Activity Sites
Tidziwe Centre, UNC Project Annexe
UNC Project is based at Tidziwe Centre on the campus of Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe. “Tidziwe” is a Chichewa word which means, “We should find out.” This two-story, 17,500 sq ft building includes outpatient and research exam and counseling rooms, a state-of-the-art laboratory, a medical library with satellite web connections supporting journal access, a lecture hall and classroom with teleconferencing capacity, a data management area with remote and local data entry capacity, secure data storage space, a pharmacy and dispensary, and administrative and community outreach offices.
Through its pathology laboratory located in the Annexe Building close to the Tidziwe, UNC Project serves the central and northern regions of the country through cancer diagnosis. The pathology laboratory also serves various cancer studies being undertaken.
Bwaila Hospital
In conjunction with ongoing and varied sexually transmitted diseases (STI) research projects, UNC Project provides STI management and treatment services to patients presenting to the STI clinic at Bwaila District Hospital. Under the leadership of Mitch Matoga who is Director of STI Research and Clinical Service, UNC Project also performs operations research for the Malawi Ministry of Health, including monitoring of gonococcal resistance patterns and continued evaluations of the algorithms for the syndromic management of STIs. The STI clinic has a clinical and research area, examination and counseling rooms, and an auxiliary laboratory. Currently, the Project is constructing a modern STI clinic at Bwaila, commencing June 2023.
George Joaki Centre
Named for a former lab director at UNC Project, George Joaki Centre is located at the Area 18 Health Centre and is currently conducting the COVID-19 studies.
Cancer Centre
A remarkable network for cancer care and research exists in Malawi through the UNC Project.
Cancer care is currently centralized in Lilongwe for the central and northern provinces of the country. UNC Project medical doctors, clinicians and nurses continues to provide care to cancer patients at the nearby cancer centre, which was partially opened in 2020 within the Kamuzu Central Hospital campus.