Scientists have shown for the first time that a mother’s environment around the time of conception could permanently change the function of a gene influencing immunity and cancer risk in her child.

Dr Olubukola Idoko is a clinical trial coordinator and paediatrician at MRC Unit The Gambia.

In every country, back pain and depression are among the leading causes of years lived with disability; mental and substance abuse disorders cause one-fifth of disabling conditions   

 “Community-based scheduled screening and treatment of malaria in pregnancy for improved maternal and infant health: a cluster-randomized trial (COSMIC)” is funded by EU/FP7 and runs until August 2

Each year on April 25th people across the globe take part in a variety of activities to mark World Malaria Day (WMD).

To raise awareness and help combat tuberculosis (TB) in The Gambia, the TB team from MRC Unit The Gambia joined the Gambian Government, the National Leprosy and TB Control Programme (NLTP) and the

Diarrhoea is a leading cause of illness and death among children aged less than five years in developing countries.

For World Immunisation Week 2015 we highlight how MRC Unit The Gambia is contributing to the global fight to eradicate polio, assessing the timing of the injectable, inactivated polio vaccine (IPV)

Dr Margaret Pinder and Professor Steve Lindsay of Durham University and the MRC Unit The Gambia have secured a grant from the Joint Global Heath Trials, to assess whether improved housing can prote

Working hand in hand with the Gambian National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP), MRC Unit The Gambia is at the forefront of research on malaria and on possible interventions for its control.

The second synchronicity meeting of Canadian and African HIV prevention and vaccine researchers Afri-Can Forum-2 was held in Johannesburg, South Africa from 16-18 February 2015, chaired by MRC Unit

Dr Grant Mackenzie, Principal Investigator of the Pneumococcal Surveillance Project, has secured an 18 month funding extension to continue with surveillance of pneumococcal infections at MRC Basse