Data Safety Monitoring Boards
by C.ReddyWe 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
by D. Shamley, N.Kramer, E.Allen, L.Workman, W.Smythe, C.Ovenstone, C.ReddyWHO Global Nutrition Targets 2025: low birth weight policy brief
by INTERGROWTH-21stThis 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/
Global Health Technologies Pooled Funding Webinar Summary Report
by Global Health Technologies CoalitionDiscussing the study protocol
by D. Shamley, C. Heiberg, N. Kramer, B. Wright & C. ReddyPragmatic and ethical research in disease outbreak settings: A one-day skills sharing workshop in Ghana
by Abena Konadu Yawson, Dr. Daniel Ansong, Kwaku Poku AsanteGlobal 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
by Dr Tamara Kredo of the PACTRDatabase of References for Intellectual Property Rights and Ethics
by Emma WeisbordThe INTERGROWTH-21st Project Neurodevelopment Package: A Novel Method for the Multi-Dimensional Assessment of Neurodevelopment in Pre-School Age Children
by INTERGROWTH-21stThe INTERGROWTH-21st Neurodevelopment Package is a multi-dimensional instrument measuring early childhood development (ECD). Its developmental approach may be useful to those involved in large-scale ECD research and surveillance efforts. This paper describes neurodevelopment tools for preschoolers and the systematic approach leading to the development of the Package. The Package measures vision; cortical auditory processing; and cognition, language skills, behavior, motor skills, and attention in 35-45 minutes. Sleep-wake patterns are also assessed. Tablet-based applications with integrated quality checks and automated, wireless electroencephalography make the Package easy to administer in the field by non-specialist staff. http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0113360
Workshop report: 'Recent Trends and Career Development in Clinical Research in India' - 19 Nov 2014
by sreedharsmail, Joby George, Jyothsna TirunagariA workshop on “Recent Trends and Career Development in Clinical Research –INDIA”, was organized at Bhaskara Auditorium on 19th November 2014 by SAMSKARA, a Non Profit Organization based at Hyderabad and The Global Health Network for the first time in Telangana.
Is Your Ethics Committee Efficient? Using “IRB Metrics” as a Self-Assessment Tool for Continuous Improvement at the Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Thailand
by Pornpimon Adams et alHow to Make More Published Research True
by John P. A. IoannidisHepatitis B vaccination status and Needle-stick and Sharps-related Injuries among medical school students in Nepal: a cross-sectional study
by Suraj Bhattarai, Smriti KC, Pranil MS Pradhan, Sami Lama, Suman RijalBackground Hepatitis B is a dreadful infectious disease and a major global health problem. Health-care workers including clinical students are more vulnerable to such infections and non-sterile occupational exposures as their daily activities are closely related to patient's blood and body fluids.
South African Faculty Workshop: Clinical Trial Site Management
by Cordelia Leisegang - Regional Faculty Lead, Elizabeth Allen - Regional Faculty LeadOn the 19th September 2014, Global Health Trials Southern Africa held its Annual Faculty Meeting, themed Clinical Trial Site Project Management. You can download the presentations from the talk and leave feedback here.
Professor Peter Piot, LSHTM, talks about Ebola and implications for Africa and understanding future epidemics at the Martin School, University of Oxford, 16th October 2014.
Ebola PPE guidelines - urgent need to revise WHO and CDC guidelines. This video shows an excerpt from keynote address 'The fuss about face masks', Professor Raina MacIntyre from the School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW Australia.
Development of a Regional Nursing Research Partnership for Academic and Practice Collaborations
by Heather L. Tubbs-Cooley, Donna S. Martsolf, Rita H. Pickler, Caroline F. Morrison, Cassie E.WardlawCollaborative nursing research across academic and practice settings is imperative to generate knowledge to improve patient care. Models of academic/practice partnerships for nursing research are lacking. This paper reports data collected before and during a one-day retreat for nurse researchers and administrators from local universities and health care organizations designed to establish a regional nursing research partnership. Read the article here.
These logs from a trial in India, are comprised of essential checklists based on ICH-GCP guidelines enlisting all the important steps required for clinical trials. These checklists will serve as tools for clinical research professionals for executing clinical trials in time and effective manner.