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Hi There,

I am Innocent ALI, A Biomedical Researcher and Poverty Related Diseases College Fellow at the Biotechnology Centre, University of Yaounde 1.On behalf of 'Team Central Africa' made of myself, Prof Wilfred Mbacham, Olivia Achonduh and Akindeh Mbuh, I am pleased to introduce the Global Health Trials Central Africal Regional Faculty(GHT_CARF). In this forum, we will like for you to introduce yourself, your team, what you do and most of all interact on issues around global health trials and the challenges you face at your workplace. We shall keep a strong networking node and frqquently interact as you visit the site and make contributions.

I eagerly await your first posts, blogs, articles and resource sharing. If you also have news to share, events or opportunities in global health, feel free to email us in this forum.

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akindeh@yahoo.com oliafa@yahoo.com wfmbacham@yahoo.com

  • dralinn ALI Innocent 22 Jun 2015

    Hi Everyone,
    an excitign grant writing workshop is being organised at the University of Yaounde 1 by ISRECA and other collaborators.

    Grant Writing for Emerging Career Researchers
    July 15-17, 2015
    University of Yaoundé I, Cameroon
    Objectives and aim:
    The demand for new staff members to close the gap in manpower in Institutions of Higher Learning in Cameroon is quite high. In 2011, about 1000 new and young lecturers were enrolled in State universities in Cameroon. The newly recruited staff members are eligible to apply for small grants from institutions like the EU, WHO/TDR, WELLCOME TRUST, TWAS, DFG, IFS and the Grand Challenges that provide such grants. However, due to the competitive nature of international funding, and the lack of experience in research methodologies and proposal writing the success rate of these ECR is very low and accounts for the gap in terms of research output in Cameroon and the Central African Sub-region in general. While it is hoped that institutions like ISHReCA will continue to advocate for specific grant schemes to target countries in this region like the WHO/TDR small country grants, it is imperative to empower young researchers in this region with “grantmanship” skills to be able to compete internationally.

    The Department of Biochemistry, University of Yaoundé 1 and IFS alunmi (ACBIFS) through funding from AuthorAid (INASP) in connection with the Initiative to Strengthen Health Research Capacity in Africa (ISHReCA) will like to implant the spirit of grant writing in these emerging careers researchers, by organizing a workshop on how to write scientific proposals and apply for research grants. This workshop will regroup at least 30 participants.

    For more information, please download the attached files.

    Attached files: Workshop_Announcements_Grant_Writing_for_Emerging_Career_Researchers_2015__Version_2.docx, Flyer_for_Grant_writing.docx, APPLICATION_FORM.DOCX
  • dralinn ALI Innocent 11 Nov 2014

    Hi Every one..Good to hear the exciting things that are going on in our region. We want to gather information on the global health research landscape and gaps in capacity building in our region. We will like to link up with volunteers in this region who will help the collective effort to source out the relevant information for this exciting idea. Please contact me if you are willing and available a few hours weekly for a couple of weeks and we will discuss how to move forward. you can email me through this platform of using my email address dr.alinn@gmail.com.
    Looking forward to hearing from you.

  • mbalogun Mobolanle Balogun 10 Nov 2014

    Hello, I am a senior lecturer in the Department of Community Health & Primary Care of the College of Medicine, University of Lagos. I have special research in Reproductive Health and Infectious Diseases. I have carried out intervention studies within communities and I am interested in learning more within this network. Thank you.

  • i'm happy for my country !it 's good to know that the best is still to come i'm a master student in biomedical sciences at the University of Yaounde 1 and hope that i 'll completed all thoses courses on The Global Health!

  • GHN_Editors The Editorial Team 18 Feb 2013

    Dear Guewo

    thank you for your comment. We are indeed uploading more eLearning courses all the time: keep an eye on the eLearning pages for more. We know that the eLearning centre is extremely popular and one of our main focusses is indeed creating a high volume of high-quality courses to keep up with the demand.

    The eLearning courses are created from face-to-face courses that researchers are completing: they volunteer to share their teaching materials and work with Global Health Trials to turn these into eLearning courses. If any of our members would like to share materials from courses you have taught, please get in touch at info@globalhealthtrials.org.

    Thank you
    The Editorial Team


  • Hi everyone this day I completed all existing courses on the site The Global Health Network.org with good responses and I would like to have others to complete, to accumulate knowledge to build me advantage and to take advantage of people who would like to share thier resources.

