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MRC Unit The Gambia for three decades has been investigating malaria transmission dynamics, vector behaviour and prevention/control methods, including pioneering work in transmission-blocking vacci

Dr Helen Nabwera has a passion for evaluating and implementing innovative strategies for improving the health outcomes of women and children in sub-Saharan Africa.

The logo for the West Africa Global Health Alliance (WAGHA), to boost scientific research in public health, was launched on Friday 7th April 2017 at the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry at the Uni

As part of her PhD, Dr Helen Nabwera performed a detailed analysis of growth records collected over the past four decades in Keneba and our other two core study villages in West Kiang.

Our recent study which sought to identify co-prevalent tuberculosis (TB) among child contacts of adults with smear-positive TB in the greater Banjul area of The Gambia show that in our community se

The paper titled Comparison of TB-LAMP, GeneXpert MTB/RIF and culture for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in The Gambia published on Science Direct, was selected as one of the top papers t

On Monday 3 April 2017, MRC Unit The Gambia welcomed Professor Sir John Savill, Chief Executive of the Medical Research Council, United Kingdom (MRC UK).Sir John Savill, began his term as Chief Exe

Our recent study shows that Azithromycin, when given to women in labour, decreases bacterial infections in both women and newborns during the puerperal period.

Since 2000, malaria prevention has played an important role in reducing cases and deaths, primarily through the scale up of insecticide-treated nets and indoor spraying with insecticides.

Forty students aged 7-14 and their teachers from the Ecole Francaise de Banjul recently visited MRC Unit The Gambia in Fajara on Wednesday 29th March 2017.

As digital technology continues to gain an ever-growing role in healthcare, institutions are gearing up to welcome its many advantages.

Under the theme Unite to End TB: Leave no one behind, MRC Unit The Gambia in collaboration with the National Leprosy and Tuberculosis Control Program (NLTP) and the Ministry of Health and Social We