JICA/JST COLLABORATION

The Centre for Scientific Research Into Plant Medicine (CSRPM), Mampong-Akuapem and Nogouchi Memorial Institute for medical Research (NMIMR) entered into a collaborative project with Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA) and Japan Science and Technology (JST) in 2009.

This is a technical co-operation project in which there would be studies of anti-viral and anti-parasitic compounds from selected Ghanaian Medicinal Plants with the view to finding compounds for the control of viral and parasitic infectious diseases.

The project duration would be five (5) years and would commence in the year 2010.