The Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, in collaboration with the World Health Organization, hosted the Paediatric Bacterial Meningitis (

The Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine hosted its first workshop on Artificial Intelligence for Health, at the Unit’s Bray Lecture Theatr

In a historic celebration, the Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine inaugurated its 501.33 Kwp Solar PV System on 30th November 2019, at it

The Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine held an Open Day at the Brikama District Hospital on 9th October 2019, sensitise hospital staff, c

Dr. Thushan de Silva, Dr. Abdul Karim Sesay, Helen Brotherton, and Prof.

​The Pneumococcal Vaccine Schedules (PVS) study, is a 4 year collaborative study between MRCG at LSHTM and the Ministry of Health (MoH) The study aims to evaluate an alternative schedule for Pneumo

Malaria has declined significantly in The Gambia and determining transmission dynamics of Plasmodium falciparum may help better targeting control interventions towards its elimination, according to

Despite the introduction of an increasing number of vaccines to the Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI), and huge government and development partners’ investments, many children globally conti

Hospital-acquired neonatal infections and AMR are a major burden in sub-Saharan Africa, and improved surveillance is required, according to a new review of 151 studies comprising data from 84534 ne

Bacterial sepsis is a leading cause of disease and death in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).

Globally, more than 2.5 million neonatal deaths occur every year, and a third of these deaths are caused by severe bacterial diseases, which often present as sepsis.