Around 12 million children under the age of five are hospitalised with chest infections such as pneumonia and bronchiolitis each year, a global study suggests. Researchers also found that an estimated 265,000 children under five suffering from chest infections die in hospital each year. (more…)
VACCINOLOGY
The scientific evidence supporting the value of vaccination is overwhelming: In terms of reducing the burden
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CONTROL & ELIMINATION
In recent times, several diseases have reduced very markedly in incidence in The Gambia
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CHILD SURVIVAL
In common with most developing countries, The Gambia has high infant and child mortality rates
Learn moreThe MRC research programme in The Gambia is in the process of reorganization into three new, interlinking, scientific themes: Child Survival, Disease Eradication and Vaccinology.
Emeritus Scientist Professor Hilton Whittle has been studying some of the leading causes of illness and death in the developing world for almost forty years. Hilton, a pioneer of the Gambia Hepatitis Intervention Scheme (GHIS), gives a potted history of one of the longest running longitudinal studies of an infectious disease in the Tropics.
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