On a working visit to the Republic of Mali, the US Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for West Africa, Will STEVENS, accompanied by the US Ambassador to Mali, H.E. Rachna KORHONEN, paid a courtesy visit on Tuesday, July 22, 2025, to the biomedical research units of the University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako (USTTB), gathered within the International Center of Excellence in Research (ICERMali), located at point G. VIDEO IN ENGLISH
This visit, led by the Rector of the University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako, Professor Mahamadou DIAKITE, concerned the laboratories of the Parasites and Microbes Research and Training Center (PMRTC), the University Clinical Research Center (UCRC), and the Infectious Diseases and Medical Entomology Research and Training Center (IDMERTC).
At the end of the guided tour, which took place in the presence of researchers and heads of research units, the guests of the day shared their impressions. For over three decades, the United States of America has maintained a high-level of scientific cooperation with the Republic of Mali in the field of biomedical research.
This collaboration, which has enabled the construction of a world-class biomedical research infrastructure at the USTTB, through the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has helped support the response to several diseases, including the Ebola virus epidemic and Covid-19, which have been a tragedy in West Africa in particular. Their devastation can ultimately be described as a health earthquake. VIDEO EN FRANÇAIS.
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