VIDEO: Researchers from the VZNIGHT program, the Wright lab and the Haselton lab develop a device to enhance existing malaria tests in Zambia

January 14, 2015
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Global Health Topics, Announcements, News Posts

https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2015/01/08/3d-printer-helps-fight-malaria-in-africa/

Every minute a child dies of malaria.  And it’s a disease that’s preventable and curable!   A special team at Vanderbilt is in the thick of the fight against malaria and other diseases—with the help of a 3-d printer.
Malaria, Zambia, Vanderbilt-Zambia Network for Innovation in Global Health Technologies (VZNIGHT)

University of Zambia and VIGH collaborate to build research capacity in Zambia

October 4, 2012
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Global Health Topics, News Posts, Grants (news announcement), Announcements, International Training Programs

Dr. Sten Vermund, VIGH Director, began involvement in Zambia after attending a research needs assessment conference in 1998. Dr. Vermund co-chaired the HIV Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission Working Group with Dr. Chewe Luo and in 2000 he co-founded the Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ) located in Lusaka.
Zambia, Sten Vermund, Benjamin Andrews, Fogarty International Center (FIC), Vanderbilt-Zambia Network for Innovation in Global Health Technologies (VZNIGHT), Vanderbilt-CIDRZ AIDS International Research Training Program (AITRP)
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