Malaria prevalence in The Gambia has reduced substantially over the last few years.  However, the factors that maintain transmission despite the decrease in the disease remain little understood.

A study led by the Medical Research Council in The Gambia in collaboration with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and published in this week’s PLoS Medicine shows for the first t

Dramatic drop in child deaths: Has The Gambia reached the Millennium Development Goal target seven years early?

A new vaccine to combat tuberculosis (TB) is less effective, for Gambian infants, when administered at the same time as other childhood vaccines, according to clinical trial results published to

On Thursday 16th June, the Medical Research Council Unit, The Gambia, under the auspices of The United Nations Global Fund donated 11 flourescent microscopes to the National TB Reference Laboratory

Responsiveness to changes in research funding and shifting global health priorities have led to an increased awareness of the need for Good Clinical and Laboratory Practice accreditation at MRC

Vaccines are known to be a cheap, effective way to save lives.

Scientists have found a new approach to overcome a major barrier to immunising newborn African children.

Established in 1999, The University of The Gambia has been a close partner of the Medical Research Council Unit in The Gambia since the University's inception.

Partners in the Prevention of Liver Fibrosis and Cancer in Africa consortium - Prolifica - met in The Gambia recently for a two day kick off meeting.

Prevalence of malaria infection reduced by up to 85%

The MRC research programme in The Gambia is in the process of reorganization into three new, interlinking, scientific themes: Child Survival, Disease Eradication and Vaccinology.The Vaccinology The