NMIMR Marks Festive Season with Noguchi Carofest 2024
The Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) ushered in the festive season with its annual Nine Lessons and Carols, dubbed Noguchi Carofest 2024: Service of Nine Lessons and Carols. This year’s celebration, held under the theme “Thrill of Hope”, highlighted the spirit of togetherness, love, and the joyous celebration of the birth of Jesus […]
SeqAfrica Expands AMR Genomics Sequencing Efforts Across Africa in Next Phase
In a move to increase surveillance data and allow governments to monitor and analyse antimicrobial resistance (AMR), informing healthcare actions and policy change throughout the African region, SeqAfrica, has launched the second phase of its work to expand AMR genomics sequencing in Sub-Saharan Africa. With a £3.6 million (DKK 31 million) regional grant from the UK […]
Nana Oye Akuffo Inducted into SRAI’s Distinguished Faculty
In an inspiring achievement for the research administration community, Nana Oye Akuffo, Senior Research Development Officer at the College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, has been inducted as a member of the Distinguished Faculty of the Society of Research Administrators International (SRAI). This prestigious honour, the highest academic recognition within the field, celebrates individuals […]
NMIMR Celebrates 45 Years of Impactful Research for Sustainable Global Health
The Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) has celebrated its 45th anniversary under the theme: “45 Years of Impactful Research for Sustainable Global Health” to demonstrate its continued commitment towards advancing research excellence. The anniversary celebrations began with a month-long lecture series dubbed the “October Lecture Series that highlighted the Institute’s immense contributions to […]
NMIMR remains crucial to Ghana’s Disease Surveillance and Emergency Response System – Dr. Asiedu-Bekoe
The Director of Public Health at the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr. Franklin Asiedu-Bekoe, has lauded Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) for its immense contributions to disease surveillance and emergency response systems over the past years. Sharing insights into NMIMR’s responses to disease outbreaks during a lecture series that forms part of the […]
NMIMR and SWISS TPH, CSRS, to build Stronger Research Management for Health Research
A team from the Office for Research Support at the Institute is working with the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute in Switzerland (Swiss TPH), the Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques in CôteD’Ivoife (CSRC) to help strengthen the skills of research managers at the three institutions. This is part of a four-year project on ‘Institutional […]
NMIMR has been pivotal in malaria research – Prof. Koram
Prof. Kwadwo Ansah Koram, Professor of Epidemiology and the former Director of Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, has highlighted the invaluable contributions of the Institute to malaria research during a lecture series commemorating the Institute’s 45th Anniversary. Delivering the fourth lecture of the October Lecture Series, Prof. Koram reiterated the Institute’s decades-long commitment to […]
Rotavirus vaccine has been a game changer – Prof. George Enyimah Armah
The Institute has organised the first lecture of an ‘October Lecture Series’ as part of activities marking the commemoration of the 45th Anniversary of the Institute and the Annual Research Meeting 2024. Prof. George Enyimah Armah, Professor at the Department of Electron Microscopy and Histopathology at the Institute, and the Head of the West Africa […]
NMIMR has been instrumental in HIV research – Prof. Kyei
Prof. George Boateng Kyei, an Associate Professor of Virology at the Department of Virology, NMIMR, and the Director of Research at the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC), has highlighted the significant contributions of Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research to HIV research since its inception in 1979. During a lecture on “HIV Research and […]
NMIMR NSPs Conclude Service with Week-long Celebrations
The 2023/2024 National Service Personnel at the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) marked the end of their service with a memorable NSP week celebration. The weeklong event kicked off with a cake-cutting ceremony and toast, setting the tone for an inspiring week celebration. Dr Sawudatu Zakariah-Akoto, NSP Patron, together with NSP leadership cutting […]