Alandalus Visit
A significant number of patients often delay seeking medical attention until the mycetoma has reached an advanced stage, making amputation the only viable treatment option. The majority of these patients come from underdeveloped communities, underscoring the Mycetoma Research Centre’s critical objective to enhance the well-being of communities in mycetoma-endemic areas.
To achieve this objective, the dedicated staff members have embarked on numerous field trips to various mycetoma-endemic regions, including Sennar, Gaziera, and the White Nile States. During these visits, outpatient clinics were established, and comprehensive house-to-house surveys were conducted to identify and engage with patients. The communities were actively encouraged to attend these clinics, where patients received treatment, and those with complex cases were referred to the Mycetoma Research Centre or nearby general hospitals for further medical attention.
Alandalus Visit 2010
Alandalus Visit 2013
Report on a Medical & Health Campaign to
AL Andalus Village, the White Nile State – 2013
In the period 27-30th
March 2013, the Mycetoma Research Centre, Soba University Hospital, University of Khartoum in collaboration with the Association of Aid & Relief-Japan (AAR), a NGO operating in Sudan, had organised a Medical & Health Campaign to Al Andalus village.
which is one of the mycetoma endemic areas in the White Nile State, Sudan and it is 250 kilometres south of Khartoum. It had 2835 inhabitants and most of them were
farmers and housewives of low socio-economic status.