The award program is a joint initiative under the AFREhealth–ScholarRx Memorandum of Understanding, a partnership built on a shared vision to promote equitable access to quality open educational resources in health professions education across Africa. The program supports African educators and investigators to create high-quality, peer-reviewed learning resources, strengthen interprofessional education, and contribute to a growing community of practice on the ScholarRx Bricks Exchange.
Following an information webinar in March 2026 and a competitive review by a joint AFREhealth–ScholarRx selection panel, awardees were selected on the basis of relevance, quality, feasibility, and alignment with AFREhealth priority areas.
The Awards
The program offers two categories of support:
Curriculum Development Grant (one award of USD 2,500, with up to 200 one-year Rx Bricks subscriptions) supports the development of a set of open-access Rx Bricks for an institutional curriculum or structured training program.
Individual Educator Microgrants (five awards of USD 500 each) support faculty to develop one or more open-access Rx Bricks addressing teaching innovation, assessment, and scholarly activity.
Meet the Awardees
Curriculum Development Grant
Dr. Brian Halubanza — Senior Lecturer, Mulungushi University, Zambia Open Curriculum in AI for Health Professions Education
Individual Educator Microgrants
Dr. Serela S. Ramklass — Senior Lecturer, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Interprofessional Simulation-based Team Training
Garrick Edouard Laudin — Clinical Haematology, Colleges of Medicine of South Africa Using AI to Improve Single Best Answer (SBA) Questions in Clinical Education
Jofina L. J. F. Mubate — Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique Strategies for the Prevention of Sexual Harassment in Health Education Institutions
Dr. Fatimata Mbaye — Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, Senegal Introduction to Bioinformatics for Health Professions Education in Africa
Dr. Celia MJ Matyanga — Lecturer, Department of Pharmacy, University of Zimbabwe Constructing Research Integrity: A Brick for Medical Ethics
Onboarding and Next Steps
The awardees were formally welcomed at an onboarding and training session in June 2026, co-facilitated by AFREhealth and ScholarRx. The session introduced awardees to the ScholarRx Bricks Create and Bricks Exchange platforms, including the TIE authoring assistant, and oriented them to the process of building, reviewing, and publishing their open-access Rx Bricks.
Over the coming months, awardees will develop their resources with support from AFREhealth and ScholarRx, participate in peer review and quality assurance, and publish their completed Bricks openly on the Bricks Exchange for educators and learners across Africa and beyond. Published Bricks will also be eligible to receive a DOI, allowing awardees to track their work as recognized educational scholarship.
About the Partnership
AFREhealth is a pan-African interprofessional network that works to improve the quality of healthcare in Africa through research, education, and capacity building. ScholarRx is a mission-based organization of medical educators, designers, and technologists dedicated to building a healthier world through accessible, sustainable medical education. Together, the partners aim to empower African faculty, foster collaboration, and showcase African academic contributions to the global community.
The next call for applications will be announced through AFREhealth communication channels. For enquiries about the program, please contact Mr. Roger Lawrence at
A joint initiative of AFREhealth and ScholarRx.
