Data and Safety Monitoring Board Meeting to Review Safety Data
An external Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) review recommends that the EMPIRICAL study can continue without modification.
Dr Alfeu Passanduca (UEM/HCM) to Join the 2021-2022 UCGHI GloCal Health Fellowship Programme
He has been selected for this fellowship based on a review conducted by members of the GloCal Leadership Group and Steering Committee.
University of Zimbabwe Clinical Research Centre: Dr Vivian Mumbiro
Dr Vivian Mumbiro is the team leader for screening, recruitment, and follow-up medical management of EMPIRICAL participants during and after hospital admission, at the University of Zimbabwe Clinical Research Centre.
Manhiça Health Research Centre: Eugenia Bilana
Eugenia Bilana is a member of EMPIRICAL in Manhiça and deals with the consent forms related to the IMTs and organizes and controls the material that will be used to carry out IMTs.
Leveraging the COVID-19 response to end preventable child deaths from pneumonia
The world has been reminded of the toll of pneumonia as countries struggle to control the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 has claimed more than 1 million lives so far in 2020,1 but other infectious diseases have caused pneumonia-related mortality for decades.
