ICMR invites research proposals to address COVID-19 in low and middle income countries

ICMR invites research proposals to address COVID-19 in low and middle income countries
Neethikrishna, Mumbai
Monday, June 8, 2020, 08:00 Hrs [IST]
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has invited research proposals addressing COVID-19 in low- and middle income countries (LMICs). This research programme is supported by National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).

The purpose of the call is on understanding the pandemic and mitigating its health impacts in low and middle-income countries (LMIC) contexts.

The call specification is based on the WHO COVID-19 Global Research Roadmap priorities identified through a consultative process that involved experts from across the world. In addition, it has taken into consideration the African Academy of Sciences research priorities for COVID-19, and input from external experts, for example DHSC’s Global Health Research Independent Scientific Advisory Group and MRC’s Applied Global Health Research Board.

The focus area of these research proposals are epidemiological studies like identification of groups at/characteristics of increased risk of severe infection, determination of susceptibility of children to COVID-19 and their role in transmission of the disease, whether infected asymptomatic, or infected symptomatic and clinical management like to determine interventions that improve clinical outcomes for COVID-19 infected patients (including viral load, disease and transmissibility, markers of protection) and optimal clinical practice strategies to improve the processes of care (including early diagnosis, discharge criteria, optimal adjuvant therapies for patients and contacts).

It also focuses on infection prevention and control including health care workers’ protection to optimize the effectiveness of personal protective equipment (PPE), its adaptations in resource-poor/crowded environments and its use in reducing the risk of transmission in health care and community settings and for the implementation of research relating to use of diagnostic tests for containing the epidemic.

Other area of these proposals include social sciences and humanities in the outbreak response on how COVID-19 and the health system response that affects the supply and access to other health care provision (such as maternal health, immunisation, routine surgeries, chronic disease care etc); and determining strategies to mitigate this.

UK institutions include UK Higher Education Institutions, Research Council institutes, and eligible Independent Research Organisations (IROs) are eligible for these proposals.

The GECO Health Research call will have three consecutive rounds on June 22, August 10 and September 28, 2020.

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