LAB-Net trained all sites in the PediCAP studyJanuary 2022 At the end of 2021, LAB-Net provided training on the sampling and microbiology procedures to all five sites taking part in the microbiology sub-study in the Paediatric Community Acquired Pneumonia (PediCAP) project. |
World Pneumonia Day 2021: Every Breath CountsNovember 2021 Every breath counts It’s impossible to ignore the Covid-19 pandemic and how it has gripped the lives of everyone around the world, but it is equally impossible to ignore the thousands of lives that are lost daily to chest infections (pneumonia). |
An Analysis of the global consumption and cost of antibiotics in ChildrenJuly 20, 2021 The PediCAP health economics analysis team presented preliminary results of an analysis to estimate the global consumption and costs of two commonly used antibiotics for managing childhood infections in community settings: amoxicillin and co-amoxiclav. Both are... |
First patient enrolled in PediCAP trialDecembre 17, 2020 On the 7th of December 2020, the PediCAP team at Makerere University at the China-Uganda Friendship Hospital Naguru (Kampala, Uganda) recruited the very first participant into the PediCAP clinical trial ... |
UTH (Lusaka, Zambia) first PediCAP site to obtain all approvalsJune 29, 2020 The UTH team has been working on ethics and regulatory submissions since last December 2019, and thanks to their commitment and to the support of MRC CTU and of Saint George’s University they have received all approvals from the local Ethical Committee, Regulatory and National boards between March and June 2020 ... |
PediCAP Kick-off Meeting in JohannesburgJune 27, 2019 The UTH team has been working on ethics and regulatory submissions since last December 2019, and thanks to their commitment and to the support of MRC CTU and of Saint George’s University they have received all approvals from the local Ethical Committee, Regulatory and National boards between March and June 2020. The start of the PediCAP Project was officially launched with the kick-off meeting held in Johannesburg, South Africa on 29-30 April 2019. All of the 13 European and African institutions and hospitals comprising the PediCAP Consortium, including the 5 recruiting ... |