We have extensive research, teaching and capacity strengthening connections with institutions across Africa, including three which we helped to establish: Malawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit (MEIRU), Mwanza Intervention Trials Unit (MITU) and Zambart. We also have more than 100 researchers based in Africa outside the MRC Units, most embedded within local institutions, with significant clusters in Tanzania, Sierra Leone and Ethiopia. We are actively seeking to support regional linkages and, through the MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM, we are already part of the West Africa Global Health Alliance (WAGHA).
Some of our key partners include:
- Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI), South Africa
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AHRI is an independent, transdisciplinary scientific research institute based across two campuses in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. AHRI’s research combines population, basic, social, and medical sciences to understand and intervene in the health and well-being of South African communities. LSHTM has worked with AHRI in the areas of demography, TB and adolescent health, and two members of staff are also faculty members of AHRI.
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- Biomedical Research and Training Institute (BRTI), Zimbabwe
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BRTI is an independent institution established in 1995. Its mission is to promote the health and quality of life of the peoples of Zimbabwe and the region through research, training and research informed interventions in all fields that are relevant to essential national health needs. LSHTM researchers based at BRTI have worked on community interventions for TB diagnosis and on a research programme on health in HIV-infected children and adolescents who survive with often undiagnosed HIV infection.
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- Malawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit (MEIRU), Malawi
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MEIRU is a partnership between the Malawi College of Medicine, LSHTM and the Malawi Ministry of Health. Formerly known as Karonga Prevention Study, MEIRU has over the last 30 years made major contributions to the understanding and control of mycobacterial disease, HIV and other infectious diseases. Initially focussed on Karonga District, northern Malawi, MEIRU now has an additional base in Lilongwe, and has started a major programme of work on cardiovascular disease and diabetes.
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- Mwanza Intervention Trials Unit (MITU), Tanzania
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MITU was established in 2006 by the Tanzania National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) and LSHTM. MITU’s programme builds on a long history of collaborative work between health research institutions in Mwanza, focusing on world class research on HIV and other related infections and the development of research capacity in Tanzania. The collaboration has expanded to include research on reproductive health; human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination; chronic non-communicable diseases; and the health of adolescents and young people.
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- Zambart, Zambia
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Zambart was established in 2004 from a 20 year research collaboration between the School of Medicine, University of Zambia, and LSHTM. From the initial studies of the impact of HIV on the clinical presentation and outcome of treatment of TB, the scope of the research undertaken by Zambart has expanded to include epidemiology, clinical research, social science, operations research, health policy analysis, health economics, development communications, counselling, and other areas of public health importance.
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- Largest ever study on the impact of combined HIV/TB intervention on tuberculosis
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