The Clinical Research Initiative for Global Health

Supporting international collaboration on clinical research

CRIGH aims to optimise clinical research programmes, develop global standards on clinical research, promote the take-up of innovative methodology and technologies, and encourage international cooperation to rapidly and efficiently respond to global health challenges

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Recommendations for promoting international multi‐site clinical trials—from a viewpoint of ethics review

This paper presents the findings of a survey to understand differences in ethics review systems, and recommends ways to overcome obstacles and facilitate ethical, international, collaborative health research and clinical trials.

This work was led by the CRIGH Research Bioethics project, co-chaired by the Council on Health Research for Development (COHRED), National Cancer Center Japan, and National Institutes of Health. 

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Money & Microbes: Strengthening clinical research capacity to prevent epidemics

This work is a product of the staff of The World Bank with external contributions. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this work do not necessarily reflect the views of The World Bank, its Board of Executive Directors, or the governments they represent.
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Improving the normalization of complex interventions: part 2 - validation of the NoMAD instrument for assessing implementation work based on normalization process theory (NPT)

Understanding and measuring implementation processes is a key challenge for implementation
researchers. This study draws on Normalization Process Theory (NPT) to develop an instrument that can be applied to assess, monitor or measure factors likely to affect normalization from the perspective of implementation participants.

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News

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CRIGH General Assembly 2023
September 27, 2023

CRIGH is very pleased to announce that the next CRIGH General Assembly will be organised as a hybrid event from 10-15 on Tuesday 7 November 2023 in Paris (France). This event will be organised as a side-event at the EDCTP Forum, which is held in the same venue and will start right after the CRIGH General Assembly.

The CRIGH General Assembly will be held at the Palais des Congrès de Paris in Paris (France), and unites representatives from the global Clinical Research community. The CRIGH Secretary Board has drafted an agenda with keynotes, CRIGH updates and achievements, Regional activities, Work Package presentations, and a presentation / discussion on WHO's WHA 75.8 Resolution. The final agenda will be published shortly.

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EDCTP Forum 2023
September 27, 2023

EDCTP logoThe European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) is organising the eleventh EDCTP Forum from 7-10 November 2023. The Forum will take place at the Palais des Congrès de Paris in Paris (France), and this year’s theme is ‘Partnering for Global Health Research Innovation and Impact in Africa – Celebrating EDCTP: two decades and beyond’. For any further information on the EDCTP Forum, please visit the special website. 

CRIGH is organising its General Assembly back-to-back with the EDCTP event, in the same venue, from 10-15 on Tuesday 7 November.

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Events

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EUPATI Fundamentals training
14/11/2023 & 15/11/2023

EUPATI logoEUPATI (European Patients’ Academy on Therapeutic Innovation)

Description: The EUPATI Fundamentals training aims to ensure the acceleration of effective patient engagement in Europe and across the world in medicines R&D and other health technologies. These trainings are designed for people working in academia and the pharmaceutical industry, and are both online and face-to-face trainings.

Place & Date: Online on 14 and 15 November 2023

Reserve your spot via this registration form.

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