TAMANEWSLETTER
Vaccine trial recruitment finishes in record time
The
Gambia
Unit
TAMA: Wolof.
n.
a talking drum
VOL: 11 ISSUE: 03 / 2012
The
Gambia
Unit
continued on 08
Medical Research Council Unit, The Gambia
Gambia’s TB prevalence survey...
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TAMANEWSLETTER
Vaccine trial recruitment finishes in record time
The
Gambia
Unit
TAMA: Wolof.
n.
a talking drum
VOL: 11 ISSUE: 03 / 2012
The
Gambia
Unit
continued on 08
Medical Research Council Unit, The Gambia
Gambia’s TB prevalence survey
takes off
The Gambia Survey of Tuberculosis
Prevalence (GAMSTEP) is a country
wide survey which sets out to establish
an accurate baseline measurement of
the burden of TB in The Gambia.
The
recent official launch of GAMSTEP
took place in Banjul, attended by the
Minister of Health, senior Gambia
Government
officials and
MRC staff.
continued on 04
Clinical trials are studies in which the safety, tolerance and effectiveness of
an intervention are assessed in humans.
Because these interventions are
novel and the assessment requires rigorous and frequent clinic attendance,
recruitment of study participants is usually the major limitation.
In some
cases, a delay in the recruitment process may result in trials cost
Less