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    Bonsoir à tout le monde en ce jour j'ai validé tous les cours existants sur le site The Global Health Network.org avec de bonnes mentions et j'aimerais en avoir d'autres pour être au top et accumuler des connaissances pour m'édifier d'avantage et faire en profiter des personnes qui voudraient bien.

    Merci.

  • Happy New Year.

    It is vary pleasure for me to be in this large family. I am a Cameroonian and a Ph.D. student in Biochemistry at the University of Yaounde 1.

    Thank you.

  • Bonjour à tout le monde. j'ai parcouru et validé 07 cours sur le site The Global Health Network.org qui sont:
    - Introduction à la recherché
    - ICH Bonnes Pratiques Cliniques Cours
    - Introduction to Informed Consent
    - La question de recherché
    - Le protocole d’étude; 1ere et 2 eme partie
    - Les conseils de surveillances et de sécurité des données pour les essais cliniques Africains

    j'aimerais aussi savoir s'il existe de telles formations dans le domaine de la santé publique; si oui, j'aimerais que vous m'envoyez des liens ou des sites sur lesquels les trouver.

    Magellan G.F

    Merci/

    Hello to everyone. I have completed 7 eLearning courses on The Global Health Network.org; they are:
    - Introduction to research
    - ICH Good Clinical Practice Course
    - Introduction to Informed Consent
    - The research question
    - The study protocol; 1st and 2nd part
    - Advice for monitoring and data safety for clinical trials Africa

    I would also like to know if there is such training in the field of public health, and if so, could you send me links or sites where to find them?

  • Bonjour à tout le monde, Moi c'est GUEWO FOKENG Magellan, je suis étudiant en Doctorat Ph.D. de Biochimie à l'Université de Yaoundé 1 Sous la supervision du Pr. MBACHAM F. Wilfred. Je fais mes tavaux de recherche au Centre de Biotechnologie de l'UY1.
    j'ai eu le privilège de participer au dernier workshops très enrichissant organisé par GHT au CBT à Nkolbisson; ce fut vraiment une journée riche en connaissance et j'aimerais que de telles occasions se multiplient.

    Merci

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    Hello everyone, I am GUEWO FOKENG Magellan, I am PhD student PhD in Biochemistry at the University of Yaoundé 1 Under the supervision of Prof. F. Mbacham Wilfred. I do my tavaux Research Centre of Biotechnology of the UY1.
    I had the privilege of attending the last workshops organized by GHT and found it very rewarding to CBT Nkolbisson, this was a really busy day and I am happy to know that such opportunities are available.

    thank you

  • miraiye Kameni Mireille 10 Dec 2012

    Hi everybody, I am a PhD student at the University of Yaounde 1 and my main duty in the laboratory of Animal physiology is to perform histological analysis for various project but i would like to broaden my horizon in research and to interact with many scientists while discussing througn forums, workshops or conferences. That was the reson why i attempt to the last workshops organised by GHT at the BTC Nkolbisson Yaounde. It was a real satisfaction to learn so many things in just one day, i just imagine what it can be in many years of research...So thanks!

  • miraiye Kameni Mireille 5 Dec 2012

    I am a one year-PhD student at the University of Yaounde 1 and i'ù working on erectile disorders (physiology) for my PhD thesis. But my tasks in lab is performing Histopathology analysis for many projects. I would like to attend to more conference such as those organised by GHT at BTC of Nkolbisson last week, because we need to exchange with scientists in different areas of specialisation to improve our way of thinking or our practice in Lab, and also to keep in touch with novel rules or technology. Thanks to give us this opportunity.

  • atahjude Atah Jude 4 Dec 2012

    Hello all, i am a final year medical student at the faculty of medecine and biomedical sciences and was a participant at the very enriching workshop that was organised by globalhealthtrials in at the BTC Nkolbison Yaounde.I wished the conference could extend and will be pleased to see more of such conferences in Cameroon to help young students wanting to dare into research.Thanks very much.

  • GHN_Editors The Editorial Team 3 Dec 2012

    The team in Cameroon need to been congratulated for their huge success and effort in this fantastic workshop that they ran in Yaounde. This effort illustrates exactly what Global Health Trials is all about and what can be achieved by sharing experiences and knowledge. This workshop successfully bought together people working on all types of trials in all types of roles in order that they can support more and better trials in their country. Well done Innocent - you worked very hard indeed to make this happen and the success of the meeting is credit to you. Thank you also to all the speakers and everyone that took part. As the discussions where so interesting and beneficial it would be excellent to carry them on via these discussions. Not only will people get the chance to answer questions that they still have - but also that very many more will benefit from the exchange as these are read by thousands of people. So please everyone - do use these discussions to post your views, experiences and questions.

