COVID-VE
Study/research: Readying sites to assess effectiveness of vaccines to prevent COVID19 disease in low- and middle-income countries through Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS)
PI/PIS: Professor Nega Assefa/ Professor Anthony
Lead Institution: Haramaya University and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Implementation Year: 2022
Status of the project: completed
Funder: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundations
Project Summary
We propose readying the sites in the CHAMPS platform to perform a subsequent study to assess and monitor the effectiveness of vaccines against disease caused by SARS-CoV-2
The readiness work focused on 4 sets of activities that are needed before a vaccine effectiveness study can be launched: The activities
- Staffing
- protocol development and ethical approval
- partner and facility development
- surveillance strengthening