TY - JOUR
T1 - Drug discovery research in Ghana, challenges, current efforts, and the way forward
AU - Amewuid, Richard Kwamla
AU - Amoateng, Patrick
AU - Arthur, Patrick Kobina
AU - Asare, Prince
AU - Asiamah, Isaac
AU - Boamah, Daniel
AU - Otchere, Isaac Darko
AU - Amengor, Cedric Dzidzor
AU - Ekuadzi, Edmund
AU - Chibale, Kelly
AU - Farrell, Susan Jane
AU - Appiah-Oppong, Regina
AU - Osei-Safo, Dorcas
AU - Read, Kevin David
AU - Gilbert, Ian Hugh
AU - Yeboah-Manu, Dorothy
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Amewu et al.
PY - 2022/9
Y1 - 2022/9
N2 - AUWe:havePleaseconfirmthatallheadinglevelsarerepresentedcorrectly: a long-term vision to develop drug discovery research capacity within Ghana, to tackle unmet medical needs in Ghana and the wider West African region. However, there are several issues and challenges that need to be overcome to enable this vision, including training, human resource, equipment, infrastructure, procurement, and logistics. We discuss these challenges from the context of Ghana in this review. An important development is the universities and research centres within Ghana working together to address some of these challenges. Therefore, while there is a long way to go to fully accomplish our vision, there are encouraging signs.
AB - AUWe:havePleaseconfirmthatallheadinglevelsarerepresentedcorrectly: a long-term vision to develop drug discovery research capacity within Ghana, to tackle unmet medical needs in Ghana and the wider West African region. However, there are several issues and challenges that need to be overcome to enable this vision, including training, human resource, equipment, infrastructure, procurement, and logistics. We discuss these challenges from the context of Ghana in this review. An important development is the universities and research centres within Ghana working together to address some of these challenges. Therefore, while there is a long way to go to fully accomplish our vision, there are encouraging signs.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85137852573&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010645
DO - 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010645
M3 - Article
C2 - 36107859
AN - SCOPUS:85137852573
SN - 1935-2727
VL - 16
JO - PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
JF - PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
IS - 9
M1 - e0010645
ER -