  • GHN_Editors The Editorial Team 3 Dec 2012

    The team in Cameroon need to been congratulated for their huge success and effort in this fantastic workshop that they ran in Yaounde. This effort illustrates exactly what Global Health Trials is all about and what can be achieved by sharing experiences and knowledge. This workshop successfully bought together people working on all types of trials in all types of roles in order that they can support more and better trials in their country. Well done Innocent - you worked very hard indeed to make this happen and the success of the meeting is credit to you. Thank you also to all the speakers and everyone that took part. As the discussions where so interesting and beneficial it would be excellent to carry them on via these discussions. Not only will people get the chance to answer questions that they still have - but also that very many more will benefit from the exchange as these are read by thousands of people. So please everyone - do use these discussions to post your views, experiences and questions.

  • dralinn ALI Innocent 3 Dec 2012

    Hello All,

    Just to mention we had a very successful workshop in Yaounde on the 28th. Thank you all participants for flooding the whole place and giving me the challenge of the month. I liked every session of the workshop and most especially the many feedbacks from you the participants. With lots of questions generated from the presentations, we hope to create in the next few days a space for 'ask the expert' where you can paste your questions and let the experts answer and assuage the desire.

    We will also welcome more remarks about the workshop on the website.

    A special thanks to all the speakers who left their many duties to share knowledge and experience to other researchers, students, managers, laboratory scientists etc during the workshop. We will also be making available the slides on the website so anyone can have a share of the workshop presentations.

    Very best
    Innocent

  • GHN_Editors The Editorial Team 21 Nov 2012

    We have only four spaces left on the One-Day Skills Sharing Workshop next week in Cameroon! If you would like to come, email us at info@globalhealthtrials.org to book one of the remaining places, as they are being snapped up quickly! We look forward to seeing you there

    - Innocent Ali

  • dralinn ALI Innocent 21 Nov 2012

    Hi all, it is exciting many people are registering for the workshop. Im sure to have a full room, but there is room for me. Please, keep up the registration and I will post a road map to the Biotechnology Centre this week!

  • GHN_Editors The Editorial Team 7 Nov 2012

    Here is the flyer for the one-day skills sharing workshop in Yaounde.

    Attached files: 2012-10-30-_Global_Health_Trials_workshop_Nov_2012_v1.0_1.pdf
  • GHN_Editors The Editorial Team 2 Nov 2012

    To all the members of the Central African Regional Faculty - Dear All,

    We are pleased to announce the first free one day skills sharing and networking workshop in Central Africa organized at the Biotechnology Centre, University of Yaounde 1 by the Global Health Trials Clinical Program which is part of the Global Health Network based in Oxford University.

    Exciting presentations on important aspects of trials will be highlighted during this workshop. These includeHealth Operational Research in Cameroon, Virtual Communities of Practice, Quality Control and Laboratory Accreditation in Cameroon, Data Management in Clinical Research, the global health clinical program, news and opportunities etc.

    You will find a flyer containing further information about how to register and attend this workshop taking place on the 28th November,
    2012 at the conference room of the Biotechnology Centre, Nkolbisson.
    The Biotechnology Centre is found along the road leading to IRAD Nkolbisson laboratories, second turn on the right and then first turn on the left.

    We welcome all categories of people working in clinical research, lab scientists and technicians, nurses, physicians, researchers across all fields of global health, monitors, trial coordinators, administrators, regulatory officers, policy makers, members of ethics committees, laboratory managers, principal investigators, DSMB members, sponsors, funders in the private and public sectors.

    PRIOR registration by sending an email to info@globalhealthtrials.org is ESSENTIAL.

    You are welcome to share within your network of eligible people.

    Looking forward to meeting everyone in this exciting workshop.

    Best regards

    Innocent
    Central African Faculty member.
    (www.globalhealthtrials.org )

    and the Editorial Team (info@globalhealthtrials.org)

    Attached files: 2012-10-30-_Global_Health_Trials_workshop_Nov_2012_v1.0.pdf
  • Pleased to be on board. I'm a Research scientist/Biochemist in the Institute of Medical Research and Medicinal Plants Studies (IMPM), Yaounde, Cameroon. I'm really pleased to see that this aspect of research is co-ordinated and encouraged in our region, which is in dire need. Look forward to learning as well as making valuable contributions.

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