The childhood TB team was honoured  to receive the collaborating African scientists of the Reach4Kids Africa (R4KA) project and members of their National TB Control teams on August 7th and 8th at t

Dr Alfred Amambua-Ngwa is a Senior Scientist and Head of Malaria Population Biology Group in the Disease Control and Elimination Programme of MRCG at LSHTM.

RHD results from cardiac valvular damage caused by an exaggerated immune response to Group A Streptococcus infections (GAS), usually during childhood and adolescence, with global estimates of &

Professor Martin Antonio and Dr Brenda Kwambana-Adams won a competitive grant from The National Institutes of Health (NIH) under the H3 Africa Scheme.

In October 2017, MRCG at LSHTM Laboratories in Fajara operating according to GCLP were re-assessed by an independent certification body, Qualogy.

Dr Brotherton has over 13 years clinical paediatric experience in a varietyof health care settings in UK, Ireland, Australia and West Africa.

Brenda was awarded a competitive MRC Capacity Development PhD studentship to carry out her doctorate studies at MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM and the University of Leicester following her undergradu

Randomised control clinical trials are considered the gold standard in health care research and our reliance on them will continue as the world seeks to find new health care interventions that solv

She is studying the molecular mechanisms by which human genetic variations in RBC surface proteins impact Malaria Pathogenesis

MRC Unit the Gambia at LSHTM inaugurated a new Data Center and Entomology Laboratory on Monday 16th July 2018.

Findings could aid understanding of how our early environment influences later health

In a series of studies carried out across The Gambia, we have seen that epigenetic marks at key regions of the genome appear to be influenced by seasonal changes in a mother’s diet around conceptio