Tag: Malawi

From a vaccine for malaria to ending the HIV epidemic, UNC infectious diseases researchers in Malawi gear up to take on more challenges in a changing country.

Recently in Lilongwe, UNC Project-Malawi leaders welcomed UNC Chancellor Carol L. Folt and other dignitaries to celebrate decades of accomplishment and mark the formal opening of new research and library facilities.

The local ABC TV station in Raleigh, N.C., interviews the leadership of UNC Project-Malawi about how the site has connected Malawians to life-saving HIV and cancer medications as well as provided training opportunities.

Long-time UNC Project-Malawi faculty Irving Hoffman and Francis Martinson recently had spaces at the site named in their honor. Learn about the accomplishments that led to these dedications.

An American and Malawian artist traveled around Lilongwe to find inspiration for the sign displayed on the latest addition of UNC Project-Malawi.

For 10 years, UNC and UNC Project-Malawi have provided food and an education for nearly 1,000 pre- and primary school children in the Dzama community outside of Lilongwe, Malawi. Learn how this support has impacted the community and what UNC hopes to achieve in 2017.

UNC's Department of Radiology and the Department of Allied Health Sciences' Division of Radiologic Science have worked together to strengthen an international footprint in radiology.

A donation of pathology equipment between two schools in the University of North Carolina system will save lives and improve lab operations in Malawi.

For the past eight years, Anthony Charles, MD, has built the Malawian Surgical Initiative, training Malawian surgeons to care for their own and providing transformative educational experiences for UNC medical students and residents.

Breast cancer was not a death sentence for Malawi native Maggie Zgambo. She believes God spared her to spread awareness about breast cancer. She was one of four women to take part in the first breast cancer screening pilot study in Malawi launched by UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center.