Masters degree for Malawi Programme Lab Support Staff - Mr Amos Phiri (360G-Wellcome-074124_Z_04_G)

This is a proposal for 'Core Funding' for the Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme (MLW) for the period 1995-1998. The requested funding will enable MLW to continue to provide a research platform for studies in tropical disease in Malawi, in the context of the national medical school (The College of Medicine [COM]) and the national teaching hospital. Research in MLW addresses important local problems, aiming to conduct high quality studies in collaboration with local COM scientists in order to improve understanding, inform policy and strengthen local research capacities. Core funding will enable MLW to support the 9 Wellcome Trust Fellowships, 4 Wellcome Trust Projects and 2 other Projects currently in progress, and other studies being submitted or planned, for which support has so far been channelled through the Director's Research Leave Fellowship. MLW's research themes are centred on malaria (pathogenesis, pathology, treatment and studies of other causes of the major malarial complications - severe anaemia and coma) and disease due to HIV-related pathogens (S pneumoniae, non-typhi Salmonellae, M tuberculosis). Studies of the interactions of malaria and HIV are also completed and ongoing. With shared topics, laboratories and clinics, many studies have been complementary, providing opportunities for linked research.