Read the article in the Vientiane Times The British Ambassador to Laos, Mr Philip Malone visited Mahosot Hospital on Friday, to learn about cooperation between Laos and the United Kingdom, particularly in the field of medical research. This was the first official visit to a Lao government hospital by the British Ambassador, after ...
Resistance to the frontline malaria drug artemisinin can be identified by surveying the genomes of malaria parasite populations, a worldwide research collaboration has shown. The effectiveness of artemisinin – this key drug against malaria – is weakening, threatening hundreds of thousands of lives. It is a major objective of the World Health Organization to stop the spread of malaria parasites that are resistant to drugs. . . . . . .
Professor Jeremy Farrar named new Director of the Wellcome Trust The Board of Governors of the Wellcome Trust today announced the appointment of Professor Jeremy Farrar as the Trust’s new Director. Professor Farrar is an outstanding clinical scientist who has built a reputation as one of the world’s leading figures in the field ...
The global burden of dengue infection is more than triple current estimates from the World Health Organization, according to a multinational study published in the journal Nature. Dengue, also known as 'breakbone fever', is a viral infection that is transmitted between humans by mosquitoes. In some people, it causes life-threatening illness. . . . . .
A short profile of the research work of Dr Samuel Kariuki of the Kenyan Medical Research Institute, winner of the 2012 Royal Society Pfizer Award: The Royal Society Pfizer Award is designed to reward scientists, based in Africa, at the outset of their career and to promote science capacity building in the developing world. It is awarded ...
New research that combines cell phone data from 15 million people in Kenya with detailed information on the regional incidence of malaria has revealed, on the largest scale so far, how human travel patterns contribute to the disease’s spread. The findings from researchers at KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Program, Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and six other institutions indicate that malaria, in large part, emanates from Kenya’s Lake Victoria region and spreads east, chiefly toward the capital, Nairobi...
Prof Mike English of the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme has been awarded the 2012 Sir Rickard Christophers Medal of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. The medal, which is given every three years, recognizes the work of researchers in tropical medicine and hygiene and in particular for practical and field applications....
Dr Samuel Kariuki from the KEMRI Centre for Microbiology Research in Nairobi has been awarded the Royal Society Pfizer Award in 2012 for his outstanding research into invasive non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) infections in Kenya. Dr Kariuki is the third scientist associated with the programme to win this Award after Dr Alexis Nzila and Dr Julie Makani...
Ten researchers from the UK and beyond have been awarded Sir Henry Dale Fellowships to tackle issues crucial to our understanding of the molecules and cells vital to life and our fight against some of our major diseases - from the mechanisms underlying how our cells divide and how we process sound to how influenza viruses circulate in Vietnam . . . . .
Vast amounts of mobile phone data have been used to build a picture of how the trips people make within Kenya might contribute to malaria transmission. The researchers from Harvard School of Public Health worked with Oxford University researchers based in Kenya at the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Program and colleagues from six other institutions. . . . .
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