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WHO as a facilitator for equitable clinical trial capacity in low resourced settings

Last updated: 11/03/2025
IATI Identifier: GB-GOV-10-WHO_WHA_CT_Res
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Description

The UK Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) funds outstanding global health research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). DHSC is supporting the World Health Organization (WHO) between 2024-2026 to implement the World Health Assembly Clinical Trials Resolution with a focus on low and middle-income country (LMIC) settings. Intended impact is to deliver good practice guidelines to implement the WHA Resolution and improve capability and quality of clinical trials in particular in LMIC settings, including increasing participation by under-represented groups and improving ethical considerations.

Objectives

The project has 3 objectives: 1. Implementing the World Health Assembly Clinical Trials Resolution (WHA 75.8) through establishing good practice guildelines with a focus on low and middle-income country (LMIC) settings. 2. Development of equitable research ethics and ethics oversight capacity. 3. Strengthening global public health research and funder policy development in partnership with the Pandemic PACT initiative delivered by the GloPID-R Research Team in collaboration with WHO.

Location

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Developing countries, unspecified
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