Paul Garside, Iain MacInnes and Andy Waters SMP Health Links Forum, 20th February 2017

1. Blantyre Clinical &
Transla0onal Research Facility
(B-CTRF)
Ins0tute of Infec0on,
Immunity & Inflamma0on
Wellcome Centre for Molecular Parasitology

2. The shared history
David Livingstone
Blantyre & Glasgow Blantyre & Blantyre
Scotland Malawi

3. A bit of background
• 2013 PG Sabbatical at MLW and subsequent visits
• Malaptop
• Surgical equipment for Malawi
• Malawi dept of education visit
• Fundraising for Malawi

4. Increasing interac0ons

5. The shared health challenges
Shared diseases
Cardiovascular disease – heart attack, stroke
Metabolic disorders – obesity, diabetes
Inflammatory conditions – arthritis
Infections
Blantyre - Malawi Blantyre - Scotland
Shared causes?
Deprivation and poverty
Lifestyle
Shared solutions!

6. Shared educa0onal opportuni0es
• Alfred Beit financier & director of British South Africa Company
• Funds two MSc students each year for next 5 years
Beit Glasgow Medical Scholarship
(£332,000)
Beit/Glasgow students Trancizeo Lipenga & Nelson Simwela
pictured with Prof Paul Garside &
Margaret Ferrier MP at Scottish Malawi Partnership AGM

7. A bit more background

8. What does Blantyre Malawi need?
CoM visit to Glasgow 2016 to define common priori0es

9. Communica0ng priori0es to government
CoM delega0on visits ScoQsh Government 2016

10. B-CTRF is announced

11. B-CTRF loca0on
£2 million to build Clinical Lab Facility
Partners :
• Scottish Government
• Wellcome Trust
• College of Medicine Malawi (World Bank)
• Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme
Provision of capacity in expertise and infrastructure to
initiate ‘Blantyre-Blantyre’ health comparisons

12. The shared future – NIHR bid
ITERATED'SURVEYS' OUTCOMES'
CARDIOMETABOLIC'DISEASE'
MALAWI'INFLAMMATION''
ARTHRITIS'PROGRAMME'
MULTI7'
MORBIDITY'
'
INTEGRATED'
CARE'
PLAN'
MUMM'PhD'
SCHOOL'
INFECTIOUS'
DISEASE'
SURVEY''
CAPABILITY'
NOW'
(from'Y1)' (from'Y1&2)' (from'Y3)'
Malawi&Unit&for&Mul./Morbidity&(MUMM)&
Funded&New&Build&
B/CTRF&
MUMM&
Blantyre&
COM&
MLW&
UoG&(MVLS)&
NIHR&Unit&
MULTI&&
&
MORBIDITY&
1.&Cardiometabolic&Disease&
&Malawi&InflammaIon&&
ArthriIs&Programme&
(MIAP)&
III& CAM& HW&(MBC)& BAHCM&
4.&Prevalent&infecIon&
Par.cipants& Theme/&
Disciplines&
UoG&CoE&
BHF&
GP&
ARUK&
CIB&
GLAZGO&
GP&
WCMP&
MRC&CVR&
GP&
BQCTRF:&Blantyre&Clinical&&&TranslaIonal&Research&Facility&
COM&:&College&of&Medicine&(Malawi)&
CRL:&Clinical&Research&Laboratory&(Blantyre)&
MLW&:&Malawi&Liverpool&Wellcome&Trust&Clinical&Research&Programme&
UoG&:University&of&Glasgow&
&
Glasgow&Ins.tutes&
III:&InfecIon,&Immunity&&&InflammaIon&
CMS:&Cardiovascular&and&Metabolic&Syndromes&
HW:&Health&&&Wellbeing&
BAHCM:&Biodiversity,&Animal&Health&and&&ComparaIve&Medicine&
Glasgow&Centres&of&Excellence&
BHF:&BriIsh&Heart&FoundaIon&
CMS:&ArthriIs&Research&UK&
CIB:&Centre&for&ImmunoBiology&
GLAZGO:&Glasgow&Astra&Zeneca&&&
WCMP:&Wellcome&Centre&For&Molecular&ParasItology&
MRC&CVR:&MRC&Centre&for&Virus&Research&
GP:&Glasgow&Polyomics&

13. The shared healthy future
B-CTRF
MUMM
PHARMA

14. Thank you
Prof Paul Garside Director of Immunology
Prof Andy Waters Director of WCMP
Prof Iain McInnes Director of Institute
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