Harnessing microbiome and probiotic research in sub-Saharan Africa: Recommendations from an African workshop

Authors

Gregor Reid, University of Western Ontario
Nicholas Nduti, Waruhiu Agriculture training Center
Wilbert Sybesma, Yoba for Life Foundation
Remco Kort, VU University
Tobias R. Kollmann, University of British Columbia
Rodney Adam, Aga Khan UniversityFollow
Hamadi Boga, Taita Taveta University College
Eric M. Brown, University of British Columbia
Alexandra Einerhand, Danone Nutricia Research
Hani El-Nezami, University of Hong Kong
Gregory B. Gloor, University of Western Ontario
Irene I. Kavere, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
Johanna Lindahl, Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, ILRI
Amee Manges, University of British Columbia
Wondu Mamo, Addis Ababa University
Rocio Martin, Danone Nutricia Research
Amy McMillan, University of Western Ontario
Jael Obiero, Institute of Primate Research
Pamela A. Ochieng’, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
Arnold Onyango, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
Stephen Rulisa, National University of Rwanda
Eeva Salminen, University of Turku
Seppo Salminen, Turku University Hospital
Antony Sije, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
Jonathan R. Swann, University of Reading
William van Treuren, University of Colorado at Boulder
Daniel Waweru, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
Steve J. Kemp, International Livestock Research Institute

Document Type

Article

Department

Pathology (East Africa)

Abstract

To augment capacity-building for microbiome and probiotic research in Africa, a workshop was held in Nairobi, Kenya, at which researchers discussed human, animal, insect, and agricultural microbiome and probiotics/prebiotics topics. Five recommendations were made to promote future basic and translational research that benefits Africans.

Publication (Name of Journal)

Microbiome

Recommended Citation

Reid, G., Nduti, N., Sybesma, W., Kort, R., Kollmann, T. R., Adam, R., Boga, H., Brown, E. M., Einerhand, A., El-Nezami, H., Gloor, G. B., Kavere, I. I., Lindahl, J., Manges, A., Mamo, W., Martin, R., McMillan, A., Obiero, J., Ochieng’, P. A., Onyango, A., Rulisa, S., Salminen, E., Salminen, S., Sije, A., Swann, J. R., Treuren, W., Waweru, D., Kemp, S. J. (2014). Harnessing microbiome and probiotic research in sub-Saharan Africa: Recommendations from an African workshop. Microbiome, 2(12), 1-13.
Available at: https://ecommons.aku.edu/eastafrica_fhs_mc_pathol/130