The start of registration for Napata College

The start of registration for Napata College from Wednesday 19/1/2022 until Wednesday 2/2/2022

20 Jan 2022

Successful Medical Mission to Elrawakeeb Valley-Omdurman

In an attempt to improve rural health care quality service Napata College team led a medical mission to rural west Omdurman area.Wadi Elrawakeeb (Elrawakeeb Valley) was the destination for this medical mission.The mission was held 3 days there.

Medical program staff as well as Managment staff participated and coordinated 8 various clinics consisting of consultants, specialists, deputies and general doctors for :

-Surgery Clinic - Esoteric Clinic -Pediatrics Clinic -Women's and Obstetrics Clinic - Dermatology Clinic -Mental Health Clinic

-Ophthalmology Clinic - Public health Clinic

In addition to community health education and education.

From day 2:

From day 3:

19 Sep 2021

International Workshop on "Energy Security and Energy Access: Health Implications of Poor Energy Quality in Developing Countries" [In Virtual Mode]

The Centre for Science and Technology of Non-Aligned and Other Developing Countries (NAM S&T Centre)

International Workshop on "Energy Security and Energy Access: Health Implications of Poor Energy Quality in Developing Countries" [In Virtual Mode]

Greetings from the Centre for Science and Technology of the Non-Aligned and Other Developing Countries (NAM S&T Centre)!!

Energy is an essential part of innovation, progress and life. It plays vital roles, directly as well as indirectly, in the survival of human beings, as well as to a country’s economic development. For overall economic development, energy access needs to be improved particularly in remote, backward and inaccessible regions, which can be achieved through proper infrastructure for the generation, transmission and supply of energy, as well as the human skills and expertise needed to maintain and improve the system. Two major concerns in developing countries are Energy Security and Energy Access. Energy security is the continuous availability of energy in varied forms and sufficient quantities, at an affordable price, to meet domestic, industrial, transport and military requirements. It entails the high prospects of current and future energy needs being met, irrespective of economic or political instability. Poor energy quality in developing nations has had serious implications on health and environment and it is high time we address these issues.

In order to discuss various aspects of energy security, clean and affordable energy for all, and health hazards associated with poor energy quality, the Centre for Science and Technology of the Non-Aligned and Other Developing Countries (NAM S&T Centre), New Delhi, India jointly with the CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum (CSIR-IIP), Dehradun, India, will be organizing an International Workshop on ‘Energy Security and Energy Access: Health Implications of Poor Energy Quality in Developing Countries’ during 26-27 July, 2021. The Workshop will be hosted by CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun and will be organised in Virtual-Mode.

This Workshop aims to bring together experts, professionals and policy makers from the developing countries across a wide range of areas spanning conventional and non-conventional energy, and the nexus between energy, climate change and human well-being, to exchange knowledge, ideas and thoughts on United Nations Sustainable Development Goal No. 7 - “Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all.”

The following may please be noted:

(a) The Workshop will be hosted by CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP), Dehradun, India and will be organised in Virtual-Mode.

(b) Last date for submission of applications to attend the Workshop is 16 July 2021. Only limited seats are available for participation in this event. Since a large number of applications are expected, early response is advisable to avoid disappointment.

(c) Application (except from India) for participation in the Workshop may please be made only to the NAM S&T Centre (E-mail: namstcentre@gmail.com) in the Application Form enclosed with the attached Announcement Brochure. Applicants from India may submit their requests directly to the CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum (E-Mail: director@iip.res.in) with a copy to the NAM S&T Centre.

(d) Selection of applicants will be made based on their academic and professional background, and relevance of their current engagements in the relevant fields.

(e) Other details are available in the attached Announcement.

(f) Information on the Member Countries and S&T-Industry Network Members of the NAM S&T Centre and names/addresses of the Focal Points may be seen on the Centre’s website www.namstct.org.

(g) English will be the official language of the Conference.

All correspondence may please be made by email. Kindly avoid sending us fax messages or hard copies to save paper and energy.

All documents may be prepared in MS-Word Format or electronically scanned and sent as attachments to the email.

This is a general circular and you are requested to kindly forward this announcement to the concerned individuals as well as Ministries/Departments, S&T organisations, Universities and Academic Institutions and related agencies in your country.

We solicit your kind cooperation in getting the best suited applicants for this Valuable International Workshop.

Director General, NAM S&T Centre

Centre

Application Form_Int Wkshp_Energy Security and Energy Access (Virtual)_26-27 July, 2021 NAM Centre_CV Format Workshop Announcement_Int Wkshp_Energy Security and Energy Access _Virtual__26-27 July, 202124 May 2021

OSCE Exam

This is OSCE Exam Fifth year medical student at Napata College Students have the opportunity to demonstrate proficiency in communication, history taking, physical examination, clinical reasoning, and medical knowledge and to integrate these skills into a unified medical scenario. The evaluation that is done by the external and internal examiners . We thank them very much and appreciate their help.

13 Jan 2021

A review on SARS-CoV-2: the origin, taxonomy, transmission, diagnosis, clinical manifestations, treatment and prophylaxis

The Link:-

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/342566422_A_review_on_SARS-CoV-2_the_origin_taxonomy_transmission_diagnosis_clinical_manifestations_treatment_and_prophylaxis

Scientific paper:-

A_review_on_SARS-CoV-2_the_origin_taxonomy_transmi 08 Dec 2020

Short Communication on Coronavirus 2019-nCoV

?Why Real Time PCR gives false negative results for clinically confirmed corona patients

Dr. Zahir Abbas Hilmi

Department of Biocheistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Gezira University*

Medicine Program, Napata College*

November, 2002, an epidemic caused by a novel Betacoronavirus - SARS –nCoV emerged in Guangdong, southern China. SARS or severe acute respiratory syndrome, resulted in more than 8000 human infections and 774 deaths in 37 countries during 2002–03

In 2012, the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) coronavirus (MERS-CoV), which was first detected in Saudi Arabia. MERS infected 2494 patients and kills 858 since September, 2012, including 38 deaths following a single introduction into South Korea

In 2019 December, a new human-infecting betacoronavirus 2019-nCoV pandemic started in Wuhan in China. 2019-nCoV is sufficiently divergent from SARS-nCoV . The phylogenetic analysis suggests that bats might be the original host of this virus (Lu et. al., 2020). The bats were likely to be the reservoir for 2019-nCoV as it is most closely related to other betacoronaviruses of bat origin

The new pandemic 2019- nCoVID started in December 2019 and up to 24 March 2020, within 67 days the number of infected patients in 196 countries was 410,213 , with 18,266 deaths, 107,182 recovered. The new pandemic now is out of control and the numbers of victims increased in a logarithmic way

The coronavirus epidemic in the world started in Wuhan in China, caused by a new novel type of the Family Coronaviride the 2019 nCoV. According to Baltimore’s nucleic acid based taxonomy of viruses, members of Coronaviridae belonged to Group IV positive single stranded RNA viruses (+ssRNA). Coronavirus is the largest RNA viruses their genome ranged from 26000bp to 32000bp . The Coronaviridae genome is replicated by RNA dependant RNA polymerase , that induce more mutations 1 in every 1000 base pairs

The complete genome sequences of the novel virus 2019-nCoV was 29,844 bp and was compared to genome other coronaviruses ( Lu et. al., 2020). The genome sequence of 2019-nCoV is most closely related (87.237 %) to two bats coronovirus that collected 2018 in Zhoushan, eastern China ; Bats- SL-nCoVZC45 (29732bp) and bat-SL-nCoVZXC21 . 2019-nCoV is less genetically similar to SARS- nCoV (79%); with a genome of 29751bp. 2019-nCoV The genome of MERS-nCoV (30,119 bp) was found to be the least related 50% to 2019- nCoV

Phylogenetic analysis revealed that 2019-nCoV fell within the subgenus Sarbecovirus of the genus Betacoronavirus, with a relatively long branch length to its closest relatives bat-SL-nCoVZC45 and bat-SL-nCoVZXC21, Accordingly, the realtime PCR kits or other immunodiagnostic kits might not be able to detect the new virus with high percentages of false negatives due to sequence variation

Diagnosis of 2019 nC0VID is very important to find out the first few cases and to isolate them, to prevent unchecked community spread. Confirmation of clinical diagnosis and follow up of viral load in patients before and after treatment, to ensure complete cure

Many scientific reports showed that early Chinese may have had false negative rate as high as 50%. In USA many test kits released by the CDC on Feb.2020 were defective. Accordingly, the magnitude of this epidemic is still unknown. Also lower numbers of people were tested

?Why Real Time PCR gives false negative results for patients infected with CoVID 2019

Though real time PCR is the most advance and sensitive molecular diagnostic test

it's operation requires highly skilled experts to avoid any mistakes *

The site from which the sample taken not from the right place or no viruses in it *

The samples not preserved well or transported in unsuitable preservatives *

that may destroy the virus RNA genome or this preservatives may alter or inhibits PCR enzymes May be sterilization measures affect the sample, The RNA extraction Kits may not be suitable of efficient to obtain coronavirus RNA nucleic acid in good quality or with high concentration

The test has two successive steps : the first one to do reverse transcriptase real time PCR to produce virus *

cDNA, and the second to use the cDNA virus for amplification

The two steps based on prior knowledge about the conserved sequence of the new coronavirus so as to design the PCR primers

The rt PCR primers designed were not completely complementary to the new coronavirus nCoV ID 2019 , or not designed from the conserved sequences of RNA genome of the new coronavirus ، may be designed for old other corona virus that not suitable for the detection of the new coronavirus.(i.e. older RT PCR kits may be used )

The annealing or hybridization temperature for RT.PCR primers is not adjusted (calibrated) may be very *

high

that may give false negative results on clinically positive corona patients In this situation a new type specific primers from the nCoV ID 2019 conserved sequence , should be designed . Moreover, TagMan probe based real time PCR primers (type specific) should be used The Concentration of the virus nucleic acid in step one reverse transcriptase PCR * Or step 2 for cDNA may be very low and below 100 nanogram/microliter According to Lu et. al., 2020, the following primers should be used. The specific * primers and probe set (labelled with the reporter 6-carboxyfluorescein [FAM] and the quencher Black Hole Quencher 1 [BHQ1]) or orf1a were as follows Forward primer 5′-AGAAGATTGGTTAGATGATGATAGT-3′ Reverse primer 5′-TTCCATCTCTAATTGAGGTTGAACC-3′ Probe 5′-FAM-TCCTCACTGCCGTCTTGTTGACCA-BHQ1-3′ Internal control, the human GAPDH gene Forward primer 5′-TCAAGAAGGTGGTGAAGCAGG-3′ Reverse primer 5′-CAGCGTCAAAGGTGGAGGAGT-3′ Probe 5′-VIC-CCTCAAGGGCATCCTGGGCTACACT-BHQ1-3′

Dr. Zahir Abbas Hilmi

PhD Molecular Virology (Division Taxonomy of Human Papillomavirus, Department of Tumor Virology , the DKFZ German Cancer Research Center & Gezira University)

Reference

Lu, R. et. al.,( 2020) . Genomic characterization and epidemiology of 2019 novel coronavirus: implications for virus origins and receptor binding. The Lancet, (395) DO - 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30251-8

15 Dec 2020

(COSSH) Hazards Treatment In lab Sessions

The laboratory administration at the College of Napata. conducted a workshop on occupational safety and dealing with laboratory hazards ... The workshop was inaugurated by Professor Al-Zubair Bashir Taha, Dean of the College, with a speech in which he explained the importance of safety standards in practical lectures and pointed to the importance of distance education and the need to proceed with it in light of the Corona covid19 pandemic and beyond..

He welcomed the presenter. Dr. Moataz Al-Sheikh, who presented the first part of the workshop at the college buildings in Kafoury ... on Tuesday 21/7/2020 the second part of his talk will be presented on Wednesday 22/7/2020 and part of the college team work and members from other colleges participated in the workshop.

all showed interest in safety methods, avoiding risks, reducing their effects and preserving rights and responsibilities regarding occupational safety between employees and employers..and the workshop took place under safety and corona protection measures that included 2 meters seating precaution wearing masks and applying sanitizers use sterilizers .

21 Jul 2020

Corona Virus (COVID-19)

As part of the interaction with the spread of the Corona Virus (COVID-19), the Department of Laboratories at the College of Napata has published some basic protection measures against the Corona Virus approved and transmitted by the World Health OrganizationThe work team prepared a hand sanitizer in the college labs according to the formula approved by the World Health Organization and distributed it for free.

Basic protective measures against the new corona virus:

Stay aware of the latest information on the COVID-19 outbreak, available on the WHO website and through your national and local public health authority. Most people who become infected experience mild illness and recover, but it can be more severe for others. Take care of your health and protect others by doing the following:

Wash your hands frequently

Regularly and thoroughly clean your hands with an alcohol-based hand rub or wash them with soap and water.

Why? Washing your hands with soap and water or using alcohol-based hand rub kills viruses that may be on your hands.

Maintain social distancing

Maintain at least 1 metre (3 feet) distance between yourself and anyone who is coughing or sneezing.

Why? When someone coughs or sneezes they spray small liquid droplets from their nose or mouth which may contain virus. If you are too close, you can breathe in the droplets, including the COVID-19 virus if the person coughing has the disease.

Avoid touching eyes, nose and mouth

Why? Hands touch many surfaces and can pick up viruses. Once contaminated, hands can transfer the virus to your eyes, nose or mouth. From there, the virus can enter your body and can make you sick.

Practice respiratory hygiene

Make sure you, and the people around you, follow good respiratory hygiene. This means covering your mouth and nose with your bent elbow or tissue when you cough or sneeze. Then dispose of the used tissue immediately.

Why? Droplets spread virus. By following good respiratory hygiene you protect the people around you from viruses such as cold, flu and COVID-19.

If you have fever, cough and difficulty breathing, seek medical care early

Stay home if you feel unwell. If you have a fever, cough and difficulty breathing, seek medical attention and call in advance. Follow the directions of your local health authority.

Why? National and local authorities will have the most up to date information on the situation in your area. Calling in advance will allow your health care provider to quickly direct you to the right health facility. This will also protect you and help prevent spread of viruses and other infections.

Stay informed and follow advice given by your healthcare provider

Stay informed on the latest developments about COVID-19. Follow advice given by your healthcare provider, your national and local public health authority or your employer on how to protect yourself and others from COVID-19.

Why? National and local authorities will have the most up to date information on whether COVID-19 is spreading in your area. They are best placed to advise on what people in your area should be doing to protect themselves.

Protection measures for persons who are in or have recently visited (past 14 days) areas where COVID-19 is spreading

Follow the guidance outlined above.
Stay at home if you begin to feel unwell, even with mild symptoms such as headache and slight runny nose, until you recover. Why?Avoiding contact with others and visits to medical facilities will allow these facilities to operate more effectively and help protect you and others from possible COVID-19 and other viruses.
If you develop fever, cough and difficulty breathing, seek medical advice promptly as this may be due to a respiratory infection or other serious condition. Call in advance and tell your provider of any recent travel or contact with travelers. Why?Calling in advance will allow your health care provider to quickly direct you to the right health facility. This will also help to prevent possible spread of COVID-19 and other viruses

· (Transferred from WHO website)

https://www.who.int

21 Mar 2020

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11 Mar 2020

New students reception for the year 2020

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05 Feb 2020

Napata College Launches New Programs:Pharmacy and Laboratory Science

Napata College announces the launch of Pharmacy and Laboratory Sciences Programs for secondary school certificate holders for academic year 2016/2017 and below years, according to the regulations of Ministry of higher education and scientific research. For those who interested visit college premises in Khartoum :Alreyad- Mashtal Street.18 Feb 2017

Exams of first year begins on Saturday 11th of February

First year student in Napata college are seated to their first semester's exam.Napata Administration team wishes Good luck for all students.11 Feb 2017

To provide modernized, relevant and transformable academic programs that satisfy the needs of our local, national and global communities.

Through an implementation of robust quality assurance regime NAPATA College hopes to obtain in five years quality certificates from ISO and other regional and international accreditation institutions.19 Aug 2015

To reach international levels in standards while maintaining local values and culture

To reach international levels in standards while maintaining local values and culture.

19 Aug 2015

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The start of registration for Napata College

The start of registration for Napata College from Wednesday 19/1/2022 until Wednesday 2/2/2022

Successful Medical Mission to Elrawakeeb Valley-Omdurman

In an attempt to improve rural health care quality service Napata College team led a medical mission to rural west Omdurman area.Wadi Elrawakeeb (Elrawakeeb Valley) was the destination for this medical mission.The mission was held 3 days there.

Medical program staff as well as Managment staff participated and coordinated 8 various clinics consisting of consultants, specialists, deputies and general doctors for :

-Surgery Clinic - Esoteric Clinic -Pediatrics Clinic -Women's and Obstetrics Clinic - Dermatology Clinic -Mental Health Clinic

-Ophthalmology Clinic - Public health Clinic

In addition to community health education and education.

From Day 1:

From day 2:

International Workshop on "Energy Security and Energy Access: Health Implications of Poor Energy Quality in Developing Countries" [In Virtual Mode]

The Centre for Science and Technology of Non-Aligned and Other Developing Countries (NAM S&T Centre)

International Workshop on "Energy Security and Energy Access: Health Implications of Poor Energy Quality in Developing Countries" [In Virtual Mode]

Greetings from the Centre for Science and Technology of the Non-Aligned and Other Developing Countries (NAM S&T Centre)!!

The following may please be noted:

(a) The Workshop will be hosted by CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP), Dehradun, India and will be organised in Virtual-Mode.

