Africa s need for more COVID-19 clinical trials thelancet.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thelancet.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
"The need for accurate and culturally sensitive communication with relevant community stakeholders about a trial is widely recognised as a critical preliminary step in the research process." The growing number of clinical trials around emerging diseases has sparked calls for improved community engagement (CE), especially in emergency situations.
Renewed hope: True Sickle Cell foundation to the rescue
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24/05/2021 - 16:37 A young woman walks in Kibera, Kenya, in front of a mural on fighting the Covid-19 pandemic REUTERS/Baz Ratner Text by: Victor Moturi 4 min A group of young Kenyan slum dwellers with sickle cell disease have come together to form a self-help foundation for procuring medicine during the Covid-19 pandemic. Advertising Read more
The pandemic has created a shortage of vital medicines necessary for treating the chronic congenital disorder, which causes a depletion of healthy red blood cells to transport oxygen throughout the body.
“The drugs are very expensive. Ten tablets are 7,000 Kenya shillings, over 50 euros, so I had to go without medication. I just had to drink water, get fruits and eat a lot of vegetables, says Valentine Bramz, 21, a sickle cell sufferer.