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.
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.
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.
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.
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…
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