Global Health Innovative Technology Fund (GHIT Fund)
Global Health Innovative Technology Fund (GHIT Fund) Reception at TICAD VII, Yokohama, Japan, 2019.
The Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) VII brings African heads of state and top global health and international development leaders to Japan, representing a key opportunity for R&D for neglected diseases, this year it has been organised at Yokohama, Japan.
Director-General of WHO calls for more Mycetoma research
Director-General of WHO calls for more Mycetoma research during visit to Mycetoma Research Centre
The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on Sunday 24 October 2018 had visited the Mycetoma Research Centre in Khartoum (Sudan), WHO Collaborating Centre on Mycetoma where he pledged to support initiatives that
GHIT Endorses Khartoum Call for Action at Sixth International Conference on Mycetoma
The GHIT Fund is pleased to endorse the Khartoum Call for Action, announced in Khartoum at the Sixth International Conference on Mycetoma. The Call for action urges the global community to work together with multilateral agencies, partners, research institutions and pharmaceutical companies to address the devastating consequences of this disease.
Mycetoma Village for Sudan Heritage
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The Mycetoma Research Centre, University of Khartoum,
WHO Collaborating Centre on Mycetoma
Soba University Hospital
A glimmer of hope in the fight against a flesh-eating ‘silent killer’
A cure could be on the horizon for a flesh-eating bug that affects thousands of people throughout the tropics, but has long been neglected by global health researchers.
Fungal mycetoma – dubbed a “silent killer” – is an infection that burrows into the limbs of its victims, causing massive swelling and peppering patients with lesions and sores. It can lead to disability, limb amputation or – in extreme cases – death. readmore
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"Key immune system molecules are detected in mycetoma, a chronic, destructive inflammatory disease"
Emmanuel Edwar Siddig, Ali Mahmoud Mohammed Edris, Sahar Mubarak Bakhiet, Wendy WJ. van de Sande, Ahmed Hassan Fahal. Interleukin-17 and matrix metalloprotease-9 expression in the mycetoma granuloma. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2019; 13 (7): e0007351 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007351