A new study titled: Global Role and Burden of Influenza in Pediatric Respiratory Hospitalizations: A Systematic Analysis (GRIPP) appeared in PLoS Medicine on 22 March 2016 confirming that increasin

The visit of delegates from MRC Technology (MRCT), Tony Chapman (Licensing Manager),Mike Bond (Business Manager) and Jade Onakunle (Licensing and Agreements Officer) in March was well received by t

With the global efforts of reducing pneumococcal disease through widespread introduction of pneumococcal vaccines.

The Wellcome Trust Advanced Course on ‘Molecular Approaches to Clinical Microbiology in Africa’ organised by the Wellcome Genome Campus Department of Courses and Conferences is the only UK-based pr

The Gambia Government, through the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW), and the MRC Unit The Gambia (MRCG) called on all the press offices in The Gambia on Friday 4 March 2016, to dissemi

The annual Mixed Methods in International Health Research (QMM) 2016 course, hosted by MRC Unit The Gambia successfully completed on Friday 26th February 2016.

A team from MRC Unit The Gambia’s (MRCG) Vaccines and Immunity Theme (VI) attended the Ministerial Conference on Immunization in Africa meeting from 24th to 25th February in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

A four-year study (2012-2015), led by the Belgian Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp (ITM) and coordinated by Professor Umberto D’Alessandro, shows four available antimalarial treatments are sa

Infectious diseases epidemiologist, Dr Anna Roca, talks about what led her to work on one of the biggest challenges in global health -  pneumococcal diseases.

Streptococcus pneumoniae (Pneumococcus) is responsible for over 10 percent of deaths in children under five and many deaths still occur in early infancy before the current pneumococcal schedule (st

At the center of the meningitis outbreak response in Ghana, the Medical Research Council Unit, The Gambia (MRCG) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) join forces.

The Wellcome Genome Campus Department of Courses and Conferences will be hosting its annual training course on Molecular Approaches to Clinical Microbiology in Africa at the MRC Unit The Gambia in