(b) Last date for submission of applications to attend the Workshop is 16 July 2021. Only limited seats are available for participation in this event. Since a large number of applications are expected, early response is advisable to avoid disappointment.

(d) Selection of applicants will be made based on their academic and professional background, and relevance of their current engagements in the relevant fields.

(e) Other details are available in the attached Announcement.

(f) Information on the Member Countries and S&T-Industry Network Members of the NAM S&T Centre and names/addresses of the Focal Points may be seen on the Centre’s website www.namstct.org.

(g) English will be the official language of the Conference.

All correspondence may please be made by email. Kindly avoid sending us fax messages or hard copies to save paper and energy.

All documents may be prepared in MS-Word Format or electronically scanned and sent as attachments to the email.

This is a general circular and you are requested to kindly forward this announcement to the concerned individuals as well as Ministries/Departments, S&T organisations, Universities and Academic Institutions and related agencies in your country.

We solicit your kind cooperation in getting the best suited applicants for this Valuable International Workshop.

Amitava Bandopadhyay, Ph. D.

Director General, NAM S&T Centre

++++++++++++++++++++++

Dr. Amitava Bandopadhyay,

Director General,

Centre

OSCE Exam

OSCE Exam

A review on SARS-CoV-2: the origin, taxonomy, transmission, diagnosis, clinical manifestations, treatment and prophylaxis

A review on SARS-CoV-2: the origin, taxonomy, transmission, diagnosis, clinical manifestations, treatment and prophylaxis

Hilmi Zahir Abbas

The Link:-

Scientific paper:-

Short Communication on Coronavirus 2019-nCoV

Short Communication on Coronavirus 2019-nCoV

?Why Real Time PCR gives false negative results for clinically confirmed corona patients

Dr. Zahir Abbas Hilmi

Department of Biocheistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Gezira University*

Medicine Program, Napata College*

November, 2002, an epidemic caused by a novel Betacoronavirus - SARS –nCoV emerged in Guangdong, southern China. SARS or severe acute respiratory syndrome, resulted in more than 8000 human infections and 774 deaths in 37 countries during 2002–03

In 2012, the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) coronavirus (MERS-CoV), which was first detected in Saudi Arabia. MERS infected 2494 patients and kills 858 since September, 2012, including 38 deaths following a single introduction into South Korea

The new pandemic 2019- nCoVID started in December 2019 and up to 24 March 2020, within 67 days the number of infected patients in 196 countries was 410,213 , with 18,266 deaths, 107,182 recovered. The new pandemic now is out of control and the numbers of victims increased in a logarithmic way

Diagnosis of 2019 nC0VID is very important to find out the first few cases and to isolate them, to prevent unchecked community spread. Confirmation of clinical diagnosis and follow up of viral load in patients before and after treatment, to ensure complete cure

Many scientific reports showed that early Chinese may have had false negative rate as high as 50%. In USA many test kits released by the CDC on Feb.2020 were defective. Accordingly, the magnitude of this epidemic is still unknown. Also lower numbers of people were tested

?Why Real Time PCR gives false negative results for patients infected with CoVID 2019

Though real time PCR is the most advance and sensitive molecular diagnostic test

it's operation requires highly skilled experts to avoid any mistakes *

The site from which the sample taken not from the right place or no viruses in it *

The samples not preserved well or transported in unsuitable preservatives *

that may destroy the virus RNA genome or this preservatives may alter or inhibits PCR enzymes May be sterilization measures affect the sample, The RNA extraction Kits may not be suitable of efficient to obtain coronavirus RNA nucleic acid in good quality or with high concentration

The test has two successive steps : the first one to do reverse transcriptase real time PCR to produce virus *

cDNA, and the second to use the cDNA virus for amplification

The two steps based on prior knowledge about the conserved sequence of the new coronavirus so as to design the PCR primers

The annealing or hybridization temperature for RT.PCR primers is not adjusted (calibrated) may be very *

high

Dr. Zahir Abbas Hilmi

Reference

(COSSH) Hazards Treatment In lab Sessions

(COSSH) Hazards Treatment In lab Sessions

Corona Virus (COVID-19)

Basic protective measures against the new corona virus:

Wash your hands frequently

Regularly and thoroughly clean your hands with an alcohol-based hand rub or wash them with soap and water.

Why? Washing your hands with soap and water or using alcohol-based hand rub kills viruses that may be on your hands.

Maintain social distancing

Maintain at least 1 metre (3 feet) distance between yourself and anyone who is coughing or sneezing.

Please get in Touch ,
We’d Love to Hear From You!