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His Excellency Fumio Kishida, Prime Minister of Japan, Visits NMIMR

The Prime Minister of Japan, His Excellency Fumio Kishida, as part of a two-day official visit to Ghana visited the Institute on 1st May 2023. This was his first ever visit to Ghana. H. E Kishida was welcomed by Prof. Nana Aba Appiah Amfo, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana and Prof. Dorothy Yeboah-Manu, Director […]

NMIMR Scientists and Partners Receive Funding from Expertise France for a Cervical Cancer Prevention Study in Women Living with HIV

A team of scientists from the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR), University of Ghana, in collaboration with the Cervical Cancer Prevention and Training Centre (CCPTC) at the Catholic Hospital, Battor, Volta Region and the National AIDS and STIs Control Programme (NACP), are leading operational research to ascertain how cervical cancer screening could be […]

Scientists at the Parasitology Department to establish an in-vitro high content phenotypic screening system in Ghana

 22nd March 2023 A team of scientists from the Parasitology Department of the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, are conducting research on the ‘Establishment of an in-vitro high content phenotypic screening system for anti-cryptosporidial natural products-based drug discovery in Ghana’.  The one-year project has an estimated funding amount of 10,000.00 pounds sterling […]

Vestergaard and NMIMR renew partnership to bolster malaria vector control

23 March 2023, Accra, Ghana – Vestergaard, a leader in public health solutions and the largest manufacturer of long-lasting insecticide treated nets (LLINs), announced today a renewed, strategic partnership with the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR), University of Ghana to strengthen the development of innovative vector control tools for the prevention of malaria […]

Yes! We Can End TB: NMIMR Celebrates World TB Day 2023

World TB day is celebrated annually on 24th March to increase awareness about the disease and step up efforts to end the global epidemic. Scientists across the globe chose 24th March since it was the day German scientist, Robert Koch, first presented his discovery of the bacterium that causes TB. This year’s theme “Yes! We […]

We celebrate the first Noguchi ‘Quality week’

The Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research in collaboration with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) organized its maiden edition of ‘Quality Week’ led by the Institute Quality Management Unit, under the theme ‘Think Research! Think Quality! Think Noguchi!’ The week-long celebration provided an opportunity to raise staff awareness about the importance of supporting the Institute’s […]

NMIMR, IFPRI, and Japanese experts collaborate to strengthen School Feeding Program

The Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, in collaboration with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and experts from Japan, on February 28, 2023 launched a project to enhance the nation’s school feeding program. The project, “Protecting vulnerable children from exacerbated food insecurity crisis through Japan’s expertise on school lunch: Intervention in Ghana” with […]

Training workshop on Manuscript Writing

Training workshop on Manuscript Writing

The National Influenza Center (NIC), at the Institute held a 3-day training workshop on manuscript writing at the City Escape Hotel in Prampram, Accra from 15th to 17th February, 2023. The purpose of the training workshop was to develop draft manuscripts from data generated under the influenza surveillance program. To build the teams’ capacity in […]