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From making K2.8 billion in 2015 to $70 million (about K121 billion) in 2023, gambling has registered rapid growth in the country but researchers have said the success has come with harms, including addiction. Researchers based at the Malawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit (Meiru), who have conducted studies on gambling in Malawi, say there
This seminar will discuss leprosy and the history of leprosy research, including its relationship to the WHO TDR programme - which led to a major research programme in Karonga District in northern Malawi, associated with LSHTM, starting in 1979. Two total population surveys provided detailed descriptive and risk factor data, and a large RCT examined repeat BCG and a new vaccine containing killed M leprae.
Prof Nyirenda is currently Deputy Director at the MRC/UVRI & LSHTM Uganda Research Unit, Professor of Medicine and Global Non-Communicable Diseases, and Head of the Unit’s Non-Communicable Disease Research theme.His prominent career has ranged from molecular medicine to clinical and public health research, including investigations into non-communicable diseases, particularly around diabetes, obesity, and hypertension. He also has a strong interest in capacity building across Africa.
The second seminar in a series by the Multimorbidity Interest Group that seek to facilitate dialogue between disease- and disciplinary-specific fields of expertise across the School and partner institutions.
Professor Mia Crampin will deliver her inaugural lecture remotely from Malawi where she will discuss the importance of longitudinal population studies in Africa and her work on long-term conditions in Malawi.