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Cairo, Arab Republic of Egypt
US Naval Medical Research Unit No.3 (NAMRU-3)
Cairo, Arab Republic of Egypt
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NAMRU-3 teaches Basic Microbiology
Ministry of Health Lab Technicians
NAMRU-3, Cairo, Egypt--In this era of rapid international travel antibiotic resistant bacteria pathogens can readily and rapidly spread across the globe at an alarming rate. The U. S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3 (NAMRU-3) Global Disease Detection and Response Program (GDDRP) has invested significant time and resources into abating the burden of infectious disease in Egypt.
| 3/5/2012 14:06 | |
NAMRU-3 Hosts Total Quality Management for
Healthcare Facilities for Africa workshop
Mr. Sameh Safwat, NAMRU-3 scientist and point of contact for the visit,
answering questions pertaining to methods of hazardous waste disposal
US Naval Medical Research Unit No.3 (NAMRU-3) has served as a cornerstone of health diplomacy in Egypt since 1946. With that comes the opportunity to work closely with the Ministry of Health, local research organizations, and universities.
| 1/30/2012 12:34 | |
NAMRU-3 Collaborates with Morocco on Leishmaniasis
Dr. Hanafi accompanied by Moraccan researchers surveying the
habitat of Psammomys Obesus (suspected reservoir host of L.
major in Morocco) in Tejery sector, Bouarfa Province.
Morocco - In September 2011, NAMRU-3 began scientific collaboration with the Moroccan Ministry of Health to work towards the eradication of the disease called cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL), a disfiguring skin condition caused by infection with the organism Leishmania major (L. major).
| 1/30/2012 12:30 | |
The U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No.3 (NAMRU-3) Celebrated 65 Years of Service
Capt. Richard Haberberger, NAMRU-3 Alumni and guest speaker,
addresses the audience at the US Naval Medical Research Unit
No.3, 65th Anniversary Celebration. (seated from l-r: H.E.
Anne Patterson, US Ambassador to Egypt, H.E. Dr. Amr Helmy,
Egyptian Minister of Health, and Dr. Naeema Al-Gasseer,
Assistant Regional Director and Acting WHO Representative
in Egypt, and retired N3 employee, Ms. Mary Mirty)
CAIRO (NNS) -- The U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No.3 (NAMRU-3) celebrated 65 years of service in infectious disease research in Egypt Oct 20, 2011. Read more | 10/26/2011 15:20 | |
NAMRU-3 Hosts First-ever Influenza-Like-Illness (ILI) Sentinel Surveillance Workshop
Participants of the first -ever Influenza-Like-Illness Sentinel Surveillance Workshop (Sept 2011)
Ain Sukhna, Egypt - US Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3 (NAMRU-3), in partnership with Central Public Health Laboratory and Disease Prevention Sector, Egyptian Ministry of Health (EMOH), hosted the first-ever Influenza-Like-Illness (ILI) Sentinel Surveillance Workshop (Egypt 2011). Hospital directors, clinicians, and laboratorians from eight ILI sentinel sites converged in the coastal city of Ain Sokhna, Egypt, to deliver progress reports, share best practices, and plan future ILI activities.
| 10/26/2011 15:09 | |
NAMRU-3 Provides MODS Training for Pakistani Researchers
NAMRU-3 laboratory technician Mr. Mohamed Abdel Maksoud, gives instruction on Microscopic Observation Drug Susceptibility assay to Pakistani workshop trainee's
Cairo, Egpyt - Laboratory scientists from U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3 (NAMRU-3) conducted training on the Tuberculosis (TB) Microscopic Observation Drug Susceptibility (MODS) assay for Pakistani scientists from Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Gulab Devi Hospital in Lahore, Ojha Institute of Chest Diseases in Karachi, and the National Reference Laboratory, National TB Program in Islamabad
| 10/26/2011 15:03 | |
NAMRU-3 Joins Regional Malaria Program Managers
to Discuss Capabilities
Dr. Hanan El Mohammady, Head Lab, Bacterial and Parasitic Diagnostics program and Dr. Isabelle Nakhla, NAMRU-3 Medical Research Scientist in front of the Omani Ministry of Health, Department of Malaria Eradication
Muscat, Oman - On 21 September 2001, the World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office (WHO/EMRO) held a symposium entitled the Annual Inter-Country Meeting of National Malaria Program Managers from Horn of Africa Network for Monitoring Anti-malarial Treatment (HANMAT) and Pakistan, Islamic Republic of Iran, and Afghanistan Malaria Network (PIAM-NET) Countries.
| 10/26/2011 14:52 | |
NAMRU-3 Supports Force Health Protection Efforts in the Horn of Africa
LCDR Sebeny briefs NAMRU-3 surveillance team members on sick-call procedures at the Expeditionary Medical Facility (EMF), Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti
Camp Lemonnier, established in Djibouti in 2002, is the only fixed U.S. base under the Africa Command (AFRICOM) and is also home to the U.S. Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA).
