African critical care registry network for pandemic surveillance, clinical management and research.

Key facts

Disease
COVID-19
Start & end year
2020
2020
Known Financial Commitments (USD)
$1,435,667.71
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
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
Research Priority Alignment
N/A

Research Category
Pathogen: natural history, transmission and diagnostics
Research Subcategory
Pathogen morphology, shedding & natural history
Special Interest Tags
N/A
Study Type
Non-Clinical
Clinical Trial Details
N/A
Broad Policy Alignment
Pending
Age Group
Not Applicable
Vulnerable Population
Not applicable
Occupations of Interest
Not applicable

Abstract

MRC GECO COVID award looking at the African critical care registry network for pandemic surveillance, clinical management and research. Our group of LMIC based co-investigators and project partners from established critical care and pandemic networks aims to address the knowledge gaps that exist regarding the natural history and clinical course of COVID-19 related critical illness in seven African countries - Ethiopia, Kenya, Namibia, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. COVID-19