THEME: Emerging disease threats: Mitigation and surveillance strategies. the conference spanned areas such as Antimicrobial resistance patterns and emerging diseases, SARS-CoV-2: emerging trends and Novel diagnostics, One Health, Disease surveillance and pathogen discovery, climate change and Disease emergence, Infectious Diseases of Trade and Travels, and Ethics of Research in One-health Education.
In line with the DFG-MRTC’s mission of implementing modern day technologies into Mycobacterial research and diagnostics, the Lab welcomes the GeneXpert System, a machine instrumental in the rapid diagnosis of drug-resistant tuberculosis. The Team Lead, Professor Cadmus, alongside Professor Tomori, a member of the advisory board, received and inspected the machine. The GeneXpert machine has…
With 450,000 new cases annually, Nigeria is the African country that suffers the worst from tuberculosis (WHO statistics, 2020). However, Nigeria is also a pioneer in terms of technological advancement and national planning. Their drive and motivation to eliminate tropical diseases is impressive. A good example of this is the Damien Foundation Genomics & Mycobacteria…
A presentation on the implementation of both molecular and computational methods that provide an adequate solution to high-throughput investigation of TB samples.
The National TB Control team visited the Damien Foundation Genomics-Mycobacteria Research and Training Centre to assess the establishment. They checked all the labs and commended the future plans of the team lead.
On the 2nd of July 2022, DF-GMRTC facilitated “A day workshop on Update of Scientific knowledge in MDR-TB Management” targeted towards Laboratory scientists and clinicians who work at the forefront of Multi-drug resistant TB diagnosis, Treatment and care.
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