AUTHOR=Kwarteng Alexander , Sylverken Augustina , Antwi-Berko Daniel , Ahuno Samuel Terkper , Asiedu Samuel Opoku TITLE=Prospects of Immunology Education and Research in Developing Countries JOURNAL=Frontiers in Public Health VOLUME=9 YEAR=2021 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.652439 DOI=10.3389/fpubh.2021.652439 ISSN=2296-2565 ABSTRACT=

The burden of infectious disease in developing countries is substantially higher than in developed nations. Reasons include poor health care infrastructure and deficiencies in public understanding of infectious disease mechanisms and disease prevention. While immunology education and research have an enviable role in understanding host-pathogen interactions, training programs in immunology remain fully integrated into the curricula of higher institutions, and by extension, to high schools of developing nations. Therefore, we discussed the need to make major investments in immunology research and research training into all natural sciences teaching curricula, particularly in developing countries.