National Public Health Laboratory (Sudan)
The National Public Health Laboratory (NPHL) is a public health laboratory in Sudan that was previously known as the Stack Medical Research Laboratories from its inception in 1927 until April 1969. The name Stack Medical Research Laboratories referred to Lee Stack, a Governor-General of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Directors including Eric S. Horgan, Robert Kirk, and Mansour Ali Haseeb developed research programs on endemic diseases including leishmaniasis, yellow fever, and smallpox vaccine development.
Stack Medical Research Laboratories in 1937
1st row from left, Mansour Haseeb, HV Morgan and Mohamed Hamad Satti. 2nd row, far left, Ahmed M. El Hassan. ca. 1965
Mansour Ali Haseeb FRCP FRCPh was a Sudanese professor of microbiology and parasitology.
Haseeb addressing the WHO's General Council after receiving the Shousha Prize in 1973
Graduates of Kitchener School of Medicine. Haseeb is sitting first from left.
Queen Elizabeth II visited Omdurman in February 1965. Haseeb is seated beside the Queen, positioned to her right.