President Adama Barrow has Tuesday commended the Medical Research Council (MRC) as being instrumental in responding to public health emergencies the country has been confronted with. “The development of this institution to become an internationally recognised Centre of Excellence for Research and Training in West Africa, and its contribution to[Read More…]
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Prexy Barrow Delivers Statement At 75th Anniversary Celebration Of MRC
Honourable Ministers of Health, and Higher Education, Science, Research and Technology Cabinet Members and Parliamentarians in attendance Chief Executive Director, Executive Director, Director of the MRC Gambia Unit at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine International and National Scientists Ladies and Gentlemen It is a great pleasure to join[Read More…]
Meningitis: Can We Afford Not To Vaccinate?
(JollofNews) As I complete my ward round in a London Teaching Hospital with a visit to the 7 year old boy who has already lost both lower limbs due to meningococcal disease and who is staring at his black, necrotic fingers, I remind myself that this child was actually vaccinated[Read More…]