African Center of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases

The African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases (ACEGID), nke dị na Mahadum Redeemer, Ede, Nigeria, bụ njikọ nke ụlọ ọrụ agụmakwụkwọ na ahụike nke West Africa na-arụkọ ọrụ maka nyocha na ọzụzụ.

## Ihe ndị mere n'oge gara aga
E hiwere ACEGID na 2014, na ego mbụ maka mmemme ahụ sitere na World Bank.  Ebumnuche nke mmemme a bụ ije ozi dị ka ebe kachasị mma maka nyocha na ọzụzụ na genomics, na-elekwasị anya na ọrịa na-efe efe. Prọfesọ Christian Happi bụ onye nduzi na onye isi nchọpụta nke ụlọ ọrụ ahụ.

## Ndị otu na ndị mmekọ
Ndị otu ahụ na Naịjirịa gụnyere Mahadum Redeemer, Ụlọ Ọgwụ Nkụzi Irrua Specialist, Irrua Edo State, Federal Medical Center, Owo, General Hospital Ikorodu, Lagos na Alex Ekueme Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki. Ndị otu mpaghara gụnyere Kenema Government Hospital, Sierra Leone na Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar (Senegal).  

Ụlọ ọrụ ahụ na-arụkọ ọrụ ọnụ na ụlọ ọrụ ahụike ọha na eze nke mba, mpaghara na ụwa gụnyere Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC), Africa Center for Diseasa Control na World Health Organization, Mahadum Harvard, Broad Institute of Harvard na Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mahadim Tulane, The Scripps Institute, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Mahadamị Nebraska Medical Center na Mahadum Cambridge. Ndị mmekọ nke ụlọ ọrụ onwe gụnyere Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Consortium, Illumina, Dimagi, Zalgen LLC, Fathom Inc, Microsoft na Access Bank PLC, Lagos, Nigeria.

## Mmụta
ACEGID's Master of Science na Doctor of Philosophy degrees programs in Molecular Biology and Genomics na-arụ ọrụ na njikọ aka na Mahadum Redeemer's Department of Biological Sciences. Ihe omume ndị a bụ nke AQAS kwadoro.

## Nnyocha
Nnyocha ACEGID na-elekwasị anya n'iji ngwá ọrụ na usoro dị elu nke genomics maka nyocha ọrịa na-efe efe, ịme nlekota, ịzụlite nchọpụta, ọgwụ na ọgwụ mgbochi ọrịa, yana inye ozi dị mkpa site na ụlọ ọrụ ahụike ọha na eze maka ime iwu dabere na ihe akaebe. Ụlọ ọrụ ahụ na ndị mmekọ na-arụkọ ọrụ iji mepụta nchọpụta ọrịa na-efe efe. Ụfọdụ n'ime ọrụ nyocha nke ACEGID gụnyere:

* Nkọwapụta nke mkpụrụ ndụ ihe nketa na nlekota nke egwu nje na Africa
* Africa Higher Education Centers of Excellence for Development Impact (ACE Impact)
* Sentinel - usoro mgbochi na nzaghachi maka ọrịa na-efe efe
* Ịlụso Mmegide Antimicrobial ọgụ n'Africa site na iji Data Science (CAMRA)

## Nkwado
Na mgbakwunye na ego nke World Bank nke e guzobere ụlọ ọrụ ahụ, ACEGID enwetala ego nyocha site n'aka òtù dị iche iche gụnyere United States National Institutes of Health, Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3 Africa), Wellcome Trust, na United Kingdom Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, ELMA Philanthropies, Skoll Foundation, yana Bill na Melinda Gates Foundation, n'etiti ndị ọzọ.

## Ihe ndị ọ rụzuru na ihe nrite
Ihe ACEGID rụzuru gụnyere: 

* Nnyocha nke ọrịa Ebola mbụ na Naijiria na Sierra Leone
* Ngwá ọrụ nyocha ngwa ngwa nke nkeji iri maka Lassa fever
* Nnyocha banyere mmalite na evolushọn nke Lassa fever
* Usoro nke mbụ SARS-CoV-2 genome na Africa.
* Mepụtara ọgwụ mgbochi COVID-19 na mmekorita ya na ndị mmekọ
* A chọtara nje virus nke ọrịa ọbara ọbara nke mbụ na Sub-Saharan Africa

Na mgbakwunye, ọrụ ACEGID enwetala ọtụtụ nkwado mba na nke mba ụwa.

* Nwetara ihe nrite ọla edo nke 2021 Nigeria Academy of Science.
* 2021 Al-Sumait Prize for African Development
* O meriri Sterling Bank Most Outstanding Genomic Laboratory na Nigeria Award 2022

## Ihe odide