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World Day and Month for the fight against HIV/AIDS: UCRC in the spotlight!

On the occasion of the launch of World Day and the month for the fight against HIV/AIDS in Mali, the SEREFO infectious diseases laboratory of the University Clinical Research Center (UCRC) received a visit from the Minister of Health and…

Donald Krogstad Award for Early-Career Malian Scientists

Applications for the next Donald Krogstad Award will be available February 2023. Donald Krogstad, MD, FASTMH, had a distinguished career as a physician-scientist and malaria researcher starting in the 1960’s. He was a dedicated member and past president of the…

At the end of the mission in Mali: His Excellency Dennis B. Hankins chose ICER-Mali for his last visit

English version – The U.S. Ambassador to Mali, H.E Dennis B. Hankins, bid farewell to the world of Malian biomedical research on Wednesday, September 21, 2022. It was during a ceremony organized by the University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies…

“Data Sciences and the Covid-19 crisis”: Studying the biology of the virus, its epidemiology and proposing a treatment

The African Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics (ACE-B) held on Monday, June 6, 2022, its third symposium. This symposium, held in the meeting room of the laboratory of the University Clinical Research Center (UCRC), will be followed by five days…

Projects examine sex, behavior differences that impact men’s health

Certain infectious diseases prevalent in low- and middle-income countries affect men in greater numbers than women. Such is the case with tuberculosis (TB), a public health concern in West Africa where incidence among men averages two to three times higher…

U.S. Contributions to the COVID-19 Response in Mali

The story of U.S. leadership in the global battle against Covid-19 is a story of days, months, and decades. Every day, new U.S. technical and material assistance arrives in hospitals and labs around the world. These efforts, in turn, build…