Seventh Annual Research Meeting of the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana

The Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) is a semi-autonomous institute of the University of Ghana.1 It was established in 1979 by the Government of Japan and donated to the Government and the people of Ghana in memory of Dr. Hideyo Noguchi, the famous Japanese scientist who succumbed to yellow fever, a disease he was researching in Ghana in 1928. The NMIMR is the premier biomedical research institution in the country and a biomedical research centre of excellence in Africa. Its mandate is to conduct research into diseases of public health importance, train postgraduate students in biomedical sciences and support the public health programmes of the Ministry of Health and Ghana Health Service. As such, the NMIMR plays a crucial role in ensuring the health and safety of the Ghanaian population and contributes to disease surveillance and policy.