“Congratulations to the laboratories, Unit’s leadership, members of the Quality Steering Group (QSG), and staff for their commitment and willingness to embrace the ISO 15189 standard and the Qualit

The field evaluation study titled “Diagnostic performance of a novel loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay targeting the apicoplast genome for malaria diagnosis in a field setting in

The MRC, The Gambia Unit, will be visited for the very first time by Professor Jim Smith, Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Chief of Strategy of the Medical Research Council UK from Saturday 14 No

Pneumonia and sepsis are the most common killers of children worldwide.

The theme for this year’s 3rd International Neonatal & Maternal Immunisation Symposium was 'Global Strategies for Global Impact'.

As part of the 3rd International Neonatal and Maternal Immunisation Symposium (INMIS) programme, the Vaccines and Immunity Theme under the leadership of Professor Beate Kampmann hosted visitors fro

A new publication from The Unit’s childhood tuberculosis (TB) research project (Reach-4-Kids; ‘R4K’) will be published online by the European Respiratory Journal (ERJ) on October 22 2015, ahead of

As World Food Day is marked around the globally, it gives us a good opportunity to take stock of the situation in our own country, The Gambia.

The Disease Control and Elimination Theme of MRC Unit The Gambia has been awarded a major grant, building on its strong portfolio of Malaria Research.

The Gambia Government/MRC Joint Committee, which was formed in 1955, convened on 30th September 2015 at MRC Unit, in Fajara to discuss scientific developments in The Gambia, in consultation with th

A new study reports a novel malaria resistance locus that provides 33% protection against severe malaria.

In a ceremony attended by senior representatives of the Gambian Government, MRC Unit The Gambia handed over equipment to the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW) bought through the Global