VISA-NMIMR holds STEM Fair for JHS Students
Science is Doable, Science is Exciting, Science is Life: VISA-NMIMR holds STEM Fair for JHS Students The Vacation Initiative for Africa (VISA) has partnered with the Institute to hold this year’s Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fair from 16th to 19th July 2024. The Institute hosted the four-day fair which aimed to expose underprivileged […]
EMERITUS PROFESSOR FRANCIS KWESI NKRUMAH (1935 – 2024):A LIFETIME OF INSPIRATION AND POSITIVE INFLUENCE
Director, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (1990 – 1998) A LIFETIME OF INSPIRATION AND POSITIVE INFLUENCE Word reached us of the passing of Emeritus Professor Francis Kwesi Nkrumah on the morning of Sunday, June 30 2024. The permeating reaction was a giant tree had fallen. To us, a legend in the annals of the […]
NMIMR joins CoHS to mark Day of Scientific Renaissance of Africa
The Institute has participated in an exhibition organized by the College of Health Sciences (CHS) of the University of Ghana to showcase scholarly works from various Schools, Institutes and Departments within the College. This is part of the activities earmarking this year’s Day of Scientific Renaissance for Africa. Group photograph of committee members, exhibitors and […]
The Global Disease Eradication Training takes off
The Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR), University of Ghana, in collaboration with Disease Elimination and Eradication Course (DEEC) has begun an eight-day training on global disease eradication. The training opened with a short ceremony held at the Institute on 24th June 2024. The course, organized under the auspices of the Global Institute for […]
NMIMR celebrates World Sickle Cell Day with educational outreach
As part of the activities marking the commemoration of World Sickle Cell Day, the National Newborn Screening Laboratory for sickle cell disease and traits at the Department Clinical Pathology embarked on educational outreach at the West African Senior High School (WASS), Adenta. Dr. Justice Kumi, a Research Fellow at the Department of Clinical Pathology together […]
Visit of the U.S Global Malaria Coordinator
The Institute had the honour to receive Dr. David Walton, United States of America Global Malaria Coordinator on June 6, 2024. Prof. Yeboah-Manu with Dr. Walton His visit follows a $3.5 million grant received by the Institute in 2023 from the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Ghana Mission to conduct malaria research, monitoring, […]
NMIMR and Embassy of Japan Commission Incinerator to improve biomedical waste management
The Institute, with the Embassy of Japan in Ghana, has commissioned a new Incinerator at a brief event on June 11, 2024. The Institute received funding of US$139,203 from the Government of Japan to purchase the modern incinerator, under the Japan’s Grant Assistant Human Security Projects (GGHSP) scheme. During the ceremony the Director of […]
PROF. GEORGE BOATENG KYEI HONOURED AS AN OUTSTANDING MENTOR
Prof. George Boateng Kyei, MB, ChB, PhD, Associate Professor of Virology, NMIMR Prof. George Boateng Kyei, an Associate Professor in the Virology Department of the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research and Director, Medical and Scientific Research Centre, University of Ghana Medical Centre, on the 12th of April 2024 received special recognition and appreciation from […]
NMIMR Participates in 7th IAST Industry-Academia Exhibition
The Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) joined several exhibitors to participate in a two-day exhibition dubbed the 7th Industry-Academia Interaction Series under the theme “Sustainable Energy Transitions and Climate Change: The Role of Partnerships”. The event was organized by the Institute of Applied Science and Technology (IAST) under the College of Basic and […]
NMIMR in partnership with Department of Chemistry commissions refurbished Medicinal Chemistry Laboratory
In a move to propel and expand the capacity of drug discovery research in Ghana and beyond, the Institute, in collaboration with the Department of Chemistry, University of Ghana (UG held a brief ceremony to commission the refurbished Medicinal Chemistry Laboratory of the Drug Innovation Group at the Department of Chemistry, UG,. This is part […]