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Contributions to the Health Services 
The NMIMR’s research findings are utilized by the MOH and relevant institutions 
through the Annual Research Meetings.    In addition, the NMIMR also contributes to 
improving the health services by implementing surveillance and reference tasks, and 
by evaluating diagnostic kits.     
In particular, in the field of surveillance and reference work, the NMIMR provides 
technical services that other institutes are not able to provide.    Surveillance services, 
such as the potency testing of EPI vaccines and the drug resistance of malaria should 
contribute to improving the infectious diseased control programs of the MOH.  In 
addition, the NMIMR has an important role in implementing infectious diseases 
control as a reference laboratory for polio, HIV/AIDS and TB.   
It is expected that the NMIMR will continue to conduct research, surveillance and 
reference services that are directly linked to infectious diseases control in Ghana. 
The expected roles of the NMIMR in infectious diseases control in Ghana are 
summarized in Table 4.19. 
 

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