Members of the Eastern Africa Consortium for Clinical Research (EACCR2) steering committee meet at the Kenya Medical Research Institute, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust ahead of the Annual Scientific meeting on 6th and 7th November 2019.
The two day meeting will discuss progress and challenges of clinical research studies as well as ways to strengthen research capacity in the Eastern African region.
Handing over of the computer and scanner in the improved of the Research Ethics Committee Office in Masaka Regional Referral hospital with Support from EACCR2 infrastructural upgrades.
Masaka Regional Referral Hospital is a sister site to the EACCR2 HIV Node
The Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) is ranked the top health research institution in Africa in terms of health research output, according to the authoritative global information analytics giant, Scimago Lab.
As part of capacity building program activities in the EACCR2 network, the data management workshop was held on the 28th to 31st of August 2019 in Kisumu, Kenya. The workshop was hosted by the Kenya Medical Research Institute, Centre for Global Health Research (KEMRI, CGHR) based in Kisumu and delivered by Bryan Nyawanda, Sammy Khagayi and Marion Sumari-de Boer.
EDCTP commissioned an independent evaluation to assess EDCTP Regional Networks’ (NoEs) performance and impact. The EACCR2 is one of the four NoEs, and was evaluated between the 14th and 16th August 2019. The objective of the Mid-term review was to assess the status of the project performance so far, including progress towards agreed deliverables, project management and the likelihood of successful completion.