{"id":389,"date":"2023-01-28T08:16:27","date_gmt":"2023-01-28T08:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mycetoma.edu.sd\/?page_id=389"},"modified":"2024-05-29T14:38:22","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T14:38:22","slug":"mrc-who","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mycetoma.edu.sd\/?page_id=389","title":{"rendered":"MRC &#038; WHO"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: left;\">WHO Collaborating Center<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3887\" src=\"https:\/\/mycetoma.edu.sd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/DG2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mycetoma.edu.sd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/DG2-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mycetoma.edu.sd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/DG2-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mycetoma.edu.sd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/DG2-1-768x509.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Mycetoma Research Centre, University of Khartoum, WHO Collaborating Centre on Mycetoma.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Mycetoma Research Centre, University of Khartoum was designated as the only WHO Collaborating Centre on Mycetoma in 2015 with specific Terms of Reference and these are:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>To elucidate epidemiology of Mycetoma<\/li>\n<li>To improve management of cases of mycetoma<\/li>\n<li>To disseminate information about mycetoma and build capacity of health care providers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4763 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/mycetoma.edu.sd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/WHO-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mycetoma.edu.sd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/WHO-2.jpg 900w, https:\/\/mycetoma.edu.sd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/WHO-2-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mycetoma.edu.sd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/WHO-2-768x579.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mycetoma.edu.sd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/WHO-2-86x64.jpg 86w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">Membership at NTDs\/WHO Committees<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">MRC staff sits on different WHO\/NTDs committees and subcommittees.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">Mycetoma Resolution No. WHA69:21<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">MRC submitted a submission to include mycetoma as an NTD in 2016 through the Sudan Ministry of Health, and eventual that was accepted and Mycetoma now a member of the WHO\/NTDs priority list.<\/p>\n<p>More: <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.who.int\/iris\/bitstream\/handle\/10665\/252801\/A69_R21-en.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mycetoma Resolution No. WHA69:21<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">The Khartoum Call for action<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3879\" src=\"https:\/\/mycetoma.edu.sd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mycetoma.edu.sd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1-4.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mycetoma.edu.sd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1-4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mycetoma.edu.sd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1-4-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>MRC drafted the Khartoum Call for Action during the Sixth International Conference on Mycetoma in 2019 at Khartoum, Sudan, which was endorsed by the WHO and other international organisations and NGOs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news\/item\/15-02-2019-global-conference-calls-for-action-to-prevent-suffering-and-disability-from-mycetoma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More information about Khartoum Call for Action<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-502 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/mycetoma.edu.sd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/who.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mycetoma.edu.sd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/who.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mycetoma.edu.sd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/who-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mycetoma.edu.sd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/who-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mycetoma.edu.sd\/archive-mrc\/146-director-general-of-who-calls-for-more-mycetoma-research-during-visit-to-mycetoma-research-centre\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WHO Senior Officials Visits to The MRC<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Many seniors WHO officials had visited the MRC, and that included<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Dr Tedros Adhanom, WHO Director-General<\/li>\n<li>Dr Ahmed Al-Mandhari, Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean<\/li>\n<li>Dr Soumya Swaminathan, Senior Scientist, WHO<\/li>\n<li>Dr Mwelecele Ntuli Malecela, Director of the Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, WHO<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More information:<a href=\"https:\/\/mycetoma.edu.sd\/?page_id=4625\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Director-General Of WHO Calls For More Mycetoma Research<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Links from WHO:<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.who.int\/whocc\/Detail.aspx?6SFwG5WXtlQe2elYyUcXwQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WHO Collaborating Centre on Mycetoma and Skin Neglected Tropical Diseases<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dynamic-content__title-text\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/activities\/supporting-countries-endemic-for-mycetoma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Supporting countries endemic for mycetoma<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dynamic-content__title-text\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/health-topics\/mycetoma-chromoblastomycosis-and-other-deep-mycoses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mycetoma, chromoblastomycosis and other deep mycoses<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">WHO Resources:<\/h4>\n<p class=\"single-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/publications\/i\/item\/9789240091337\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"post-title\">Report Of The First WHO Global Meeting On Skin-Related Neglected Tropical Diseases: Geneva, Switzerland, 27\u201331 March 2023<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/activities\/supporting-countries-endemic-for-mycetoma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Supporting countries endemic for mycetoma<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/health-topics\/mycetoma-chromoblastomycosis-and-other-deep-mycoses#tab=tab_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mycetoma, chromoblastomycosis and other deep mycoses<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iris.who.int\/bitstream\/handle\/10665\/252801\/A69_R21-en.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Addressing the burden of mycetoma<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/publications\/i\/item\/who-wer9333-423-428\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Results of the 2017 global WHO survey on mycetoma<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news\/item\/15-02-2019-global-conference-calls-for-action-to-prevent-suffering-and-disability-from-mycetoma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Khartoum Call for actions<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/activities\/strengthening-research-capacity-into-mycetoma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Strengthening research capacity into mycetoma<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/activities\/fostering-partnerships-and-coordination-for-the-control-of-mycetoma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fostering partnerships and coordination for the control of mycetoma<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/activities\/promoting-the-integrated-approach-to-skin-related-neglected-tropical-diseases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Promoting the integrated approach to skin-related neglected tropical diseases<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/openwho.org\/courses\/NTDs-mycetoma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mycetoma: Training of health workers at national and district levels on skin-NTDs<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news-room\/fact-sheets\/detail\/mycetoma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mycetoma<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news\/item\/09-10-2023-skin-related-neglected-tropical-diseases--who-launches-new-version-of-the-who-skin-ntds-mobile-application\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Skin-related neglected tropical diseases: WHO launches new version of the WHO Skin NTDs mobile application<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/teams\/control-of-neglected-tropical-diseases\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The NTD road map: together towards 2030<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/publications\/i\/item\/9789241513531\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Recognizing neglected tropical diseases through changes on the skin: a training guide for front-line health workers<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHO Collaborating Center &nbsp; The Mycetoma Research Centre, University of Khartoum, WHO Collaborating Centre on Mycetoma. 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