Cambridge is one of the world鈥檚 leading universities in its engagement with, and support for, African research. This month we begin a month-long focus on some of these partnerships, introduced here by Professor聽Eil铆s聽Ferran, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Institutional and International Relations.
Working in a lab as a basic scientist can often seem far removed from the real world. A year since the World Health Organization declared the Ebola outbreak over, one researcher tells how聽the skills he learned working in a lab in聽Cambridge turned out to be surprisingly useful in fighting one of the most terrifying disease outbreaks of recent times.
探花直播Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall visited the 探花直播 of Cambridge on Tuesday 29 November to mark the Fitzwilliam Museum鈥檚 bicentenary and to celebrate the 600th anniversary of the Cambridge 探花直播 Library
探花直播 探花直播鈥檚 policy on graduate admissions was reiterated at the opening of the third Cambridge-Africa Day
Some of the final cases of Ebola in Sierra Leone were transmitted via unconventional routes, such as semen and breastmilk, according to the largest analysis to date of the tail-end of the epidemic.
A technique for reducing the number of infectious malaria parasites in whole blood could significantly reduce the number of cases of transmission of malaria through blood transfusion, according to a collaboration between researchers in Cambridge, UK, and Kumasi, Ghana.
Speaking at the inaugural meeting of the Next Einstein Forum (NEF) Global Gathering 2016, an international conference focused on the development of science and technology in Africa, Sir Leszek Borysiewicz emphasised the importance of partnership.
Samples from the recently confirmed case of Ebola in Sierra Leone have been analysed at a new infectious diseases laboratory in the country, set up in partnership with the 探花直播 of Cambridge in the wake of the epidemic.
探花直播President of the Republic of Madagascar, Hery Rajaonarimampianina, today visited the 探花直播 of Cambridge to discuss ways in which the university can help the country address important conservation challenges. During his visit he also met with African scholars and students involved in the Cambridge-Africa Programme.
Vice-Chancellor hails success story as聽programme聽celebrates second Cambridge-Africa Day.
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