Pioneers in Medicine and Healthcare in Africa
Julia interviews clinicians and scientists at the Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI) conference of principal investigators in Addis Ababa in 2012. MEPI funded foreign institutions in sub-Saharan African countries which received PEPFAR support to develop and enhance models of medical education and build clinical and research capability.
African Journal Partnership Program (AJPP)
Medical journal editors and medical librarians discuss the African Journal Partnership Project (AJPP). Through the strengthening of medical journals, AJPP seeks to expand access to medical literature through collaboration and partnerships throughout the continent.
IT Development and Medical Research
Multilateral Initiative on Malaria IT (MIMCom)
Prof. Fred Binka discusses the evolution of IT in sub-Saharan Africa from scientists having no connectivity with no access to research, journals, requests for proposals, or one another to the first low earth orbit satellite which enabled basic email to what is now a fully formed IT infrastructure.
The early days of satellite communication enabled extensive research on the use of bed nets in successfully preventing malaria and paved the way to MIMCom, a component of the Multilateral Initiative on Malaria (MIM). This international alliance helps researchers in Africa access the internet, medical literature, and communication tools for more effective research.
Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI)