Ahfad Biomedical Research laboratory was established in 1999.

Ahfad Biomedical Research laboratory is a center of excellence in biomedical research in the area of Endemic Diseases in Sudan.

To advance research in the area of endemic diseases, through transfer of technologies and their application in laboratory diagnosis of diseases, treatment, prevention and control.

The overall goal of establishing a Biomedical Research Laboratory is to initiate and implement applied research that could contribute to the well-being of the Sudanese citizen.

1. To undertake community oriented biomedical research on endemic diseases.
2. To develop, standardize and improve diagnostic techniques especially for endemic diseases.
3. To apply and introduce these improved diagnostic tools to central hospitals and health centers to assist in intervention.
4. To use these diagnostic tools for epidemiological and surveillance purposes.
5. To build and strengthen research capacity of BRL staff and partners in other school of the universities and collaborators
6. To create suitable research environment for researchers by securing basic infrastructure.
7. To promote Social Medicine in the prevention and control of diseases
8. To raise community awareness towards prevention of infectious diseases through staff and students’ field trips

* Leishmaniasis

* Schistosomiasis and soil transmitted helminthes

* Diarrhoeal diseases

National:

*  Federal Ministry of Health

*  Institute of Endemic Diseases (IED), U of K

*  Institute of Tropical Medicine

*  Faculty of Medical Laboratory Sciences

*  Faculty of Medicine, Elnelain University

*  Elrebat University

*  Faculty of Medicine Juba University.

*  Lunden Petroleum Company

*  National Malaria, Schistosomiasis and leishmaniasis Control Program

*  Research Directorate, Federal Ministry of Health

*  Gedarif State Ministry of Health

*  Sinar State Ministry of Health

*  Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science (U of K)

*  Center of Biotechnology, Gezira University

*  Tropical Medicine Hospital

*  Omdurman Pediatric Hospital

*  Doka Rural Hospital, Gedarif State

*  MSF

International

*  London Hospital for Tropical Diseases

*  Liverpool School for Tropical Medicine

*  Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam

*  Maastricht University

1)    Local Production of Direct Agglutination Test (DAT) for Diagnosis of Visceral Leishmanisiasis in Sudan,1999 sponsored by  TDR/WHO

2)    National and International Evaluation of an Improved locally Produced DAT antigen.( sponsored Ahfad University for Women)

3)    Evaluation of the Sugar Floatation Technique (SFT) for detection of GIT parasites in Khartoum state, (PhD research).

4)    Field Evaluation of Glycerol-Preserved Direct Agglutination Test (DAT) antigen as an alternative to freeze-dried (DAT) antigen for Visceral Leishmaniasis at Gadarif State, Eastern Sudan. 2005,sponsored TDR/EMRO

5)    Evaluation of 2-mercaptoethanol ELISA for improved diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in endemic Eastern Sudan. 2006, sponsored  by TDR/EMRO

6) Local production of DAT for diagnosis of 60000 Kala-azar patients (joint project between Ahfad and Ministry of Health, sponsored by Leishmaniasis Control Program.

7) Gastrointestinal parasites prevalence, nutritional status and treatment of school children in three areas around Khartoum States, 2006-2007 funded by Ministry of Higher Education

8) Up-scaling of Direct Agglutination Test, production and distribution in Sudan 2006-2007 funded by Ministry of Higher Education.

9)    Demonstration of agglutinating anti-leishmania antibodies in lymph node aspirate for confirmation of kala-azar serodiagnosis sponsored by Ahfad University for Women).

10) A field trial using Praziquantel to treat Schistosoma mansoni and Schistosoma haematobium

infected pre-school children, 2008-2010, funded by WHO.

11)School based survey of visceral leishmaniasis in Elalaga village in the White Nile,sponsored by

(Ahfad President Initiative Fund for staff research)

- Theoretical Course “Mouse Genetics Models for Human Diseases” 22-25 February 2010, Italy.

- Workshop on “Second AMANET Workshop on Advanced Health Research Ethics for investigators" 23 - 27 February 2009, Tanzania.

-  Molecular Biology Course:  Introduction in Molecular Biology, Molecular Biology Laboratory Designation, Quality Control, Nucleic Acid extraction (DNA and RNA), PCR, RT-PCR, Parasites Genotyping, RFLP for detection of drug resistance genes organized by Tropical Medicine  Institute 4-24 July 2008 Sudan.

-  Workshop on “International workshop on Leishmania” organized by Pasteur Institute of Iran. 1-6 March 2008. Tahran- Iran

- Using of the Direct Agglutination Test (DAT) for the Diagnosis of Visceral Leishmaniasis  27^th-30^th January 2008.

- Workshop on”Real Time PCR & classical Diagnosis of Pertussis” organized by Pasteur Institute of Iran in collaboration with Pasteur Institute- Paris. 26-29 November 2007. Tahran- Iran.

-  Using of the Direct Agglutination Test (DAT) for the Diagnosis of Visceral Leishmaniasis in collaboration with Petronas Carigali White Nile (PCWN) Company. 31 May - 05 June 2003.

