The Pivotal Role of Quality Technical Structures for Clinical Trials Oversight in the Achievement of Long-Term Capacity Strengthening Outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Development of safe and efficacious medicines in many sub-Sahara African countries remains hampered due to fragmented health research infrastructure and ineffective regulatory oversight. To boost the latter in the area of Clinical Trials (CT) Oversight (CTO), many international programs and Regional Centers for Regulatory Excellence (RCORE) initiatives offer various trainings to help strengthen human resource capacity. Here, we aimed at evaluating the training outcomes (at home-institution level) of sponsored fellows for one of such capacity strengthening interventions; a measure that is less often reported and thus remains poorly understood.

Method

The Global Health Protection Programme's VaccTrain project sponsored nine regulatory staff from eight National Medic

SUBMITTER: Owusu Sekyere S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8924119 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature