A 2.2 billion yen ($22 million) Japanese fund for global health launched on 8 April is open to Africans who work in partnership with Japanese researchers and institutions.
The Global Health Innovative Technology (GHIT) aims to discover and develop health technologies for HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis and neglected tropical diseases.
“We see the GHIT fund as not the entire solution, rather part of the solution,” says Maruan El Mahgiub, GHIT spokesperson.