Southern Africa Regional Centre

WWARN activities in the Southern Africa region

• Build, pilot test and support antimalarial drug efficacy surveillance such as WWARN Smart Surveillance, particularly in regional initiatives (such as Malaria Elimination 8 (E8) and MOZASWA) and countries (including South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Swaziland, Zanzibar and Madagascar).

• Support capacity building activities with a focus on enhancing data management, including leading the development of the first CDISC Malaria Therapeutic Area User Guide for clinical trials on the treatment of uncomplicated malaria, and the first globally approved Malaria Case Record Form (January 2017), along with other training materials being developed to help implement the malaria standards.

• Lead the WWARN Pharmacology Scientific Group hosted by the University of Cape Town MRC Collaborating Centre for Optimising Antimalarial Therapy (CCOAT), which complements the work of the WWARN Pharmacometrics Scientific Group and WWARN External Quality Analysis Programmes hosted by the Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit in Bangkok.

• Contribute to WWARN multi-disciplinary Scientific and Study Group activities including analyses on drug safety including cardiotoxicity, malaria and HIV co-infection treatment results, and malaria transmission such as single low dose primaquine, and 

• Support partners including The Global Health Network (TGHN) with the Global Pharmacovigilance portal, and the Trials Methodology Research Partnership Global Health Working Group led by Dr Elizabeth Allen.

Become a part of the WWARN community

The Southern Africa Regional Centre invites you to get involved in our activities, including how to create or join a Study Group, participate in advocacy and capacity building activities, or share your ideas for a partner meeting or conference.

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For more information contact: Prof Karen Barnes and Lesley Workman on email karen [dot] barnes [at] wwarn [dot] org or lesley [dot] workman [at] wwarn [dot] org.