BMC International Health and Human Rights online journal publishes Supplement on Health Innovation in Sub-Saharan Africa. All studies are co-authored by Dr. Peter Singer, McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health, at the University Health Network and University of Toronto, MaRS Centre.
For an interview with the main authors and discussiong on the findings please goto http://www.mrcglobal.org/projects/african_innovation.
The supplement Volume 10, Supplement 1 contains the following articles:
African health innovation systems: preface
Science-based health innovation in sub-Saharan Africa
Science-based health innovation in Rwanda: unlocking the potential of a late bloomer
Science-based health innovation in Tanzania: bednets and a base for invention
Science-based health innovation in Uganda: creative strategies for applying research to development
Africa’s largest long-lasting insecticide-treated net producer: lessons from A to Z Textiles
Can incubators work in Africa? Acorn Technologies and the entrepreneur-centric model
Venture capital on a shoestring: Bioventures’ pioneering life sciences fund in South Africa
Harnessing biodiversity: the Malagasy Institute of Applied Research (IMRA)
Turning science into health solutions: KEMRI’s challenges as Kenya’s health product pathfinder
The road to commercialization in Africa: lessons from developing the sickle-cell drug Niprisan
Venture funding for science-based African health innovation