-  Etiological Diagnosis of STIs in collaboration with Petronas Carigali White Nile (PCWN), Bantiuo, Unity State, 2003.

- Syndromic Approach for diagnosis of STIs in collaboration with Petronas Carigali White Nile (PCWN), Bantiuo, Unity State, 2003.

- Etiological Approach for Diagnosis of STIs in collaboration with Reproductive Health Programme, Ahfad University for Women, 02 - 08 May, 2004.

- Using of the Direct Agglutination Test (DAT) for the Diagnosis of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Sinnar State in collaboration National Control Program for Leishmaniasis, Ministry of Health, Sudan, November 2006.

- Using of the Direct Agglutination Test (DAT) for the Diagnosis of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Kassala State in collaboration National Control Program for Leishmaniasis, Ministry of Health, Sudan.13-15 June - 2006.

- Laboratory diagnosis of helminthes parasite in collaboration with Khartoum State Ministry Health, Dec.2004.

*  International Seminar on: Leishmaniasis in Syria, Damascus. Oct.30-Nov 2001, Organized by Syria Ministry of Health in collaboration with WHO/TDR.

*   International Conference on Women Science and Technology for sustainable Development, 8-11 Feb. 1999 South Africa Cape Town.

*  International Conference on Gender and Science and Technology, India, Ahmed Abad, 1996.

*  Arab Workshop on Women and Health Resources. Syprus Nigusia, 8-15 September 1999.

*  Conference on: Endemic and Infectious Diseases in Sudan, National Centre for Research, Tropical Medicine Research Institute in collaboration with Federal Ministry of Health and WHO/TDR.

*  Project formulation workshop for kala-azar in Gedarif and Sinnar States, HeathNet International in collaboration with Federal Ministry of Health, Sinnar and Gedarif State, Ministry of Health and MSF-Holand, 10-12 Jan 2005.

*  Seminar on Ethics in Health Research, Developing a national framework for Ethics in Health Research in Sudan. Ministry of Health in collaboration with WHO, Dec 2004.

*  Conference on Roll back kala-azar in Gedaref State. WHO in collaboration with Federal Ministry of Health and Gedaref State Ministry of Health, Gedaref State, 2004

*  Research project planning, management and evaluation, organized  by TDR/EMRO, Khartoum August 2005

*  Workshop on Developing a National Policy for Leishmaniasis Control in Sudan, Federal Ministry of Health, Sudan and WHO, February 2003.

*  Workshop on “The Use of The Direct Agglutination Test Based on A Freeze-Dried Antigen for the Sero-diagnosis Of Visceral Leishmaniasis. KIT Biomedical Research Laboratory-The Netherlands in collaboration with the University of Khartoum, Sudan and the World Health Organization. July 2002.

*  The Methods of Demographic and Epidemiological Analysis Ahfad University for Women and UNFPA, April 2007.

1. Mansour, D. Elfadil M. Abass, Abdelhafeiz Mahamoud, Abdallah el Harith,(2009) Qualitative

and Semi-Quantitative Comparison of an Rk39 Strip Test and Direct Agglutination Test for Detection of Anti-Leishmania Donovani Antibodies in the Sudan, Iran. J. Immunol. December 2009, 6 (4), 208-215.

2. Mansour D MutamadA.Amin, , (2008) Challenges in Prevention and Control of Schistosomiasis in the Sudan . Sudan Journal of Medical Sciences November 2008.

3. Mansour D, El Fadil M. Abass Mohamed el Mutasim, Mahamoud AE, Abdallah el Harith, (2007) Use of a newly developed beta-mercaptoethanol enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to diagnose visceral leishmaniasis in patients in eastern Sudan. Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, 14(12):1592-5,2007.

4. Abass EM, Mansour D, Harith AE. Demonstration of agglutinating anti-Leishmania donovani antibodies in lymph node aspirate for confirmation of kala-azar serodiagnosis. J Med Microbiol.2007; 56: 1256-1258.

5. Elmotasim M, Mansour D., Abass EM., Wisam MH., Harith AE. (2006). Evaluation of a glycerol-preserved antigen in the direct agglutination test for diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis at rural level in eastern Sudan. Journal of Medical Microbiology, 55. 1343-1347.

6. Abass EM, Mansour D., Elmotasim M., Hussein M., Harith A. E. (2006). Beta mercaptoethanol modified ELISA for diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis. Journal of Medical Microbiology, 55, 1193-1196.

7. Abdallah el Harith, Mohamed el Mutasim, Mansour D, El Fadil M. Abass, Harold Arvidson (2003)Use of glycerol as an alternative to freeze drying for long term preservation of antigen for direct agglutination. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 8, No. 11, 1025 – 1029.

8. Abdallah el Harith, Mohamed el Mutasim, Mansour D, El Fadil.M.Abass, Iman Shammat, Henk Gilis (2002). National and International Evaluation of the Locally Produced DAT for Diagnosis of Visceral Leishmaniasis.  Sudan Medical Journal, 40, No. 1, 3-11.

*  Ahfad University for Women

*  WHO/TDR/EMRO

*  Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research

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