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National Tuberculosis, Leprosy, and Buruli Ulcer Control Team visits DFG-MRTC

National Tuberculosis, Leprosy, and Buruli Ulcer Control Team visits DFG-MRTC

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…

Team Lead: Professor S.I.B Cadmus’s Interview with the Damien Foundation Belgium Nigeria.

Team Lead: Professor S.I.B Cadmus’s Interview with the Damien Foundation Belgium Nigeria.

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…

Arrival of 4-module GeneXpert machine.

Arrival of 4-module GeneXpert machine.

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…

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