Publishing journals is an essential activity for science research which forms an archive of collective endeavours. Most online journals require a subscription or purchase to access the full text which is a limitation to research advancement.
One of the platform services provided by Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory (MDx) is the Qualitative HIV-1 test for early infant diagnosis (EID). Participation in Proficiency Testing (PT) programmes is essential to demonstrate competence in the provision of this service.
Neonatal deaths, estimated at 4 million annually, account for almost 40% of under-five mortality. Bacterial sepsis is a leading cause of neonatal deaths with Staphylococcus and Streptococcus species being highly prevalent associated aetiologies in the African continent.
MRC Unit The Gambia (MRCG) continues to place the highest priority on staff training and development as the key means of securing skills and knowledge to underpin internationally competitive science.
Iron deficiency is the most common nutritional deficiency in the world and causes long-term adverse consequences in children. However, concerns remain about the safety of iron supplements, particularly for children in malaria-endemic countries lacking adequate access to health services.
Elizabeth Stanley-Batchilly, Theme Project Manager, Vaccines and Immunity Theme, has recently being awarded the prestigious “Best Paper of the Year Award” by the Society for Research on Administrators (SRA) International’s
MRC Unit The Gambia’s Professor Beate Kampmann, Theme Leader, Vaccines and Immunity and co-investigator Dr Uzochukwu Egere have recently been awarded a highly competitive Medical Research Council (MRC) Foundation Award.
Under the theme Setting Research and Innovation Management Agenda for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the WARIMA international conference held its 10th annual conference and workshop at MRC Unit The Gambia.
Health professionals and researchers don’t often have the opportunity to think about human rights, but they can be a valuable tool for improving the health of the populations we care for. MRC Unit The Gambia authors, Robin Basu Roy and Beate Kampmann, propose “Why the Convention on the Rights of the Child must become a […]
MRC Unit The Gambia (MRCG) is proud to announce that two scientists, one support staff, one nurse and the Hormonal and Epigenetic Regulators of Growth (HERO-G) field team received the 2016 Directors Awards on the 9th December 2016 at the MRCG in Fajara.
Margrit Knöpfel who was based at the MRC Unit The Gambia from December 1975 to April 1976 working on the African Trypanosomiasis in cattle project, visited The Unit on Saturday 24 October 2016.
With a vision of a world free of tropical infectious diseases, scientists and experts from various organisations dedicated to reducing the worldwide burden of tropical infectious diseases and improving global health, converged for the 65th American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) in Atlanta