Outputs

GUIDING PRINCIPLES

FUNDING

Partners Secured Funding

as a result of TIBA involvement

TOTAL = £19.5M

OUTPUTS

55 RESEARCH PROJECTS

on neglected tropical diseases, malaria, COVID-19 and health systems

100+ ACADEMIC PAPERS

published in journals including Nature Medicine, Nature Communications, Nature Africa, Science, BMJ Global Health

20 NATIONAL and 4 AFRICA-WIDE POLICY DOCUMENTS

with partners including AAS, ARIPO, AUDA- NEPAD, AVMI, EDCTP, WHO AFRO

160 IP ASSETS

created, including research outputs, databases and software code.

REDRESSING PUBLICATION BIASES

Female first and last authors (38%) High Income Country first and last authors (23%)
Male first and last authors (62%) Africa-based first and last authors (77%)

FELLOWS AND STUDENTS

OUT-OF-AFRICA RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

22 FELLOWS

20 PHDs

13 MSc/MPH

90%+ retention in African research institutions

Net zero brain drain

IN AFRICA TRAINING

COVID 19 RESPONSE

DIRECT HEALTH BENEFITS

20,000 people

received free diagnosis,  treatment or clinical care, or health education
 

21 SCIENTISTS FROM 13 AFRICAN COUNTRIES

trained to conduct real time viral genomic surveillance and characterize in-country emerging viral infections,

TIBA ENABLED PROVISION OF 15% OF SARS-CoV-2 SEQUENCES FROM AFRICA

that are available on the global shared-access genome database GISAID

21 POLICY BRIEFS, 20 PUBLICATIONS, 6 REPORTS, 2 OPEN-ACCESS DATABASES, 1 WEEKLY SITUATION REPORT

TRAINING

648 PEOPLE FROM
30 COUNTRIES

in Africa and UK + Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Pakistan

IN-COUNTRY TRAINING

offered to researchers, healthcare workers, students, vets and others

> 10 in-person training events > 3 virtual workshops > 12 virtual seminars > 2 training events at AGMs

FOOTPRINT

TIBA Partnership Countries

Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe

Other Beneficiary Countries

Burkino Faso, Cameroon, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, DRC, Eygpt, Ethiopia, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, South Sudan, Zambia

Continent-Wide Initiatives

Partnership with African Academy of Sciences, AUDA-NEPAD and WHO AFRO for initiatives including the  Africa Health Research and Innovation Strategy & National Health Research Systems Barometer