- El Hassan Centre for Neglected Tropical Disease Clinical Trials was established in 2017 with excellent facilities for clinical trials. It is hosting the first-ever Proof-of-Concept Superiority Trial of Fosravuconazole Versus Itraconazole for Eumycetoma in Sudan, and the trial is about to be completed
- The Mycetoma Research & Development Arcade for Continuing professional development training activities was established at the MRC. It had organised many events for staff capacity building.
- Joint Research Projects
The MRC is currently collaborating with many centres and institutions, and these include:
- Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam University.
- Sussex University, UK.
- Tours University, France.
- York University, UK.
- RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences Japan,
- Nagasaki University, Japan
- Establishment of Post-Graduate Programme
Outcomes:
- Improved staff capacity building
- More than 230 publications in high impact factors journals.
- Special issue on Mycetoma at Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Mycetoma special collection, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases Journal.
- Ten PhD students based at the MRC and registered at Sussex, Rotterdam, Tours Universities
- Two Postdoctoral students