title: Immunology in Africa.
abstract: Africa is a continent with a large burden of both infectious and non-communicable diseases. If we are to move forward as a continent, we need to equip our growing cadre of exceptional young scientists with the skills needed to tackle the diseases endemic to this continent. For this, immunology is among the key disciplines. Africans should be empowered to study and understand the diseases that affect them, and to perform their cutting-edge research in their country of origin. This requires a multifaceted approach, with buy-in from funders, overseas partners and perhaps, most important of all, African governments themselves.
authors.affiliation: MRC/UVRI Uganda Research Unit on AIDS, Entebbe, Uganda.|Clinical Research Department, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cose
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda.
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bagaya
authors.affiliation: Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe, Uganda.
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Nerima
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda.
authors.forename: Moses
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Joloba
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kambugu
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Pharmacy, Clinical and Comparative Medicine, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tweyongyere
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: David W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Dunne
authors.affiliation: Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe, Uganda.
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mbidde
authors.affiliation: MRC/UVRI Uganda Research Unit on AIDS, Entebbe, Uganda.|Clinical Research Department, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.|Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe, Uganda.
authors.forename: Pontiano
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kaleebu
authors.affiliation: MRC/UVRI Uganda Research Unit on AIDS, Entebbe, Uganda.|Clinical Research Department, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
authors.forename: Alison M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Elliott
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa; D000486:Allergy and Immunology; D000818:Animals; D035843:Biomedical Research; D057191:Capacity Building; D003140:Communicable Disease Control; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans
keywords: Africa; immunology