National Institutes Of Health (NIH) team visits KHRC

A team from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on Thursday November 13, 2008 visited the Kintampo Health Research Centre(KHRC).The purpose of the visit was to discuss topics around the current NIH studies  and any other projects of interest being conducted by the centre. The NIH studies include:

• Determination of baseline malaria epidemiology among a birth cohort of children in the middle belt of Ghana for malaria interventions.

• Establishment of laboratory reference values for the populations of Kintampo North and South districts in the middle belt of Ghana.

• Severe malaria and bacterial co –infections in children in the Kintampo North and South districts.

• Passive case detection of malaria among children under five in health facilities in the Kintampo North and South districts: Any implications for current practices?

The team which consisted of Dr.Steve Rosenthal, Program officer of NIH; Mansour Bijan, Contract Specialist ; Walter Jones, Clinical Manager of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and the NIH local sites; Prof.Kwadwo Koram, Principal Investigator of the NIH studies from the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) and Johnson Avorkpoh, Project Manager of the NIH studies was conducted round the centre by the Director, Dr.Seth Owusu-Agyei.The tour took them to all the departments of the centre and the vaccination area of the Municipal Hospital.

Later in the day at about 2.30pm, all staff as well as the visitors convened at the conference room of the centre for a presentation. The first presentation was given by the Director of KHRC who gave an overview of the malaria studies carried out so far by the centre in the Kintampo North and South districts. There were other presentations by the investigators of the project on each of the NIH studies.

For more info contact:

Kabio Casimir Donlebo (Communications Officer).
Kintampo Health Research Centre
P.O.Box 200
Kintampo.B/A.
Tel: +233 246 391916