Genetic services in Kinshasa: A RAPIDLY EVOLVING STORY

Prosper Lukusa Tshilobo Center for Human Genetics Kinshasa (DRC) DR Congo • Very big country: 2.345.409 km2 • ± 80.000.000 inhabitants • Untill2011: - only 1 geneticist - no laboratory • Nowadays: 3 geneticists with PhD 2 laboratory assistants 7 young PhD researchers in H. Genetics