KNDI, ACEPHAP and Pwani University held a meeting on 5th April,2022 at Pwani University grounds to discuss matters of collaboration in research, community outreaches/ students staff exchange, Masters and PhD scholarships for Nutrition, Dietetics and related health programs.

Story by Bala G. Abdullahi 

Bayero University’s Africa Centre of Excellence for Population Health and Policy has recently won four different research project grants from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Nigeria’s Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) and 54Gene Corporation.

This was disclosed by the Director of the Centre, Professor Hadiza Galadanci during a courtesy call on the Vice Chancellor, Professor Sagir Adamu Abbas on Tuesday 30th March, 2021.

As if responding to President Buahri’s challenge to the academia in his address at BUK’s 35th Convocation ceremony, Africa Centre of Excellence for Population Health and Policy (ACEPHAP), Bayero University, Kano is determined to revolutionise not only the conduct of cutting edge researches, but also to lead in translating research findings into practice and policies. To achieve this, the Centre organised a 5-day PRIME partners Research Capacity Workshop aimed at training and improving not only the research capacity of the centre’s partners, but also on the strategy of implementing research outcomes. Bala G. Abdullahi reports.