Prof. Fred Binka is one of the most respected public health physicians in Africa. He was responsible for major research initiatives, including showing the public health impact of vitamin A supplementation, insecticide-impregnated bed nets, and rotavirus and meningitis vaccination. His work as founding director of the INDEPTH network has been key to documenting the burden of mortality and morbidity in African countries and provided the framework for multiple intervention trials. He made substantial contributions to the setting up of the Roll Back Malaria Programme and of EDCTP.

Prof. Binka also set up the Malaria Clinical Trials Alliance, which strengthened multiple centres to conduct trials of malaria treatments and vaccines and the INDEPTH Effectiveness and Safety Studies which are assessing the effectiveness and safety of new antimalarials. As Dean of the Ghana School of Public Health and as the Founding Vice-Chancellor of a new University in Ghana he has made outstanding innovations in capacity strengthening.

Dr Pascoal Mocumbi Prize

The Dr Pascoal Mocumbi Prize aims to reward an individual in recognition of his/her outstanding achievements in advancing health research and capacity development in Africa with significant impact on the wellbeing of the African population.

The prize is named after Dr Pascoal Mocumbi, EDCTP’s first High Representative and former Prime Minister of Mozambique, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to fostering global partnerships in health research and his support for capacity strengthening in Africa.