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New publication on community engagement in Sub-Saharan Africa

01/04/21

How can community engagement in health research be strengthened for infectious disease outbreaks in Sub-Saharan Africa? A scoping review of the literature

CDASH Mapping for the ALERRT FISSA Study CRF

06/01/21

The FISSA study is a prospective study of Fever in Subsaharan Africa conducted by the ALERRT network. The FISSA study case record form (CRF) is developed and implemented by the FISSA Principal Investigators, the study team and the FISSA Data Management Team.

WEBINAR: Corticosteroids in COVID19: defining best practice in Africa

05/10/20

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Mise à jour clinique : dexaméthasone et hydroxychloroquine pour le traitement des formes sévères du COVID-19

01/07/20

Panélistes :Professeur Francine Ntoumi, Fondation Congolaise pour la Recherche Médicale et Professeur Piero Olliaro, Université d'Oxford

Clinical update: dexamethasone and hydroxychloroquine for treatment of severe COVID-19

25/06/20

 

Panelists: Prof. Peter Horby Professor of Emerging Infectious Diseases and Global Health, University of Oxford and Dr. Mainga Hamaluba, Head of Clinical Research, KEMRI|Wellcome Trust Research Programme

Funding for ALERRT COVID-19 Clinical Characterisation Protocol

23/04/20
The Wellcome Trust and the UK Department for International Development (DFID) have awarded a substantial grant to Dr John Amuasi from the Kumasi Center for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine to fund the ALERRT COVID-19 Clinical Characterisation Protocol (CCP).

EDCTP Emergency COVID-19 funding call

09/04/20

Emergency funding of COVID-19 research (deadline 17/04) among EDCTP 2020 calls for proposals to support clinical research on poverty-related diseases and research capacity development in sub-Saharan Africa. Investment of more than €80 million. http://bit.ly/2yDTIkK

'Research in global health emergencies: ethical issues' published

30/01/20
Nuffield Bioethics have published the findings of a two year in-depth inquiry into the ethical issues relating to research in global health emergencies.

Lessons learned from engaging communities for Ebola vaccine trials in Sierra Leone

12/12/19

Read the new paper published by the team at LSHTM - Lessons learned from engaging communities for Ebola vaccine trials in Sierra Leone: reciprocity, relatability, relationships and respect (the four R’s)

Understanding the Role of Community Engagement in Medical Research

04/10/19

Mark Marchant and Shelley Lees of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK write in the latest Global Emerging Pathogens Treatment Consortium (GET) newsletter