Introduction to the ALERRT project
Overview
- ALERRT (African coaLition for Epidemic Research, Response and Training) aims to reduce the public health and socio-economic impact of disease outbreaks in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) by building a sustainable clinical and laboratory research preparedness and response network.
- ALERRT consists of 21 partner organisations from 13 countries (4 European and 9 African).
- ALERRT has been awarded a five-year grant from EDCTP starting on 01 December 2017
Objectives
- To establish a clinical research network that can design and rapidly implement ICH-compliant, high quality, large-scale, multi-site clinical studies in preparation for and response to outbreaks in SSA.
- To establish a laboratory network with the capabilities to provide integrated support to clinical research in preparation for and response to outbreaks in SSA.
- To develop and implement a scalable, GCP-compliant, robust data management/ICT infrastructure suitable for resource-poor settings in SSA.
- To establish a ‘response framework’ that alleviates administrative, regulatory and ethical bottlenecks and ensures ALERRT can act swiftly to initiate research.
- To enhance and maintain the operational research capacity of the ALERRT network by developing and implementing a training and capacity development programme.
- To ensure that the actions of the network are relevant to, accepted and supported by local communities and that the results of the networks’ efforts have a sustainable impact on health through improved clinical practice and public health policy.
- To establish ALERRT as a sustainable SSA network that is linked to international networks and that synergises with, and contributes to, global health-security efforts.
No Institution* |
CODE |
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1 |
University of Oxford |
UOXF |
2 |
Institut de Recherche en Santé de Surveillance Epidémiologique et de Formation |
IRESSEF |
3 |
Uganda National Health Research Organization/ Uganda Virus Research Institute |
UNHRO |
4 |
University of Yaoundé 1 |
UNIYA |
5 |
Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine |
MRC GAMBIA |
6 |
Institut Pasteur Paris, France |
IP France |
7 |
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine |
LSHTM |
8 |
Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp |
ITM |
9 |
Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine |
KNUST |
10 |
Institut Pasteur de Dakar |
IP Dakar |
11 |
Centre Pasteur du Cameroun |
IP Cameroun |
12 |
Institut Pasteur de Madagascar |
IP Madagascar |
13 |
Institut Pasteur de Bangui |
IP Bangui |
14 |
Institut Pasteur de Cote D’Ivoire |
IP Cote d'Ivoire |
15 |
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine |
IC |
16 |
The Alliance for International Medical Action |
ALIMA |
17 |
Bernhard-Nocht-Institut für Tropenmedizin |
BNITM |
18 |
Université Paris Descartes |
UNIParis Desc. |
19 |
Inserm, centre 1219, University of Bordeaux |
Inserm |
20 |
PACCI, ANRS research center in Côte d'Ivoire |
PAC-CI |
21 |
Institut Nationale de Recherche Biomedicale |
INRB |
Partner Networks