Read More | 7/27/2011 15:31 | |
NAMRU-3 Conducts Surveillance in Djibouti
NAMRU-3 Djibouti Team members meet with Dr. Mouna Osman, Director of Centre Paul Faure (from l-r: Dr. Isabelle Nakhla, Dr. Mouna Osman, Dr. Salwa Fouad, Ms. Katherine Chisholm, and LT Syed Husain)
Djibouti City, Djibouti - Djibouti is a country of significant regional international interest due to its strategic location at the entrance to the Red Sea and along the primary trading route between the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.
| 7/12/2011 10:52 | |
NAMRU-3 Responds to Outbreak in Yemen
Dr. Alia instructs a Yemeni entomologist on how to properly use the insect vacuum to capture mosquitoes
Al Hudaydah, a city on the Red Sea in western Yemen that is home to several hundred Eritrean refugees, recently sustained an outbreak of illness suspicious for dengue. A cluster of patients presented to local health officials with symptoms similar to dengue fever, headache, muscle and joint pains, and a characteristic measles-like rash but the diagnosis was not certain.
| 5/23/2011 15:37 | |
NAMRU-3 Physician Researcher Receives
National Honor from the Government of Djibouti
Photo of party standing (L to R):
H.E.Abdallah Abdillahi Miguil; LCDR Peter Sebeny; H.E. Dileita; Stephanie Funk, USAID; Dr. Ammar Abdo Ahmed, General Director of Epidemiology & Health Information, MOH.
Djibouti City, Djibouti – A US Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3 (NAMRU-3) research physician was presented with the medal “Knight of National Order of June 27th,” by Djibouti Prime Minister His Excellency Dileita Mohamed Dileita on 20 December 2010.
Read more | 1/9/2011 14:33 | |
NAMRU-3 Provides HIV Awareness
Training to Egyptian Medical
Professionals
Dr. Manal Bernkirane delivers HIV awareness training to medical personnel from the
Om el Masryeen Hospital
Cairo, Egypt - US Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3 (US NAMRU-3), in collaboration with the Egyptian Ministry of Health (MOH), initiated a Ford Foundation funded project aimed at improving health services delivered to people living with HIV in Egypt.
| 1/9/2011 13:12 | |
NAMRU-3 Trains Georgian Scientists
NAMRU-3 Lab tech trains on PCR
US Naval Medical Unit No. 3 - A five-person team from US Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3 (NAMRU-3) traveled to Tbilisi, Georgia, to conduct laboratory and epidemiologic training and to initiate a new protocol entitled, “Hospital-based Surveillance on the Etiologies of Acute Meningitis and Encephalitis in the Republic of Georgia.”
Read more | 12/2/2010 15:35 | |
NAMRU-3 in Libya
Vector biologist work in Libyan MOH sandfly lab
Tripoli, Libya (US NAMRU-3) – US military researchers and Libyan health officials collaborating on leishmania studies by surveying sand flies? Not likely ten years ago, but with renewed US-Libyan relations, the unlikely is now happening.
Read more | 12/2/2010 13:58 | |
NAMRU-3 Provides Sequence Training for Health Trainees
Ms Mary Younan instucts trainees on PCR
U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3 (NAMRU-3) Virology & Zoonotic Disease Research Program (VZDRP), with co-sponsor, the World Health Organization (WHO), hosted a molecular genetics and sequencing training course from 4-18 October 2010 in Cairo. Trainees were from regional National Influenza Centers (NIC) in Egypt, Oman, and Morocco.
| 10/27/2010 13:35 | |
NAMRU-3 Teams with NEPMU-2 to Fight Malaria in Liberia
Spray team members prepare mosquito traps
U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3 (NAMRU-3) combined forces with the Navy Environmental Preventive Medical Unit No. 2 (NEPMU-2), at the request of Africa Command (AFRICOM), to provide force health protection through a spraying operation to control malaria-carrying mosquitoes at the living quarters of U.S. military serving in Liberia.
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