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Building Health Resilience in West Africa: A Mobile Unit Bringing Vaccine Research to Rural Communities

In a world where timely access to health services can mean the difference between effective management and crisis, bringing care closer to communities is not just essential; it is critical. That is the goal of the exciting new initiative under the Advancing Research Capacity in West Africa (ARC-WA) project, which is taking shape one kilometer at a time.
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With funding from the and led by the Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia (MRCG) in partnership with the , the project is currently building a mobile clinical trials unit (CTU) that will soon bring high-quality vaccine research closer to communities. As a pilot, the mobile unit will be stationed at the in Bauchi, Northern Nigeria. 

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