Interdisciplinary Excellence
Five specialized researchers united by a shared vision of health research transformation in Low and middle income countries.
About Nexus Health Research Alliance
Our Story, Our Mission, Our Impact
Discover the passionate team of researchers working to transform healthcare outcomes across the continent through rigorous, locally-led scientific research.
Who we are
Nexus Health Research Alliance brings together early-career researchers with backgrounds in medicine, pharmacology, epidemiology, public health, laboratory science, and health economics. Our team collaborates with local and international institutions to address critical gaps in health research and data.
Our Extended Mission
Our mission is to advance health research in Low and middle income countries through studies that are locally relevant, scientifically rigorous, and tailored to the continent's unique health challenges. We seek to generate robust, context-specific evidence that informs clinical practice, health policy, and intervention strategies across Low and middle income countries.
Our Mission
We aim to transform healthcare outcomes across low and middle income countries and underserved communities by producing rigorous clinical and public health research. Our focus is to generate reliable, high-quality scientific evidence that reflects the realities and priorities of underserved communities. Beyond data generation, we are committed to building sustainable local research capacity, empowering African scientists and healthcare professionals to independently lead future advances in health and medicine.
Rigorous Research
Producing high-quality scientific evidence
Healthcare Transformation
We aim to improve healthcare outcomes
Capacity Building
empowering scientists and healthcare professionals in underserved communities
Our Vision
We envision a future in which underserved populations are comprehensively represented in global health research, ensuring that clinical guidelines and healthcare policies are informed by robust, inclusive, and regionally relevant data. Nexus Health Research Alliance aspires to become the continent's preeminent institution for health research, internationally recognized for producing evidence that shapes effective clinical practices, informs responsive public health policy, and mitigates healthcare disparities.
Our Story
How We Began - The Journey from Recognition to Action
Continuing the Journey
Our story continues as we work to transform healthcare research and practice across the continent, one study at a time, one partnership at a time, one breakthrough at a time.
Our Driving Force
The Critical Gap
Our driving force is the persistent underrepresentation of African populations in global health research. Despite confronting significant and distinct health burdens, African data remain scarce or inadequately incorporated into international clinical guidelines, interventions, and policies.
Less than 2% of global clinical research data from Africa
Disproportionate disease burden across the continent
Real-World Consequences
This underrepresentation has tangible consequences: treatments and strategies often overlook Africa's unique demographic, genetic, environmental, and socioeconomic contexts.
Missing Context
Global health decisions are made without comprehensive understanding of how interventions perform in African populations and healthcare systems.
Our Resolute Belief
We are resolute in the belief that equitable health solutions originate from research inclusive of and led by the communities it serves.
Nexus exists to redress this imbalance by producing comprehensive, high-quality African research evidence.
Our Ultimate Goal
Ensuring global health decisions are truly representative and effective for all populations, with African voices leading the way in shaping the future of healthcare on the continent.