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Professor Christian Happi - Director of the African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases, Nigeria
Zeinab Badawi speaks to Professor Christian Happi whose ground-breaking research is helping tackle diseases that kill thousands every year.
Zeinab Badawi speaks to Professor Christian Happi whose ground-breaking research is helping tackle diseases that kill thousands every year. He gave up a career at Harvard University in the US and moved back to Africa where is setting up a world-class laboratory in Nigeria which will have a pandemic early detection system. He believes Africa could become a global centre of knowledge about infectious diseases such as Covid-19. How realistic is his vision?
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Mon 5 Jul 202122:30
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'Africa needs to prioritise medical research'
Duration: 02:42
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Zeinab Badawi |
| Interviewed Guest | Prof Christian Happi |
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- Fri 2 Jul 202104:30BBC News except UK & UK HD
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