COVID-19 FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS IN FOCUS - Key Research capacity strengthening

Here, we present the scope of funded research activities with capacity strengthening as an objective within the COVID-19 pandemic, drawing on evidence from the seventh Funding version of the Living Mapping Review (LMR) of COVID-19 funded research investments projects and the UKCDR/GloPID-R COVID-19 Research Project Tracker. [...] Overall, 54.5% of research capacity strengthening projects involved at least one of the 68 low- and middle-income countries included in this version of the tracker database – with Nigeria, Senegal and Burkina Faso being involved in the greatest number of these projects (10, 9 and 9 projects, respectively). [...] *known funding amounts ukcdr.org.uk I Research Capacity Strengthening 1 Figure 2: Locations of capacity strengthening projects Table 1: Area of focus for Capacity Strengthening projects Area of Capacity Strengthening No. [...] of projects projects Laboratory 45 Research training 30 Clinical management 16 Surveillance 13 Data management 12 Pandemic preparedness 11 Policy response 10 Research focus and WHO research priorities Clinical trials 9 This set of capacity strengthening projects most commonly focused on strengthening laboratory capacity in less-resourced countries followed by strengthening capacity Infection preve. [...] Figure 3: Area of focus of laboratory capacity strengthening projects About the UKCDR/GloPID-R Tracker The UKCDR/GLOPID-R COVID-19 Research Project Tracker (the Tracker) is a live open access database which categorises COVID-19 research activity funded around the world against the WHO research priorities outlined in the WHO Coordinated Research Roadmap.