WHO chief visits PrEPVacc coordinating centre

The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has visited the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) and its partners, including the MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit, which serves as PrEPVacc’s coordinating centre.

During his visit to the Entebbe-based Institute, which focussed on surveillance and preparedness for Ebola Dr Tedros was given a tour of the laboratories, including the MRC/UVRI and LSHTM virology and immunology laboratories

He was escorted by Professor Pontiano Kaleebu, Director of MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit, and the Uganda Virus Research Institute, and Chief Investigator of PrEPVacc.

The MRC/UVRI Uganda Research Unit formally joined LSHTM on 1 February 2018, along with the MRC Unit The Gambia. The Uganda Unit conducts research to add knowledge to and improve the control of infectious and non-communicable diseases in Uganda, Africa and across the world. Alongside this, an important role of the unit is translating research findings into policy and practice and capacity building for research across Africa.

For further information visit: https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/news/2019/director-general-world-health-organization-visits-mrcuvri-and-lshtm-uganda