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Dr. Anarfi Asamoa-Baah, presidential advisor on COVID-19, invited scientists to create cutting-edge tactics to deepen engagement with policymakers and the media to invest in and appreciate the importance of research.
He said meaningful engagement from the outset and at each and every level of the process would create a sense of ownership and allow lawmakers to appreciate the work done.
Dr. Asamoa-Baah said, “It is through those commitments that we will be able to mobilize mandatory resources for studies in the country and in Africa,” Dr. Asamoa-Baah added.
He said the media plays a very important role in educating other people about clinical data given the point of clinical and fitness wisdom in the world and suggested scientists not to leave them in the participatory process.
The presidential adviser said this in the opening rite of the sixth annual study convention organized through the West African Center for Infectious Pathogen Cell Biology (WACCBIP) to clinical trial excellence.
It is on the theme: “Building the Future: Elevating Innovation and Production of African Research”.
The three-day event aims to create a platform for young people to share their concepts and effects with the aim of promoting innovation in Africa.
It also seeks to raise African studies of African establishments and projects aimed at diseases and situations that were very express for African scientists and that have national importance on the world scene.
Professor Nadia Sam-Agudu, Senior Technical Advisor, Paediatric and Adolescent HIV at the Nigeria Institute of Human Virology, delivered a lecture on “Building Sustainable Research Partnerships and Productivity in West and Central Africa” and highlighted collaborative research.
He said that to foster equitable partnerships, productivity and sustainability, you need financing, strength and decision-making, sharing opportunities and benefits.
Professor Gordon Awandare, director of WACCBIP, suggested that Ghana leverage its own indigenous investment resources and valuable products, such as graduates with opportunities to pursue studies and progress to help solve vital problems for the country.
He said, for example, that most of WACCBIP’s findings have been used in some of the policies implemented to control the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, and stated that cash will need to be spent where it is most effective.
He said investment in research, progress and innovation in Africa is incredibly low, which is why researchers have secured external investment and suggested the government prioritize the sector for further growth.
Professor Awandare praised WACCBIP not only for conducting research, but also for educating more than three hundred young scientists across the continent with master’s, doctoral and postdoctoral degrees to aid the wisdom and technical functions of Africans. The occasion also saw the launch of waccbip’s enhanced website.
WACCBIP, established in 2014, aims at the diagnosis, prevention and control of tropical diseases in sub-Saharan Africa by offering complex education and fair studies in cellular and molecular biology.
Source: GNA
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