| Title: |
Barriers to global engagement for African researchers: A position paper from the Alliance for Medical Research in Africa (AMedRA) |
| Authors: |
Gaye, Bamba; Isiozor, Nzechukwu, Michael; Singh, Gurbinder; Gaye, Ngone, Diaba; Ka, Mame, Madjiguene; Seck, Daouda; Gueye, Khadidiatou; Kitara, David, Lagoro; Lassale, Camille; Malick, Anne; Diaw, Mor; Seck, Sidy, M; Sow, Abdourahmane; Gaye, Magaye; Fall, Abdou, Salam; Diongue, Aïda; Seck, Ibrahima; Belkhadir, Jamal; Wone, Issa; Gueye, Serigne, Magueye; Sow, Papa, Salif; Kohen, Jamal, Eddine; Vogelsang, Dorothea; Mbaye, Maïmouna, Ndour; Liyong, Elisabeth, Alice; Kengne, André, Pascal; Lamptey, Roberta; Sougou, Ndeye, Marième; Sobngwi, Eugène; Ba, Awa; Tukakira, John; Lorenz, Thiess; Kabore, Elise, G; Muzumala, Malaizyo, Gabriel; Olanrewaju, Ahmed; Jaiteh, Lamin, Es; Delicat-Loembet, Lucrèce, M; Alson, Aimée, Olivat Rakoto; Niang, Khadim; Maina, Ciira, Wa; Mwebaze, Ernest; Nabende, Joyce; Machuve, Dina; Adie, Prestone; Hanne, Fatoumata; Tine, Roger; Sougou, Marième; Koffi, Kouassi, Gustave; Luwanda, Lameck; Sattler, Elisabeth, Lilian Pia; Mekonnen, Demeke; Ebeid, Fatma; Enama, Jean, Paul; Zeba, Mohamadi; Guedou, Fernand; Mbelesso, Pascal; Carter, Jennifer; Coulibaly, Bakary; Drame, Mohamed, Lamine; Mouanga, Alain; Preux, Pierre-Marie; Lacroix, Philippe; Diagana, Mouhamadou; Ekouevi, Didier, Koumavi; Houinato, Dismand Stephan; Faye, Adama; Wambugu, Vivien; Kamaté, Jean; Lalika, Mathias; Nsoesie, Elaine; Ale, Boni, Maxime; Fall, Ibrahima, Socé; Samb, Abdoulaye; Tshilolo, Léon; Jobe, Modou |
| Contributors: |
Unité Mixte Internationale "Environnement Santé Sociétés" (ESS); Université Gaston Berger de Saint-Louis Sénégal (UGB)-Centre national de la recherche scientifique et technologique Ouagadougou (CNRST)-Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako (USTTB)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar Sénégal (UCAD); Neuroépidémiologie Tropicale (NET); CHU Limoges-Institut d'Epidémiologie Neurologique et de Neurologie Tropicale-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Institut Génomique, Environnement, Immunité, Santé, Thérapeutique (GEIST); Université de Limoges (UNILIM)-Université de Limoges (UNILIM); Epidémiologie des Maladies Chroniques en zone tropicale (EpiMaCT); Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-CHU Limoges-Institut d'Epidémiologie Neurologique et de Neurologie Tropicale-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-OmégaHealth (ΩHealth) |
| Source: |
ISSN: 2047-2978. |
| Publisher Information: |
CCSD; International Society of Global Health (ISoGH) |
| Publication Year: |
2024 |
| Collection: |
Université de Limoges: HAL |
| Subject Terms: |
[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] |
| Description: |
International audience ; African researchers continue to face numerous barriers that limit the global dissemination and advancement of their research. These include high open-access publication fees, requirements for publishing in high-impact journals, inability to attend or host international conferences, and limited access to published papers and resources. In this viewpoint, we focus on the specific challenge of attending international scientific conferences hosted in high-income settings and aim to propose practical solutions to address this inequity. The related barriers include visa-related difficulties and prohibitive travel expenses (e.g. non-reimbursable high visa fees, flight tickets, accommodation and subsistence, and conference registration costs). |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
English |
| DOI: |
10.7189/jogh.14.03042 |
| Availability: |
https://cnrs.hal.science/hal-04974174; https://cnrs.hal.science/hal-04974174v1/document; https://cnrs.hal.science/hal-04974174v1/file/jogh-14-03042.pdf; https://doi.org/10.7189/jogh.14.03042 |
| Rights: |
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ; info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.7DA228CB |
| Database: |
BASE |