BlantyreClinical&Transla0onalResearchFacility

(B-CTRF)

Ins0tuteofInfec0on,Immunity&Inflamma0on

WellcomeCentreforMolecularParasitology

Thesharedhistory

David Livingstone

Blantyre & Glasgow Blantyre & Blantyre

Scotland Malawi

Abitofbackground

•  2013 PG Sabbatical at MLW and subsequent visits •  Malaptop •  Surgical equipment for Malawi •  Malawi dept of education visit •  Fundraising for Malawi

Increasinginterac0ons

Thesharedhealthchallenges

Shared diseases Cardiovascular disease – heart attack, stroke

Metabolic disorders – obesity, diabetes Inflammatory conditions – arthritis

Infections

Blantyre - Malawi Blantyre - Scotland

Shared causes? Deprivation and poverty

Lifestyle

Shared solutions!

Sharededuca0onalopportuni0es

•  Alfred Beit financier & director of British South Africa Company •  Funds two MSc students each year for next 5 years

Beit Glasgow Medical Scholarship (£332,000)

Beit/Glasgow students Trancizeo Lipenga & Nelson Simwela pictured with Prof Paul Garside &

Margaret Ferrier MP at Scottish Malawi Partnership AGM

Abitmorebackground

WhatdoesBlantyreMalawineed?

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B-CTRFisannounced

B-CTRFloca0on

£2 million to build Clinical Lab Facility Partners : •  Scottish Government •  Wellcome Trust •  College of Medicine Malawi (World Bank) •  Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme

Provision of capacity in expertise and infrastructure to initiate ‘Blantyre-Blantyre’ health comparisons

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Thesharedhealthyfuture

B-CTRF

MUMM PHARMA

Thank you Prof Paul Garside Director of Immunology Prof Andy Waters Director of WCMP Prof Iain McInnes Director of Institute

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