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

To establish the identity of The West Africa Global Health Alliance (WAGHA), the alliance will officially launch and unveil its new logo on Friday 7th April 2017 at the Université Cheikh Anta Diop

In light of the evidence that high-dose iron supplements lead to a range of adverse events in low-income settings researchers from the Nutrition Theme at MRC Unit The Gambia (MRCG), assessed the sa

As part of his visit to The Gambia and Senegal, the Chief Executive of the MRC UK, Professor Sir John Savill met His Excellency, Adama Barrow, President of the Republic of The Gambia.

Professor Sir John Savill, Chief Executive of the Medical Research Council (MRC) United Kingdom, will be visiting MRC Unit The Gambia, from the 3 - 7 April, 2017.

In 2014, Dr Bashorun was awarded a prestigious MRCG-funded MSc in Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM).Dr Adedapo Olufemi Bashorun is a Clinical Trial Coordina

On Tuesday 28th March 2017, MRC Unit The Gambia will be launching the newly developed Electronic Medical Records System (EMRS) for the Clinical Services Department (CSD).

The visit of the Chief Operating Officer, Dr Matt Lee from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) to strengthen the long existing partnership between the two institutions ended on T