EDCTP-AIGHD Launch of a Global TB Vaccine R&D Roadmap, 20 April 2021, 18:00-19:30 CEST
Long COVID Research Forum, 9-10 December 2020
Currently very little is known about the clinical, biological, psychological and socioenvironmental impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). While most people have uncomplicated recoveries, some continue to live with prolonged illness and symptoms. The most common of these are fatigue, breathing difficulties, joint pain and chest pain. In those whose symptoms persist, COVID-19 has been associated with a worsened quality of life for almost half of them. These on-going difficulties affect not only patients who were hospitalised but also those with mild COVID-19 who were not hospitalised.
There is an urgent need for robust scientific studies into the long-term impact of COVID-19. An understanding of the breadth of the physical, psychological and social complications must be developed and any specific risk factors for developing Long COVID, and also the populations at risk, must be identified. Hospital management teams must be informed to support prevention, rehabilitation and interventions to improve recovery and patient outcomes.
For more details and to register please visit https://cconline.eventsair.com/isaric-long-covid-19-forum/register/Site/Register
DNDi Webinar: Operational experience for COVID-19 vaccine trials: Lessons from the field, 17 March 2021
With 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
Information session about EDCTP3 calls for proposals
📅 Mark your calendars!
On 10 March 2025, the EDCTP association will organise an information session to provide applicants with information regarding the Global Health EDCTP3 two calls for proposals that are currently taking place.
📅10 March 2025
⌚14:00 to 16:00 CET
📍Zoom
Register here: https://shorturl.at/O9fHs
Read more about the calls for proposals here: https://shorturl.at/42Enw