Mycetoma Research Centre

27/11/2025

Dama Project Annual Meeting – Cairo, November 2025

We were delighted to hold the Dama Project Annual Meeting in Cairo on November 22–23, 2025. The gathering brought together project partners to review achievements, discuss progress, and plan the next steps for strengthening data systems that support mycetoma research.

The Dama Project (Data Analytics for Mycetoma Research Centre) is a collaboration between the Mycetoma Research Centre (MRC) in Khartoum, the Comboni College of Science and Technology (CCST), and the Institute of Reliable Embedded Systems and Communication Electronics (ivESK) at Offenburg University of Applied Sciences in Germany.
Through this partnership, the project is establishing a solid foundation in database management and data preprocessing. This work will support future analysis of data from more than 12,000 mycetoma patients treated at the MRC over the past 30 years—an important step toward improving understanding, diagnosis, and treatment.

Funding is provided by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) with support from the German Federal Foreign Office under the Ta’ziz Short-Term Measures program.

This collaboration highlights the power of international partnerships in advancing research, innovation, and capacity-building in the fight against mycetoma

13/11/2025

13/11/2025

06/04/2023

The MRC staff celebrating Ramadan at SAA'ID Vocational Training Center.

05/04/2023

WHO’s first global meeting on skin NTDs calls for greater efforts to address their burden:

The first World Health Organization (WHO) global meeting on skin-related neglected tropical diseases (skin NTDs) took place on 27-31 March 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland. The week-long hybrid meeting was attended by about 300 in-person and over 1000 online attendees from 86 countries.

31/03/2023

Professor Fahal and members of the National Buruli Ulcer Control Programme in Cote d'Ivoire: Koffi Yao Didier, head of the biology research department, Koffi Aboa Paul, deputy director, and Kaloga Mamadou, coordinating director.

31/03/2023

Dr. Sucheta Waghmare, M.D., New York University, Dallas Smith
Mycotic Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Corrinne Joseph Tendo, School of Global Public Health, NYU, and Professor Fahal at the first World Health Organization (WHO) Global Meeting on skin NTDs.

31/03/2023

Dr. Wendy van de Sande, associate professor at the Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases at Erasmus MC and Professor Fahal at the first World Health Organization (WHO) Global Meeting on skin NTDs.

31/03/2023

At the reception at Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) headquarters.

31/03/2023

Professor Fahal attending the reception at Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) headquarters in Geneva, celebrating the "project of the year" award with Dr. Luis Pizarro, Executive Director of DNDi, and senior DNDi officials.
Thankful to Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) and Eisai Pharmaceuticals for their great work in supporting and the MRC.

30/03/2023

At the first World Health Organization (WHO) Global Meeting on skin NTDs.

29/03/2023

Professor Fahal and Dr Serges Tchatchouang at the first World Health Organization (WHO) Global Meeting on Skin NTDs.