Annually, pregnancy hypertension, fetal growth restriction (FGR), and stillbirth unrelated to intrapartum events are associated with 46,000 maternal and 2.5 million fetal, neonatal and infant deaths. Over 99% of these deaths occur in low and middle-income countries (LMICs), and over half in sub-Saharan Africa. The PRECISE consortium was established in 2018 to address this area […]

The establishment of a Genomics Core Facility at our Fajara site represents a bold undertaking for the Unit, and aligns with our agenda to build a strong core genomics capability, and become a stronger partner in the emerging “southern” genomics alliances, particularly in West Africa. The Unit has already secured and will be investing on […]

Dr Modou Jobe, Research Clinician at the Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at LSHTM has been awarded the Wellcome Trust International Training Fellowship, following a competitive process. The three-year Fellowship offers nationals of low- and middle-income countries the opportunity to receive training at postgraduate or postdoctoral level. Through the Fellowship, Dr. Jobe seeks to […]

Results from 7-country PERCH study highlight the need for new vaccines, especially against respiratory syncytial virus Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and other viruses now appear to be the main causes of severe childhood pneumonia in low- and middle-income countries, highlighting the need for vaccines against these pathogens, according to a study from a consortium of […]

The MRC Unit The Gambia at the LSHTM hosted the first Maternal Azithromycin Research (MAR) Harmonization meeting with investigators from around the world, from 26th to 28th June 2019. The MAR meeting was organized and chaired by Dr Anna Roca, PregnAnZI-2 Principal Investigator, and included other investigators from the MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM, […]

Dr Joquina Chiquita Jones graduated in the third set of Medical Doctors from the University of The Gambia, School of Medicine and then obtained a Masters in Public Health (Epidemiology and Biostatistics major) from Curtin University in Perth, Australia in 2015. She is presently working on the PregnAnZI-2 multi-country clinical trial, which aims to determine […]

Lena Acolatse is a nutritionist involved in early childhood development programs, with a keen interest in behavioural assessments and how their use can be improved in developing countries. She is interested in the different pathways – agriculture-nutrition linkages, parenting and care influences etc – by which children can develop successfully, and how the different actors […]

Dr Julia Mwesigwa is a clinically-qualified malaria epidemiologist from Uganda. She joined the MRCG at LSHTM in 2012 to implement a five-year cohort study aimed at understanding the transmission dynamics of malaria at village level in the five administrative regions of The Gambia. Working under the supervision of Prof Umberto D’Alessandro, she has led several […]

Isatou Jagne joined the Unit in 2007 as a laboratory technician, rising through the post of a trainee Scientific Officer, to her current position as a Higher Scientific Officer on the PregnAnZI-2 trial, coordinating all laboratory activities and leading a team of three scientific officers. She has been involved in several studies at the Unit, […]

Dr Olubukola T. Idoko is paediatrician, and works as a clinical scientist at the Unit. She has over 15 years of experience in clinical paediatrics, with a focus on infectious diseases and new-born care. She is a PhD candidate at the Ludwig Maximillian University in Munich Germany. In addition to her role at the Unit, […]

Penda is a social scientist within the discipline of medical anthropology at the MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM. Her presentation will focus on the elimination of maternal and neonatal tetanus globally, sharing information on preventative methods. She attained an MSc in Medicine, Science and Society from the Faculty of Social Science and Public Policy […]

Dr. Uduak Okomo will discuss how newborns get infection, the types of serious infections in newborns, and what we do when infection is suspected; and finally, how we can prevent newborns from getting infection. Her work focuses on better measurement of and reduction in the burden of maternal and newborn mortality in developing countries. Serious […]