Medical research in Angola, in southwestern Africa, will receive a major boost with the opening of a new research centre in Bengo province. A report from allAfrica.com says the centre will conduct research on a number of conditions including: malaria, TB, HIV/AIDS, filariasis, schistosomiasis, trypanosomiasis and viral haemorrhagic fevers.

The centre, known as CISA, is sponsored by Angolan government, Portugal and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. Portugal’s Health Ministry and the Agostinho Neto University Medicine Faculty are partners in the project.