NMIMR and JICA conducting the 4th in a series of trainings for West and Central African national laboratories to combat Infectious diseases
The Institute is collaborating with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), to train 15 healthcare professionals from 10 West and Central African countries in modern laboratory technology to enhance their skills in combating infectious diseases. The participating countries are; Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and The Democratic Republic […]
2022 Annual Research Meeting Announcement and Call for Abstracts
The Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) of the University of Ghana is organizing a 2-Day Annual Research Meeting (ARM) on November 17-18, 2022. The theme of the research meeting is “Epidemics, Pandemics and Diseases of Public Health Importance: Bridging the Research and Policy Divide The world has experienced many challenges during epidemics and pandemics, and the […]
Three Early Career Scientists awarded the 2022 AREF Fellowship
Three Early Career Scientists at the Institute have been awarded the 2022 Africa Research Excellence Fund (AREF) Research Development Fellowship Programme. Dr. Prince Asare and Dr. Dorothea Obiri will be at the University of Cambridge, and Dr. Frederica Partey will be at the University of Copenhagen to conduct research in their respective fields as Principal […]
COVID-19 National Trust Fund to support research by NMIMR into the effect of COVID-19 vaccines on Ghanaians
The Government of Ghana through the COVID-19 National Trust Fund is funding an 18-month research to be conducted by the Noguchi Memorial Institute, into the effect of COVID-19 vaccines on Ghanaians. At a brief ceremony to sign the GH¢ 2,274,000 contract at the Secretariat of the Trust Fund in the Jubilee House, Accra, on Tuesday […]
Workshop on Supporting a Drug Discovery Hub Development in Ghana
The Institute with support from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is implementing a project titled ‘Supporting a Drug Discovery Hub Development in Ghana’. The project seeks to train young scientists and technicians towards building a critical mass for drug discovery applications, equip them to compete effectively for international funding for research work in Africa, offer […]
NMIMR Annual Research Meeting – November 17-18, 2022
NMIMR-WHO rolls out WGS and Surveillance Training Workshop
Surveillance of bacteria species that are resistant to a wide range of antibiotics is key in tackling the menace of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), a situation that is known to lead to limited therapeutic options and huge economic cost to infected patients. Knowing the entire genetic makeup (blueprint) of AMR bacteria by using a method or […]
Mr. Mihara Asahiko, JICA Special Advisor, pays a courtesy call to Director
Mr. MIHARA Asahiko, JICA Special Advisor has paid a courtesy call on the Director to discuss existing cooperation between the Institute and JICA as well as opportunities for future collaborations. The call is part of the Special Advisor’s working visit in Ghana. In her remarks, the Director expressed her delight to receive Mr. MIHARA Asahiko. […]
NMIMR and International Collaborators receive B&MGF award
A team of scientists from the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR), Department of Chemistry – University of Ghana and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in collaboration with their counterparts from University of Dundee and University of Cape Town have received $1,896,319.00 from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (B&MGF) to improve existing […]
Africa CDC donates Genomic Sequencing Equipment to the Institute
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) through the Pathogen Genomics Initiative (PGI), on Wednesday, 6th April, 2022 donated Genomic Sequencing Equipment and Reagents to the Institute. This is to support the adaption and implementation of the integration of pathogen genomics and bioinformatics into public health surveillance, outbreak detection, investigations to improve […]