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The INDEPTH Network

We are a network of health and demographic surveillance systems (HDSSs) that provide a more complete picture. Since HDSSs collect data from whole communities over extended time periods, they more accurately reflect health and population problems in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

SAYE: The Story of an Antimalarial Phytomedicine from Burkina Faso

SPIRIT guidelines for Protocol Writing

Links to the SPIRIT guidelines for protocol development and information about these guidelines - all free and open access.

INTERGROWTH-21st Newborn Size at Birth Chart

Practical chart for health practitioners to use to assess newborn size (weight, length, head circumference) at birth against global standards. This version of the chart is being piloted within the University of Oxford hospital network, and plans to pilot in the INTERGROWTH-21st study sites and in Boston area hospitals are developing quickly. Practitioners can download and use this version of the chart freely. To connect with the INTERGROWTH-21st team regarding your experience with piloting this chart, or to request modifications to the chart (e.g. language; different institutional logo), please contact intergrowth21st@tghn.org.  

Research Administration and Grant Management

Links to resources provided by iRIM (the Initiative on Research and Innovation Management) - free online presentations and tutorials relating to how to manage grants and perform administration of clinical research projects effectively.

Managing clinical trials

Managing clinical trials, of whatever size and complexity, requires efficient trial management. Trials fail because tried and tested systems handed down through apprenticeships have not been documented, evaluated or published to guide new trialists starting out in this important field.

A framework to evaluate research capacity building in health care

This paper is published in BioMedCentral, with link provided in this article. Building research capacity in health services has been recognised internationally as important in order to produce a sound evidence base for decision-making in policy and practice.

This Week in Global Health: Ebola, one year later

TWiGH takes a look at the past year and prospects for the coming months in Ebola affected countries.

International Women's Day: Women in Science

A Stronger Post-Publication Culture Is Needed for Better Science

Data Safety Monitoring Boards

Home treatments: changes following research

We repeated, 10 years apart, the retrospective treatment-outcome study on 400 children with presumed malaria in the same area (Argemone mexicana decoction).

Discussing the study protocol part 2

WHO Global Nutrition Targets 2025: low birth weight policy brief

This WHO policy brief is part of a series on six global nutrition targets for 2025. This brief covers the third target: a 30% reduction in low birth weight. The purpose of the brief is to increase attention to, investment in, and action for a set of cost effective interventions and policies that can help WHO Member States and their partners in reducing rates of low birth weight. INTERGROWTH-21st Chief Investigators Stephen Kennedy and Jose Villar provided expert review of these strategies, contributing the unique perspective that data from the Project, and the resulting growth standards and tools as part of overall strategies for reducing rates of low birth weight in settings across the globe. The  full policy brief series can be found here: http://www.who.int/nutrition/publications/globaltargets2025_policybrief_overview/en/

Biological Informatics Research Training in Health

Global Health Technologies Pooled Funding Webinar Summary Report

Discussing the study protocol

Pragmatic and ethical research in disease outbreak settings: A one-day skills sharing workshop in Ghana

Global Health Trials and Kintampo Health Research Centre collaborated to run the workshop 'Pragmatic and ethical research in disease outbreaks' in November 2014. Here we provide a summary of the workshop and the presentations from the day. 

The Pan African Clinical Trials Registry

Database of References for Intellectual Property Rights and Ethics