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...striving to overcome malaria
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US Office: The Macha Malaria Research Institute, Inc., (MMRI) was incorporated as a non-profit (501(c)3) organization in the State of Pennsylvania, U.S.A. in 1997. The administrative office is currently located in Dillsburg, Pa at 23 E Welty Ave. The institute is under the direction of a Board
of Directors, which has broad representation, and meets at least
bi-annually.
The Zambia Office of MMRI was formally established in 1998, although prior to this date malaria research had been conducted in Zambia under the direction of Doctors Victor Gordeuk and Philip Thuma for a number of years. The Zambia Office of MMRI consists of a field site located at the Macha Mission Hospital, where various malaria research projects are carried out. As of 2003, this is now incorporated in the Malaria Institute at Macha (MIAM), a collaborative effort between the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute, MMRI, the Zambian government and the Macha Mission Hospital/Zambian Brethren in Christ Church. Macha Mission Hospital was established in 1957 as a mission hospital under the Brethren in Christ Church of North America, and has functioned within the program of the Ministry of Health of the Zambian government since that time. In 1990 its administration was fully turned over to the Zambian Brethren in Christ Church, and it has had Zambian administrators and a local oversight board since that time. It currently is considered a district general hospital by the Zambian government. The hospital is located in the Southern province
of Zambia, 80 kilometers from the nearest town of Choma. It is
accessible by an all weather gravel road, and has 24-hour electricity
available from the national grid with a back-up generator available.
Communication is available by a radio link with Choma, and a VSAT-based
full broad-band system with email and internet access. Click on the links below for more information regarding:
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