Developing Excellence in Leadership and Genetic Training for Malaria Elimination in Sub-Saharan Africa (DELGEME)

Objectives

Very little of the thousands of terabytes of sequence data has been translated into knowledge relevant for malaria control. This is mainly due to the fact that there is a “strong wall” between the malaria control community and the geneticists, indeed the two groups hardly understand each other’s languages. Therefore, with this project, it is proposed to “tear down this wall”. Indeed the translation of these genetic sequences into knowledge requires cutting edge skills that are currently lacking in sub-Saharan Africa. Yet, genetics is increasingly required for decision making in major public health threats such as HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria and other tropical diseases.

The main aims of this training programme will be to:

1. Train, retain and develop graduates, doctoral and Postdoctoral fellows on genomics and bioinformatics across malaria-endemic countries
2. Develop programs to enhance the understanding and dissemination of genetic data relevant to malaria interventions and eradication programmes.