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Strengthening and expanding capacities in clinical trials: advancing pandemic prevention, preparedness and response in Africa

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  • Nicaise Ndembi

    (Haile Garment Square)

  • Tadesse T. Mekonen

    (Grand bay)

  • Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan

    (Obafemi Awolowo University)

  • Nebiyu Dereje

    (Haile Garment Square)

  • Adriaan Kruger

    (Hazelwood)

  • Joseph Fokam

    (Chantal BIYA International Reference Centre for Research on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Management)

  • Elvis Temfack

    (Haile Garment Square)

  • Tajudeen Raji

    (Haile Garment Square)

  • Jean Nachega

    (Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences)

  • Yap Boum

    (Institut Pasteur de)

  • Trevor A. Crowell

    (Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine)

  • Alain Ngashi Ngongo

    (Haile Garment Square)

  • Souleymane Mboup

    (de Surveillance Épidémiologique et de Formations (IRESSEF))

  • Francine Ntoumi

    (University of Tübingen)

  • Glaudina Loots

    (Department of Science and Technology)

  • Michael Makanga

    (Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking)

  • Samba Sow

    (Center for Vaccine Development (CVD) at the Mali Ministry of Health and Social Development)

  • Salim Abdool Karim

    (Columbia University)

  • John Nkengasong

    (President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief)

Abstract

Enhancing the clinical trial capabilities within Africa is essential to augment the continent’s pandemic prevention, preparedness and response efforts. Here, we describe the critical challenges of clinical trials in Africa and draw upon the lessons learnt from the Consortium for COVID-19 Vaccine Clinical Trials (CONCVACT) experience, such as the importance of regional collaboration, capacity building and establishing standardized protocols.

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  • Nicaise Ndembi & Tadesse T. Mekonen & Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan & Nebiyu Dereje & Adriaan Kruger & Joseph Fokam & Elvis Temfack & Tajudeen Raji & Jean Nachega & Yap Boum & Trevor A. Crowell & Alain , 2024. "Strengthening and expanding capacities in clinical trials: advancing pandemic prevention, preparedness and response in Africa," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-6, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:15:y:2024:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-024-53126-3
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-53126-3
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