Welcome to the
Africa Research Collaborative for Health
(The ARC 4 Health)
At The ARC for Health, we are driven by a shared purpose: to build credible knowledge that saves lives and improves livelihoods across Africa. Our work is focused on producing the highest quality data in the health field, ensuring it reaches the right people to inspire meaningful actions and interventions.
Our end-to-end value proposition begins with a research core that includes bench research and implementation science, with a coordinated approach towards prioritizing policies and interventions that directly result in reducing morbidity and mortality. Using a collaborative approach, we engage communities and policy makers at the conception of each project, with a keen eye on sustainability and local ownership.
INITIATIVES
Our Key Research Areas
Community Awareness
Community Awareness
At the heart of our research is the belief that knowledge must be accessible and actionable at every level, including within communities themselves. By raising awareness, we empower individuals to make informed health decisions and strengthen demand for quality services. Our approach emphasizes culturally relevant engagement, using trusted local channels to translate evidence into everyday understanding. Through awareness initiatives, we foster ownership, reduce stigma, and build resilient communities that actively participate in improving health outcomes.
Laboratory Research
Laboratory Research
We engage with local communities to enhance Advancing diagnostic capabilities is key to improving treatment outcomes. Our research focuses on strengthening laboratory systems, enhancing diagnostic accuracy, and supporting innovations in medical testing to reduce disease burden.
Surveillance
Surveillance
Robust surveillance systems are essential to detecting, preventing, and responding to public health threats. Our research strengthens disease monitoring by integrating community-level insights, laboratory data, and health information systems to provide timely, accurate, and actionable intelligence. By building local capacity and advancing digital tools, we enable early detection of outbreaks, track emerging health trends, and support evidence-based decision-making. Through collaboration with governments and partners, we ensure surveillance data informs policy, guides resource allocation, and enhances resilience against current and future health challenges.
Implementation Science
Implementation Science
Our research extends beyond knowledge generation to ensuring that proven interventions are effectively integrated into real-world health systems. Through implementation science, we identify barriers, adapt solutions to local contexts, and optimize the delivery of evidence-based practices. By working hand-in-hand with governments, communities, and health providers, we bridge the gap between research and practice, ensuring that innovations translate into sustainable improvements in health outcomes. This approach strengthens health systems, fosters local ownership, and drives scalable, culturally appropriate solutions that reduce morbidity and mortality across Africa.
Science And Research
Science And Research
Our science and research portfolio bridges bench science and implementation, ensuring discoveries translate into real-world impact. We focus on advancing biomedical innovations, strengthening evidence generation, and fostering collaborative inquiry that addresses Africa’s most pressing health challenges. By combining rigorous scientific exploration with community engagement and policy alignment, we generate knowledge that informs practice, accelerates solutions, and drives sustainable improvements in health outcomes.
Data to Action
Data to Action
The crux of our innovative research approach is Data to Action. We prioritize the long-term sustainability of our investments and engage our key stakeholders in data translation, by ensuring co-design and co-implementation starting from the pre-initiation phase through the project life cycle. We keep our stakeholders informed and engaged with preliminary results. Our collaborations are leading to improvements in quality of care, changes in national policy and creation of communities of practice around major drivers of morbidity and mortality.
Our Impact by Numbers
CHAMPS provides trusted, evidence-based data on child mortality, informing policy, public health practice, and health system changes.
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Women in Pregnancy Surveillance Across 7 Countries
*Data updated: April 7th 2025
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