Disease Elimination & Eradication Course (DEEC)
In 2022, the Global Institute for Disease Elimination (GLIDE), in partnership with New York University School of Global Public Health (NYU SGPH), undertook the creation and implementation of a comprehensive course aimed at empowering global health professionals from Africa and beyond — and health and development students — with the requisite competencies essential for the […]
Call for Applications: Short Course in Vaccine Biomanufacturing
The Program Kina Foundation, a non-profit organization and registered with the Registrar General of Ghana, in collaboration with the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR), College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, invites applications for a 4-month certificate course in Vaccine biomanufacturing. This course is designed to provide practical hands-on skills in the industrial […]
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: MONITORING AND SURVEILLANCE DATA FOR EFFECTIVE MALARIA CONTROL PROJECT
POSITION: RESEARCH ASSISTANTS Malaria case management and vector control remain key interventions in Ghana’s malaria elimination strategy. Since monitoring and surveillance are key components in an effective elimination strategy, monitoring the therapeutic efficacy of antimalarial drugs and the effectiveness of vector control tools will provide great support to the National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP) strategic […]
Fifth annual meeting of the network of Buruli ulcer PCR laboratories (BU-LABNET) in the WHO African Region
The BU-LABNET will hold its fifth annual meeting in Accra, Ghana, on 23-25 October 2023 at the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana (NMIMR,UG). This hybrid (physical and virtual) meeting is expected to bring together about 60 participants (network member laboratories, partners and skin disease experts) to take stock of progress since […]
NMIMR RECEIVES $3.5 MILLION USAID GRANT FOR MALARIA RESEARCH, MONITORING & SURVEILLANCE
The Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR), University of Ghana has received a $3.5 million grant from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Ghana Mission to conduct malaria research, monitoring and surveillance activities. The project titled, “Monitoring & Surveillance Data for Effective Malaria Control Activity ”, is a five-year program expected […]
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS- RESEARCH ASSISTANT
The Program The Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR), University of Ghana, Legon, with funding support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is implementing a project titled ‘Supporting a Drug Discovery Hub Development in Ghana’. This project seeks to train young scientists and research assistants towards building a critical mass for drug discovery […]
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS – RESEARCH ASSISTANTS
RESEARCH ASSISTANTS The Program The Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR), University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana, with funding support from the European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) 3 is implementing a project titled ‘Pan-Africa network for genomic surveillance of poverty related diseases and emerging pathogens’ (PANGenS). This four-year project seeks to […]
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS – POST DOCTORAL FELLOWS
POST DOCTORAL FELLOWS The Program The Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR), University of Ghana, Legon, with funding support from the European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) 3 is implementing a project titled ‘Pan-Africa network for genomic surveillance of poverty related diseases and emerging pathogens (PANGenS). This four-year project seeks to use […]
Annual Research Meeting 2023
#ARM’23 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS The Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) of the University of Ghana is organizing a 3-Day Annual Research Meeting (ARM) on November 22-24, 2023. The theme of the research meeting is “Strengthening Research Capacity to mitigate current and future Disease Threats: Bridging the Research and Policy Divide Information for […]
Call for applications: The Africa CDC Launches short-course training in vaccine manufacturing standard practices (GxP) at the International Vaccine Institute (IVI)
Background The African Union (AU)/ Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) have called for a New Public Health Order which will safeguard the health and economic security of the continent as it strives to meet the aspirations of Agenda 2063. A key pillar of this mandate seeks to expand the local manufacture […]