May 21, 2025
We engaged with high school learners at the Government High School Limbe in Cameroon on 9 October 2024. This interactive event provided a platform for young people to debate the topic "Gene Editing is the Future of Medicine”.
May 16, 2025
We participated in the annual WHO World Hearing Day by co-hosted a two-day event in Ghana World Hearing Day 2025: Changing Mindsets to Make Ear and Hearing Care a Reality for All - West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens.
October 8, 2024
The Division of Human Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Cape Town hosted 230 attendees (comprising 210 learners and 20 teachers) from 23 schools across the Western Cape Province on Monday, the 26th of August 2024.
September 9, 2024
Community engagement at District Hospital limbe
August 16, 2024
The PUBGEM-Africa project was represented at the 2023 World Sickle Cell Day which was organised by the Ghana Institute for Clinical Genetics at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital on Monday July 19, 2023
August 16, 2024
As part of 2022 World Sickle Cell Day celebrations, we held a science café at the University of Cape Town with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) patients and their caregivers.
August 7, 2024
PUBGEM held a stakeholder engagement event in Accra, Ghana (February 2023).
August 7, 2024
In September 2023, the PUBGEM-Africa team attended the Market Day at Mary Khin School for the Deaf.
August 2, 2024
Public Understanding of Big data in Genomics Medicine in Africa (PUBGEM-Africa), in partnership with the mobile genomics in Africa project (mGenAfrica) and the Metro South District (MSED) (WCED), will be engaging high school learners to foster literacy and interest in ethical, legal and social issues related to genomics and big data in medicine and healthcare on 27 August, 2022