HEER Africa is a nonprofit health research and innovation organization dedicated to improving health outcomes through evidence generation, scientific capacity building, health education, and collaborative problem-solving.
Landscapes across Africa — the terrain at the center of HEER Africa's research.
HEER Africa is built for the continent — not a single country or region. Our research, mentorship, and education efforts are designed to scale across African health systems, starting with HER Science Initiative and growing pillar by pillar.
The data gap is geographic as much as it is medical — African populations remain underrepresented in the global research base, even as global attention to women's health accelerates elsewhere.
Despite significant advances in healthcare, many communities continue to experience preventable illness and poor health outcomes due to gaps in research, awareness, access, and implementation of evidence-based solutions. Women and children in particular face health challenges that are often under-researched, underdiagnosed, and insufficiently addressed.
HEER Africa exists to close that gap — not only through education, but by strengthening the ecosystem required to generate knowledge, develop solutions, and improve health outcomes. We serve as a bridge between researchers, healthcare professionals, communities, policymakers, and innovators.
Everything we do sits within a broader strategy for building a healthier, more equitable research ecosystem across Africa.
Supporting collaborative research, literature reviews, health reports, and policy briefs that address important health challenges.
Research mentorship, scientific writing and grant-writing workshops, and training in bioinformatics and research methodology.
Public health education campaigns, webinars, and evidence-based communication to improve access to accurate health information.
Identifying healthcare gaps requiring innovation and facilitating partnerships between researchers and innovators.
Communities with limited access to reliable, evidence-based health information.
Mentorship, training, and networks for the next generation of African scientists.
Universities, healthcare institutions, and research organizations building an evidence-driven health system.
HEER Africa is currently in its planning phase. This is our roadmap for building the foundation.
Register the organization, establish governance and an advisory board, build our online presence, and recruit early collaborators and volunteers.
Launch a webinar/education series, establish a mentorship program, publish our first evidence report, and build university partnerships.
Apply for grants, develop research proposals, formalize institutional partnerships, and launch pilot research activities.
We're seeking advisors, researchers, clinicians, and institutional partners interested in shaping this work at an early stage.
Lend your expertise to help shape our research agenda and governance.
Universities, hospitals, and health organizations — let's collaborate on research and training.
Early-career researchers and clinicians interested in mentorship and joint research.
We're in our planning phase and welcome introductions to funders and collaborators.
Whether you're a researcher, advisor, funder, or simply curious about HEER Africa — we'd love to hear from you.
