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MRC Gambia Unit fund to set up test facilities, increase clinical service capacity, engaging with the community in The Gambia to test for COVID-19

  • Funded by Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
  • Total publications:0 publications

Grant number: GB-GOV-13-GCRF-MR-C-GU-GamPC-19061

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Start & end year

    2020
    2020

  • Known Financial Commitments (USD)

    $742,787.74

  • Funder

    Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)

  • Principal Investigator

    N/A

  • Research Location

    United Kingdom

  • Lead Research Institution

    Medical Research Council (MRC)

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Pathogen: natural history, transmission and diagnostics

  • Research Subcategory

    Diagnostics

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Not applicable

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Unspecified

  • Vulnerable Population

    Unspecified

  • Occupations of Interest

    Unspecified

Abstract

MRC GCRF Award -Testing for COVID-19 on behalf of the Gambia Government, set up testing facilities in our labs in Basse and Keneba, double Clinical Services Capacity in Fajara and Keneba, Provision of PPE, Community Sensitization and community engagement. COVID-19