Afrique One - ASPIRE
Afrique One - African Science Partnership for Intervention Research Excellence (ASPIRE) is the second phase of the Afrique One initiative and is funded by the Developing Excellence in Leadership, Training and Science (DELTAS) programme. Afrique One – ASPIRE is a consortium led by seven African institutions, and includes an additional seven African partners and two northern partner institutions. Afrique One – ASPIRE is focussed on endemic zoonotic diseases (diseases that are transmissible between animals and humans) through capacity building.
The Programme
The programme will significantly expand research capacity in sub-Saharan Africa through a structured programme of scientific training across five Thematic Training Programmes (TTPs):
- Eliminating canine rabies
- Prevention and control of brucellosis
- Control of mycobacterial infections focussing on zoonotic tuberculosis and Buruli ulcer in humans and livestock
- Food-borne diseases and nutritional illnesses
- Syndromic surveillance-response and integrated One-health systems
The programme will create training and employment opportunities for African scientists and students:
- 18 Masters fellowships
- 11 PhD fellowships
- 5 Post-Doctoral Research fellowships
The Afrique One – ASPIRE programme will equip African scientists with expertise in planning, monitoring and evaluating interventions through well-implemented One Health research with the aim of tackling zoonoses. Through this programme, we aim to improve human and animal health and well-being, as well as food security.
The Partners
The University of Glasgow is one of the northern partners in this consortia, along with the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute. The African partners are:
- Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d’Ivoire, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (CSRS)* – West Africa Hub and overall consortium leader
- Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Arusha, Tanzania (NM-AIST)* – East Africa Hub
- Biosciences eastern and central Africa – International Livestock Research Institute Hub, Nairobi, Kenya (BecA – ILRI)* - Bioinformatics Training Hub
- L’Ecole Inter-Etats des Sciences et Médecine Vétérinaires, Dakar, Senegal (EISMV)*
- Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Legon, Ghana (NMIMR)*
- Institut de Recherche en Elevage pour le Développement, N'Djamena, Chad (IRED)*
- Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro,Tanzania (SUA)*
- National Institute for Medical Research, Dar Es Salam, Tanzania (NIMR)
- Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (MUHAS)
- Kilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute/Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania (KCRI/KCMC)
- Ifakara Health Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (IHI)
- Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute, Arusha, Tanzania (TAWIRI)
- University of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania (UDSM)
- Makere University, Kampala, Uganda (MAKUN)
*Lead Institutions
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Dan Haydon
Sarah Cleaveland
Tiziana Lembo
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Afrique One
Afrique One was a consortium of fourteen institutions, three in Europe and eleven in Africa, dedicated to developing human and technical capacity across sub-Saharan Africa to address the challenges of zoonotic disease (diseases that are transmissible between animals and humans).
The University of Glasgow is one of the northern partners in this corsortia, along with University of Bergen and the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute. The southern partners are:
- Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar Es Salam, Tanzania (MUHAS)
- Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro,Tanzania (SUA)
- National Medical Institute of Research, Dar Es Salam, Tanzania (NMIR)
- Institut de Recherche en Elevage pour le Development, N'djamena, Tchad (IRED)
- University of Dar Es Salam, Tanzania (UDSM)
- Makere University, Kampala, Uganda (MAKUN)
- Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute, Dar Salam, Tanzania (TAWIRI)
Afrique One has developed local capacity in several ways:
- Creation of eleven comprehensively funded Post-doctoral Research Fellowships
- A programme of short-term ‘teaching’ buy-out grants available to promising early-career lecturers already working within universities to develop research proposals
- Appointment of suitably qualified and experienced technical consultants to support the research fellowship programs and provide more general training to the consortium
- A programme of short-term visits enhanced complementary skills for ecosystem health and provided opportunities to build management capacity
- Establishment of a modest infra-structure and equipment support fund.
Afrique One concluded in 2015.