CIRCB: 2018 Budget Stands At FCFA Six Billion

The 11th ordinary session of the management board of the “Chantal Biya” Research Centre took place yesterday, December 27, 2017.

Members of the Management Committee of the “Chantal Biya” International Reference Centre for Research on Prevention and Management of HIV/AIDS (CIRCB) yesterday held their 11th management board session during which some FCFA six billion was adopted as the budget for 2018.

Speaking to the press, the Director of the CIRCB, Professor Alexis Ndjolo, said although there is a slight drop in the budget as compared to the ending year, it will meet the operations of the research centre for the coming year and falls within instructions from hierarchy to reduce expenditure as regard finance.

The management session lasted over four-hours, and was chaired by the President of the Management Committee of the Chantal Biya International Reference Centre, Jean Stéphane Biatcha.

During the session, members examined the activities of the centre for the year which is rounding off, reports from the scientific committee and the centre’s collaboration with national and international partners.

The Deputy Director of CIRCB, Dr Godwin Nchinda said so far the “Chantal Biya” International Reference Centre for Research on Prevention and Management of HIV/AIDS (CIRCB), is the only centre in the country doing resistance testing for HIV drugs, viral load (CD4) counts which is important in the clinical management of HIV, quality assurance for all centres doing CD4 counts in the country as well as training of young Cameroonians and international partners in doing research in the domain of HIV/AIDS.

Dr Nch...