The West African Genetic Medicine Center as a model to address the challenge of genetic disorders in Africa

Solomon F. Ofori-Acquah; Melissa Nuno; Judith A. Osae-Larbi; Kalinka Tavares; Annabella Osei-Tutu; Dorcas A. Barkers Ansah; Esther Y. Brobbey; Frederick Akuffo; Joseph Honny; Isaiah Buertey; Yvonne Dei-Adomakoh; Lorna Renner; Lily Paemka; Amma Benneh-Akwasi Kuma; William Kudzi; Kofi A. Anie

doi:10.1038/s41588-026-02509-x

The West African Genetic Medicine Center as a model to address the challenge of genetic disorders in Africa

Solomon F. Ofori-Acquah
, Melissa Nuno
, Judith A. Osae-Larbi
, Kalinka Tavares
, Annabella Osei-Tutu
, Dorcas A. Barkers Ansah
, Esther Y. Brobbey
, Frederick Akuffo
, Joseph Honny
, Isaiah Buertey
, Yvonne Dei-Adomakoh
, Lorna Renner
, Lily Paemka
, Amma Benneh-Akwasi Kuma
, William Kudzi
, Kofi A. Anie

University of Ghana
Emory University School of Medicine
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

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Here we describe the establishment of the West African Genetic Medicine Centre in Ghana to help the country implement a World Health Assembly resolution to guide capacity building to address sickle-cell disease and other genetic disorders in Africa.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	467-471
Number of pages	5
Journal	Nature Genetics
Volume	58
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-026-02509-x
Publication status	Published - Mar 2026

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Ofori-Acquah, S. F., Nuno, M., Osae-Larbi, J. A., Tavares, K., Osei-Tutu, A., Barkers Ansah, D. A., Brobbey, E. Y., Akuffo, F., Honny, J., Buertey, I., Dei-Adomakoh, Y., Renner, L., Paemka, L., Benneh-Akwasi Kuma, A., Kudzi, W., & Anie, K. A. (2026). The West African Genetic Medicine Center as a model to address the challenge of genetic disorders in Africa. Nature Genetics, 58(3), 467-471. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-026-02509-x

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