Blantyre Blantyre facility features in voice magazine
Published: 24 March 2022
An article highlighting the success of the Blantyre Blantyre Research Facility has been published in the spring edition of the Royal College of Physician and Surgeons of Glasgow membership magazine, voice.
An article highlighting the Blantyre Blantyre Research Facility has been published in the spring edition of the Royal College of Physician and Surgeons of Glasgow membership magazine, voice.
Headed up by iii's Professor Paul Garside and Dr Mwapatsa Mipando, Kamuzu University of Health Science (KUHeS), the project came about after Professor Garside spent a three-month sabbatical in Malawi, during which he met Dr Mipando.
It soon became evident that by working together to build the new laboratory facility, they could develop research programmes that would have mutual benefit for healthcare in both their home countries.
To do so they would compare the causes of poor health and low life expectancy in Blantyre, Scotland and Blantyre, Malawi - hence the lab facility name.
Over the last five years, the team has successfully established a state-of-the-art research facility out of an old lecture theatre on the KUHeS campus.
Today, the facility is complete and houses cutting-edge research and diagnostic equipment, including advanced microscopy and a clinical sample repository and management system.
Written by Professor Garside and Dr Mipando, the feature fully explores the success of this global partnership built on mutual understanding and respect and which is seen as an exemplar of best practice in partnering with Malawi.
You can also read the article in full by visiting VOICE Spring 2022 
First published: 24 March 2022