Strengthening Collaboration for Effective Project Implementation: Fleming Fund Country Grant Meets with PHIM Laboratories Leadership.
The Fleming Fund Country Grant recently convened a strategic meeting with the DeputyDirector of PHIM Laboratories Mr. Joseph Bitilinyu Bangoh, alongside the NationalMicrobiology Reference Laboratory (NMRL) and the National Genomic Sequencing Laboratorymanagement teams. The primary focus of the meeting was to reinforce the collaboration between PHIM Laboratories and the Fleming Fund Country Grant while clarifying […]
Africa CDC – Pathogen Genomics Initiative Technical Support Visit for the CholGEN Project at Public Health Institute of Malawi (PHIM) on 8 – 9 August 2024.
The Africa Centre of Disease and Control (Africa CDC) Pathogen Genomics Initiative ( PGI) is implementing the Cholera Genomics (CholGEN) project. CholGen project is a single consortium with a steering committee composed of John Hopkins University (JHU), Africa CDC, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF). This collaboration between JHU and the Africa […]
Mentorship and Supervision of Facilities on Pathogen Genomic Surveillance of Public Health Importance
The Ministry of Health, through the Public Health Institute of Malawi (PHIM), has an established National Public Health Laboratory (NPHL). One of the crucial functions of NPHL is to conduct surveillance of various pathogens that pose a significant risk to public health. This vital task involves submitting isolates collected from laboratories across Malawi to the […]