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, Institute of Computational Biology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
Michèle RamsaySydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Funding

Clinical and genetic studies of hereditary neurological disorders in MaliU01HG007044 · NHGRI · UNIV OF SCIENCES, TECH & TECH OF BAMAKO · PI LANDOURE, GUIDA · 2013 to 2022
$3.1M
Primaquine metabolism and treatment of P. vivax in MadagascarR01AI148469 · NIAID · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI WILLIAMS, SCOTT MATTHEW, ZIMMERMAN, PETER A. · 2020 to 2023
$2.6M
NHGRI NIH HHS U01 HG007044NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI148469
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The tenth conference of the African Society of Human Genetics was held in Egypt with the theme "Human Genetics and Genomics in Africa: Challenges for Both Rare and Common Genetic Disorders." Current research was presented, and we discussed visions for the future of genomic research on the African continent. In this report, we summarize the presented scientific research within and relevant to Africa as presented by both African and non-African scientists. We also discuss the current situation concerning genomic medicine and genomic research within the continent, difficulties in implementing genetic services and genomic medicine in Africa, and a road map to overcome those difficulties and meet the needs of the African researchers and patients.

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Genome, HumanGenomicsAfricaHuman GeneticsHumansKnowledge

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PMID32124726
PMCPMC7124895

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