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The library has undergone a complete makeover and will be a convenient, modern and practical space to serve the Research Information needs of Students, Researchers and all other staff alike.

On Monday 21 July 2015, the Medical Research Council Unit, The Gambia handed over the rehabilitated overhead Water Systems and Borehole to Fajikunda Major Health Centre.

Worldwide, 400 million people are living with hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection.

Malnutrition is endemic in children under 5 years  of age in many African countries, including The Gambia.

The Gambia was the first African country to introduce routine immunisation with conjugate Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccine in 1997 which resulted in the virtual elimination of Hib diseas

Abdoulie Bojang, a higher scientific officer working in the PregnAnZI team is the first author of a recently published paper showing the seasonal patterns of pneumococcal nasopharyngeal colonizatio

A new laser test that can detect malaria in seconds with a simple skin scan is the first in-human device to diagnose the disease without drawing blood.The device works by sending a safe laser pulse

Tuberculosis (TB) is the cause of roughly 1.5 million deaths each year, and represents a major global health crisis.

The publication, entitled “Contribution of Xpert© MTB/Rif to the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis among TB-exposed children in The Gambia”, is scheduled to appear in the September issue of The I

The Nutrition Theme of MRC Unit The Gambia has been awarded two major grants to build on their existing epigenetics research which focuses on understanding the impact of maternal nutrition on the o

This issue reviews the performance of vaccines in challenging environments, summarises current views on the reasons why some vaccines work less well for some children or populations and considers w

In April 2014 a programme was launched by Her Excellency the First Lady Madam Zainab Jammeh to kick-start the process of virtual Elimination of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (eMTCT) in The Ga