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Wafaa M Rashed and Ernest Ahamah

May 26, 2025, 09:14

Wafaa M Rashed: Honored to Share Blog by Ernest Ahamah on Genetic Discrimination in Employment and Insurance in Africa

Wafaa M Rashed, Faculty Lecturer of pharmacy at Ahram Canadian University, shared a post on LinkedIn:

“New Blog Alert!

‘Why Legal Safeguards Are Urgently Needed in African Genomics’

We’re honored to share another bold and insightful blog by Dr. Dr.Ernest Ahamah, MLS.D, a dedicated laboratory scientist from Ghana
and proud graduate of the PAPERI Policy Advocacy in Genetics and Genomics Course.

‘Genomics must be a gateway to equity—not a weapon of exclusion. Without strong legal protections, the promise of precision health in Africa risks deepening injustice rather than dismantling it.’

In this compelling new piece, Dr. Ahamah urges African countries to prioritize robust legal frameworks for genomic data protection—before it’s too late. He highlights the risk of exploitation, the dangers of weak policy, and the urgent need for African-led solutions in the age of precision medicine.

Key Highlights:

The Genomics-Law Gap
Explore why legal frameworks have lagged behind scientific progress—and what’s at stake if that continues.
Protecting People, Not Just Data
Why genomic privacy and data sovereignty must be foundational pillars of Africa’s precision medicine strategy.
Africa Must Lead, Not Follow
From grassroots advocacy to policy change, learn how African voices can shape a just, inclusive genomic future.
A Legal Wake-Up Call

This blog is more than analysis—it’s a call to lawmakers, researchers, and communities to act now.

Read the full blog here.

Let’s ensure that Africa’s genomic revolution protects the very people it seeks to serve. Justice must be encoded into every breakthrough.”

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