The LiberHetica and BERC-Luso consortia will meet on the 26th March 2021 to discuss about Biomedical Ethics and Regulatory Capacity Building in Sub-Saharan African countries.
The BERC-Luso and LiberHetica are two projects funded by the European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) aimed at strenghting ethics and regulatory capacities for clinical trials by partnerships between African and European countries, and involving 5 Sub-Saharan African countries (Liberia, Angola, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique and Cape-Verde) and 2 European countries (U.K. and Portugal).
For more information visit https://www.liberhetica.org/2021/03/09/biomedical-ethics-and-regulatory-capacity-building-international-dialogues/
Read moreThis meeting will bring together global research funders, including those who are funding research on COVID-19 within low- and middle- income countries (LMICs), with the community of researchers who are actively undertaking this research across LMICs.
Topics of discussion will include:
• Clinical research
• Health systems & indirect impacts of COVID-19
• Transmission
• One Health
Registration details and full programme to follow.
Ahead of the “COVID-19 Research in Low- and Middle-Income Countries” meeting, we are keen to understand researcher perspectives on the barriers to, and enablers of, effective research in COVID-19 research in and for LMICs. To provide your inputs, please complete this short survey (3 mins) - https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/5PLMP2C
The findings will be used to identify lessons learnt to inform future research responses to epidemics and pandemics in LMICs
To register visit https://zoom.us/webinar/register/5516147671296/WN_wz4_fyLWSQOn3B6E0Iy3pw
Read moreWith over 80 COVID-19 vaccine candidates now in phase 1, 2 or 3 clinical trials, social, ethical and political questions continue to emerge. Whilst vaccine trials adhere to bioethics, their everyday ethics are negotiated in the field by frontline workers engaging with communities in specific local contexts. This is especially so when research elicits local concerns that are expressed through rumours, gossip, conspiracy theories and alternative explanatory models. Building good relations between researchers and communities requires engaging with these rumours, as they articulate local interpretations of medical research ethics.
In this webinar, the second in a series on social science research related to vaccine trials, attendees will hear from social science and community engagement experts who will draw on their experiences from clinical trials during COVID-19 and past epidemics. Speakers will share and discuss issues related to everyday ethical and practical challenges in community engagement work.
MODERATOR: Prof. Shelley Lees | London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
SPEAKERS:
• Mr Mahmood H. Bangura | University of Makeni & EBOVAC-Salone, Sierra Leone
• Ms Noni Mumba | KEMRI - Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kenya
• Dr Malina Osman | Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
• Mr Benjamin Shukuru Kasiwa | World Vision & Université Libre des Pays des Grands Lacs, Democratic Republic of the Congo
For more information visit: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/3216057251193/WN_aTL854nuT9-jd2ADNO9YcQ
Module Overview
Director of the African Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. John Nkengasong, brings to you top-level insights and remarkable achievements that have been accomplished in HIV medicine on the African continent. The substantial scale-up of HIV testing services has contributed to tremendous progress in the fight against HIV. However, despite this, approx. 20% of people with HIV remain unaware of their status. To reduce this gap in diagnosis, increases in the efficiency and effectiveness of services are needed.
In this eLearning module, Dr. Nkengasong will discuss the pivotal role of HIV diagnostics, review developments that have occurred in the area of diagnostics, and outline the remaining barriers and opportunities.
For more information visit: https://academicmedicaleducation.com/
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