Paul Adepoju

1 week ago | allafrica.com | Paul Adepoju

As Africa reckons with shrinking foreign research support and looming health threats, scientists across the continent are pushing for a more self-reliant future. Long dependent on external funding and expertise, African institutions are now building infrastructure, training local talent, and taking control of critical research operations, from genomic sequencing to diagnostics manufacturing.

1 week ago | scidev.net | Paul Adepoju

[SciDev.Net] As Africa reckons with shrinking foreign research support and looming health threats, scientists across the continent are pushing for a more self-reliant future. Long dependent on external funding and expertise, African institutions are now building infrastructure, training local talent, and taking control of critical research operations, from genomic sequencing to diagnostics manufacturing.

2 weeks ago | thelancet.com | Paul Adepoju

Despite being declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern 10 months ago, the mpox outbreak is not over. And in places like Sierra Leone, it is spiralling. Paul Adepoju reports.

2 weeks ago | nature.com | Paul Adepoju

Malaria has found a new ally in the concrete jungle — but scientists are fighting back with mosquitoes of their own. You have full access to this article via your institution. The mosquito was frozen in place. Its tiny body, no longer buzzing, lay still on the cold metal surface, caught in a moment of stasis. A few minutes earlier, it had been active, darting around Oxitec’s research facility, a modified version of nature’s most dangerous killer.

3 weeks ago | medicalxpress.com | Paul Adepoju |Lisa Lock |Robert Egan

The "catastrophic" freeze on U.S. funding for malaria has halted prevention programs across Africa and also threatens to stall advances in genomic research, says Jane Carlton, director of the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute. The U.S. President's Malaria Initiative (PMI) is one of numerous USAID-supported programs to see its funding terminated under U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping reforms this year.