Network of African Centers of Excellence
Accordia Global Health Foundation views the establishment and support of sustainable centers of excellence (COEs) in health as a critical component of any long-term strategy to build permanent health capacity in Africa.
Since 2011, Accordia has supported a network of 25 such centers, spanning 13 African nations. At their request, Accordia convenes these centers’ leadership regularly, on various issues of importance to all of them… with a particular focus on strategies to increase their impact and ensure their long term sustainability.
The primary objectives of Accordia’s Network of African Centers of Excellence are:
- To create a unified voice for advocacy or change among international funders, local governments and policymakers, and other major stakeholders, on key issues of common concern.
- To provide shared learning opportunities and serve as a forum for exchange on topics of strategic importance, increase South-South dialog and mutual support, and catalyze innovation in areas including institutional strength and sustainability.
- To facilitate joint programming opportunities that improve collective impact, promote permanent capacity building, and provide expansion opportunities in members' priority programmatic areas.
Learn More about select Centers of Excellence within Accordia’s Network, or Make a Donation:
- Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University (Uganda)
- Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ)
- Institute for Human Virology, Nigeria
- Botswana Harvard AIDS Institute
- Center for Infectious Diseases, Stellenbosch University (South Africa)
- Biomedical Research & Training Institute (Zimbabwe)
Learn More:
- Accordia's Association of Sutainable African Health Institutions
- Accordia Global Health Summit Series
- New Sources of Support, New Levels of Impact Report
