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
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 […]
Lecture Series on Antimicrobial Resistance: The Silent Pandemic and the Urgent Need for New Drugs
We collaborated with the University of Dundee and the University of Ghana to organize a lecture on the topic “Antimicrobial Resistance: The Silent Pandemic the Urgent Need for New Drugs” to tackle Antimicrobial Resistance on 6th February, 2023. The lecture which was given by the Director, Prof. Dorothy Yeboah-Manu and Prof. Ian Gilbert (University of […]
Principal and Vice-Chancellor of University of Dundee and team visit NMIMR
We were honored to host Prof. Iain Gillespie, Principal of the University of Dundee together with a team from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (B&MGF), LifeArc, Wellcome Centre Anti-Infectives Research (WCAIR) and LGenia from on 6th and 7th February, 2023. Prof. Gillespie, expressed his eagerness to build and increase the partnership with the Institute and […]
Workshop on Introduction to Bacterial Genomics Bioinformatics held at the NMIMR-ARL
A five-day intensive training on Introduction to Bacterial Genomics Bioinformatics held from 23rd to 27th January 2023 has been organised at the Noguchi Advanced Research Laboratory (ARL) bioinformatics training room. This is the first in its series resulting from a collaboration between the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences – University […]
We crown the year with an exciting Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
“Come all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant. Come and let us sing a joyful song unto the Lord, for His goodness and mercies endures forever. Let the lessons begin, and the singing too. Let there be love and happiness!”- This was the mood during the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols which took place at […]
Training workshop on Introduction Course to Grant Proposal Writing and Scientific Writing held at NMIMR
A five-day training workshop on Introduction Course to Grant Proposal Writing and Scientific Writing was held at the NMIMR from 5th – 9th December, 2022 with funding support from the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD) Capacity building unit and ACE Partner program. The training workshop brought together 13 PhD students, postdoctoral fellows […]