Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

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Today, we are hosting a training on vaccine safety reporting and causality assessment together with stakeholders from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, World Health Organization, the Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI), Medicines Control Agency, and the National Expert Committee for Causality Assessment with a particular focus on #COVID19 vaccines administered to pregnant #women. This workshop is part of a larger effort to strengthen the ability of health professionals by equipping them with the requisite skills needed to improve vaccine safety monitoring and reporting systems in The Gambia.

In collaboration with Ministry of Health - The Gambia, we engage stakeholders from Bundung Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Fajikunda Major Health Centre and Brikama District Hospital on the VacSafe project to review and discuss the outcomes of the VacSafe project, focusing on the safety and acceptability of the #COVID19 vaccines among pregnant women The workshop aims to present key surveillance and qualitative research findings, explore their implications for health policies, and gather stakeholder feedback to enhance maternal and neonatal health services in The Gambia. #VaccinesWork

Today, we are convening a Pre-evaluation workshop together with stakeholders from the Ministry of Health - The Gambia, Bundung Maternal and Child Health Hospital and Fajikunda Major Health Centre to discuss plans for an evaluation framework and indicators for the Smart Paper Technology (SPT) a digital tool to enhance maternal and newborn healthcare outcomes in The Gambia. The meeting provides an opportunity to identify key indicators for evaluating its effectiveness, discuss implementation barriers and facilitators, gather feedback from stakeholders, and plan the next steps for data collection and analysis. In her opening remark, Beate Kampmann Chief Investigator of the project emphasised that the SPT project could contribute by describing pregnancy and birth outcomes, digitalising healthcare records, and linking maternal and child health records.

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Paving the way for a better healthcare system! Today, we presented a report on Maternal and Newborn Health Research in The Gambia to the Director of Health Services at the Ministry of Health - The Gambia, Dr. Momodou T. Nyassi. The report highlights a priority list of maternal and neonatal health research questions that address mother & child health related issues in The Gambia, primarily focusing on health systems and implementation #research. The Director reiterated the Ministry’s commitment to ensuring that every mother and newborn receives the highest standard of care, irrespective of their background or circumstances. The report demonstrates our continued collaboration with the Government of The Gambia to strengthen the country’s health system, and commitment to advance the realisation of positive health outcomes #globally. Read more: https://lnkd.in/d7F3EgXT

This week, we hosted a five-day workshop on Genomic Sequencing for Cholera Control organised by PulseNet Africa, in collaboration with Africa CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention & APHL - Association of Public Health Laboratories. The workshop is a blend of hands-on laboratory training, data analysis and collaborative learning with the aim of enhancing the skills of public health laboratory scientists in Africa, to better track and control cholera outbreaks using advanced genetic techniques. This workshop is part of a larger effort to strengthen the ability of African scientists to respond to cholera outbreaks. By equipping local researchers with advanced genomic tools and techniques, PulseNet Africa aims to improve foodborne disease tracking and control measures. #PulseNetAfrica #CholeraTraining #GenomicSequencing #PublicHealth #AfricaCDC #DiseaseControl