Welcome
Welcome to Global Health Trials, the community for all reseachers in global health, whatever your role, location, or disease area, to share their knowledge, tools and methods for conducting health research.
BUILDING TERATOVIGILANCE CAPACITY IN AFRICA: a workshop in Cape Town, 8-11 October 2017, click here for more info
Case Studies Needed! Ethical issues in the design and conduct of clinical trials in LMICS: a two day meeting by GFBR. Read more here.
Free online lecture from Elseview: the Nuts and Bolts of the Peer Review Process. Click here for more info
Today TDR and The Global Health Network are pleased to announce the launch of their Global Competency Framework for Clinical Research. This is a flexible framework which lists the competencies that should be demonstrated by the research team as a whole to carry out a successful clinical study. Importantly, the framework can be applied to any clinical research study, regardless of the size of the team, place, disease focus and type of research. Visit this page for an interactive version of the framework and all its component parts.
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Global Health Social Science
We have put together a collection of nine articles to help guide researchers through qualitative and participatory research studies. The over all aim of these articles is to blend the theory and practice of undertaking qualitative and participatory research. Access the articles here.
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Global Health Social Science
This page gives links to existing research consortiums and working groups that are currently utilising social science research methods focused on building stronger and more equitable health systems.
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News
The call will close at 1pm on Friday 20 October 2017. For more information on the outcomes from the first call and how to apply to the new funding opportunity, please see: www.nihr.ac.uk/globalhealth or email: NIHRglobalhealth@soton.ac.uk Read more
Researchers in Brazil want to share that there have been 40 confirmed deaths from Chikungunya in Fortaleza. This is a significant increase in both mortality and the severity of the disease. The Fortaleza research team are part of the REDe ... Read more
TREAD, an open access repository of Research Ethics Committee (REC) application forms and consent statements, is released today. TREAD provides examples of how researchers have described the pathways used to protect their research subjects from harm. For example, guidelines on ... Read more
Presented 25th May 2017, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford. Dr Glory Oluwagbenga Ogunfowokan, Lead of the Global Health Trials Nigerian Faculty, discussed the need to build research capacity in Africa and his experience in building ... Read more
The Global Health Trials Nigerian Regional Faculty has been awarded gold status for its continued work building research capacity in Nigeria through blended learning, workshops, and networking. The gold status award follows the preparation of a detailed strategic plan for ... Read more
Berlin, Germany Oct 15-17, 2017
At this key event, more than 1,600 Global Health protagonists, scientists, politicians and decision-makers from over 80 countries and every field in the healthcare spectrum gather to define and prepare for the challenges ahead. Specially reduced tickets are available until ... Read more
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation release their latest Grand Challenges call
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has released its latest round of Grand Challenges; grants which foster innovation for global health. The challenges include funding for health systems strengthening, integrated diagnostics, timeliness for routine immunizations, wearables and technology for maternal ... Read more
New, free eLearning Course!
The Global Health Network is pleased to announce the launch of a new seven-module eLearning course which has been adapted from the WHO training manual and resources on: ‘Ethics in epidemics, emergencies and disasters: Research, surveillance and patient care’. Read more
TDR and The Global Health Network are pleased to announce the launch of their Global Competency Framework for Clinical Research. This is a flexible framework which lists the competencies that should be demonstrated by the research team as a whole ... Read more
Articles
Background. Lymphatic filariasis is endemic in Nepal. This study aimed to investigate health-seeking behaviors and self-care practices of people with filarial Lymphoedema in Nepal.
Methods. A cross-sectional study was conducted ...
AREF-EDCTP have announced a joint call for a Preparatory Fellowship programme, due to be initiated in 2018.
The objectives of this call are to:
1 – Enable outstanding African researchers (0 ...
The Africa Oxford Initiative (AfOx), in association with St Edmund Hall, Christ Church College and St. Peter’s College seeks to appoint up to three visiting Fellows from African universities ...
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What are the Good Participatory Practice (GPP) Guidelines?
The Good Participatory Practice (GPP) Guidelines were developed by AVAC (Global Advocacy for HIV Prevention) and UNAIDS. They provide trial funders, sponsors ...
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This manual and database presents background and a set of tools to set in motion a culture of monitoring the CSE programs affiliated to HIV and TB related clinical trials ...
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During ethnographic fieldwork a researcher works alongside participants to try to understand experiences and knowledge within a particular context. Ethnographers often spend long periods of time conducting fieldwork in ...
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This six module series of lectures from Yale University introduces the learner to the qualitative reseearch. The course creators say: Qualitative research is a strategy for systematic collection, organization, and ...
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Global Health Training Centre
The following invitation to take part in trials methodology research comes from the Network of Hubs for Trials Methodology Research (HTMR) which was established by the UK Medical Research Council ...
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This is a compendium of the methods used in the qualitative research of the ACT Consortium. It consists of a series of guidance notes and corresponding templates and examples for ...
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Joanna Reynolds,
Susan Naiga,
Lilian Taaka,
Clare I. R. Chandler
The concept of quality assurance of clinical trials is well established, as are the mechanisms and processes for enacting it, informed largely by the Good Clinical Practice (GCP) guidelines (European ...
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We have recently obtained permission to share some helpful videos on The Global Health Network. The videos are taken from a series of eSeminars produced by QSR International. QSR are ...
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In the advent of increasing international collaborative research involving participants drawn from populations with diverse cultural backgrounds, community engagement becomes very critical for the smooth conduction of the research. The ...
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Scientific title: What is the process, context and impact of the PRIME health facility intervention and how can this explain the findings of the trial’s endpoints?
PROCESS: Evaluating how ...
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The PRIME intervention was implemented successfully, although not all health workers received the training. The intervention appeared to improve malaria case management, communication between health workers and patients, and patient ...
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Consulting research stakeholders in Kenya on fair practice in research data sharing: Findings and Policy Implications - Dr Vicki Marsh - Senior Researcher in Social Science and Public ...
E-Learning
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NEW! Children and Clinical Research is a new free, online training course tackling the issue of: how can we ethically undertake the research involving children and young people that is needed to ensure their healthcare services are safe and effective, given that research often involves burdens and risks? Moreover, what role should children, young people and parents themselves play in influencing how research studies are carried out, and how can their voices help influence the wider research agenda?
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This peer reviewed course outlines ethical aspects of sharing individual level research data and proposed best practices. It aims to be of value to those designing and reviewing individual research protocols where data sharing is anticipated, and to those developing institutional policies and processes for governing data sharing.
