22 May 2025 – EU-Africa PerMed has published its second Policy Brief on sustainable European and African collaboration in personalised medicine. The document outlines first-hand lessons learnt for Africa-Europe collaborations of the EU-Africa PerMed project, introduces the “Action Plan to facilitate, foster and promote personalised medicine research collaboration between Europe and Africa”, and presents four major recommendations for sustainable collaborations in personalised medicine (PM):
- Establish funding mechanisms for Africa-Europe collaborations on PM research;
- Create the conditions for an equitable environment for Africa-Europe collaborations;
- Identify and develop PM supporting policies;
- Foster the organisation and collaboration at multiple levels to advance PM.
The EU-Africa PerMed project (Building Links Between Europe and Africa in Personalised Medicine) has the overall aim of integrating African countries into ICPerMed and EP PerMed activities, thus contributing to a successful implementation of Personalised Medicine in the global context. It fosters joint projects and programmes between Europe and Africa in the field of personalised medicine, as well as strengthens bilateral European and African science, technology and innovation relations in the area of health. The project started in February 2021 and ends in summer 2025. It is implemented by a consortium of 13 partners, 6 from Europe and 7 from Africa.