title: Empowering African genomics for infectious disease control.
abstract: At present, African scientists can only participate minimally in the genomics revolution that is transforming the understanding, surveillance and clinical treatment of infectious diseases. We discuss new initiatives to equip African scientists with knowledge of cutting-edge genomics tools, and build a sustainable critical mass of well-trained African infectious diseases genomics scientists.
authors.forename: Onikepe A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Folarin
authors.forename: Anise N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Happi
authors.forename: Christian T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Happi
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000235:genetics*; D015894:Genome, Human; D023281:Genomics / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D000078329:Workforce