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The SRA 2024 newsletter is attached, showcasing remarkable achievements by SRA alumni, the SLAWiSE team, and the winners of our recent Science Fair competition. Happy New Year!

Are you a researcher planning to apply for Wellcome funding in the next two years? We’re offering researchers the opportunity to observe a Wellcome funding advisory committee and learn how grant applications are assessed. Learn more ⤵️ wellcome.org/grant-funding/…

SRA is proud to announce our new distinguished membership with @ProjectECHO

We are proud to announce the official launch of the International Pathogen Surveillance Network (IPSN) by @WHO & partners at #WHA76 This represents a significant milestone, as we unite countries & experts to strengthen disease surveillance, response & prevention #IPSNLaunch

Exciting news! 🌍 We are pleased to announce our new partnership as an esteemed member organisation of @WHO 's International Pathogen Surveillance Network (IPSN).

Want to bridge academia and practical development work? Read Adam Abebe's story as a @WorldBankAfrica fellow and apply for the 2025 Africa Fellowship by Aug 25: wrld.bg/TQFq50SAq5F #WBGfellows

Biodiversity encompasses all forms of life on Earth. From the smallest to the largest, every species plays a crucial role in maintaining nature's balanced ecosystem. It's up to us to preserve it. It’s up to us to act #ForNature. Learn more: unesco.org/en/biodiversity

Another public health milestone in the African region. Congratulations Chad for eliminating human African trypanosomiasis as a public health problem! Progress is being made: 20 countries in the region have now eliminated at least one #NTD. Learn more: who.int/news/item/20-0…

#BREAKING: The @WHO today recommended that #COVID19 vaccines be updated to a JN.1 strain. Novavax is committed to public health and is prepared to help.

Happy International Women's Day

I encourage you to read this article published in the Lancet Global Health, #AMR and the great divide: inequity in priorities and agendas between the Global North and the Global South threatens global mitigation of #AMR as we look ahead to UNGA HLM 2024. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

With the bust of my grandfather, Dr Alhaji Amadu Wurie, who served as the Minister of Education in the 1960s. Sixty years later, here I am serving as the Minister of Technical and Higher Education in #SierraLeone

Promoting access to clean and affordable energy: SDG7 Mrs. Florence Sawyerr embarks on a journey to power healthcare facilities in Sierra Leone using solar-based solutions under the Sustainable Energy for All training programme. Mrs. Sawyerr recently participated in COP 28.

This year, we initiated the Prince Leroy Scholarship programme in the following countries: Guinea-Bissau - Research Assistant (Global Health) Sierra Leone - Research Assistant (Health informatics) Nigeria - Research Intern (Health Informatics)

.@WHO will launch the #AMR Global Research Agenda in Human Health, on 22 June 2023 12:00- 13:30 CEST. Developed following a rigorous & transparent process & several rounds of review & consolidation. Register here for more on the 30 AMR research priorities we need to focus on.

Gain the confidence, knowledge, network, and financial support to build a startup with lasting impact. The Jim Leech Mastercard Foundation Fellowship is for African students and recent graduates. Apply until Dec. 4th. lnkd.in/g-sBrinR

We're announcing £4.5 million funding for research & development of innovative new treatments for drug-resistant infections identified by @WHO as the greatest threats to global health. See how the UK’s taking action to tackle #AntimicrobialResistance 🔻 gov.uk/government/new…

World leaders emphasize the complex nature of #AMR but agree on some common action points: funding on #NAPs, strong surveillance and sharing data, awareness raising and knowledge, an all of society approach engaging all sectors- private & public sectors. @ICARS_global @reactgroup