British Academy: The UK's National Academy for the Humanities and Social Sciences
Africa's Neglected Chronic Disease Burden
On 16-17 February 2009, the British Academy, the Royal Society and the Ghana Academy of Sciences held a conference in Accra, Ghana, entitled 'Africa's Neglected Epidemic: Multidisciplinary Research, Intervention and Policy for Chronic Disease'. The conference arose from an award made under the British Academy International Partnership scheme to Dr Ama de-Graft Aikins (University of Cambridge) and Dr Daniel Arhinful (Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research), further details of which can be found here
A report of the conference, prepared by Dr Ama de-Graft Aikins, has been published by the British Academy (2010). Download pdf file (PDF file - 1359 KB)
An article by Dr de-Graft Aikins on 'Africa's Neglected Chronic Disease Burden' was published in the October 2010 issue of the British Academy Review. Download pdf file
Speakers at the conference in Accra in February 2009
The Nairobi Report
The Nairobi Report: Frameworks for UK-Africa Research Collaboration in the Humanities and Social Sciences presents a series of recommendations for improving research collaboration with Africa. It is available to download for free here
Working with Africa
The British Academy booklet, highlighting examples of the humanities and social science research it has funded in Africa, can be downloaded here (PDF file - 3040 KB)
The Africa Desk
The Africa Desk is a portal for Africanist scholars in the UK and Africa, which aims to support collaboration in humanities and social sciences research. It can be accessed at www.africadesk.ac.uk