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TRREE ONLINE TRAINING PROJECT:
MAPPING ITS FIRST TWO YEARS.
Dr Jerome ATEUDJIEU, MD, MPH, Marie Hirtle, Prof. Dominique
Sprumont & TRREE Team.
The 6th EDCTP Forum, 9 - 12 October 2011, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
TRREE for Africa
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WHO
TRREE stands for TRAINING AND RESOURCES IN RESEARCH ETHICS EVALUATION
TRREE is a consortium of partners brought together in 2006
from African and developed countries working together
for the promotion of high quality of research and the protection of research participants in Africa.
TRREE for Africa
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TRREE: the team
CoordinatorDominique Sprumont (Institute of Health Law,
University of Neuchatel, Switzerland)
Project Coordinator for AfricaJérôme Ateudjieu (Division de la recherche
opérationnelle en santé, Ministère de la santé
publique, Yaoundé/Département des sciences
biomédicales, Université de Dschang, Cameroon)
ManagerMarie Hirtle (Biotika, Canada)
Working Group:Clement Adebamowo (West African Bioethics,
Nigeria)
Ogobara Doumbo (Malaria Research and Training
Centre, Mali)
Wen Kilama (African Malaria Network Trust,
Tanzania)
Eusebio Macete (Manhiça Health Research Center,
Mozambique)
Peter Ndumbe (Centre for the Study and Control
of Communicable Diseases, Cameroon)
Samba Cor Sarr (Comité national d'éthique pour
la recherche en santé, CNERS, Sénégal)
Aïssatou Toure (Institut Pasteur de Dakar,
Sénégal)
Advisory Board:Charles Becker (CNERS, Sénégal - Centre
d'études africaines, Paris)
Marie-Charlotte Bouësseau (World Health
Organization)
Dirk Lanzerath (German Reference Centre for
Ethics and Life Sciences, Germany)
Marcel Tanner (Swiss Tropical and Public Health
Institute, Switzerland)
Douglas Wassenaar (South African Research
Ethics Training Initiative, South Africa)
John R. Williams (Canada)
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TRREE: the team
Collaborators
Oluwatoyin Akintola (West African Bioethics Training
Program, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria)
Cédric Baume (Institut de droit de la santé, Suisse)
Juliane Geldermann (Institut für Medizinrecht,
IMGB, Germany)
Joyce Ikingura (National Institute for Medical
Research, Tanzania)
Clarence Kipobota (Legal and Human Rights
Centre, Tanzania)
Jadesola Lokulo-Sodipe (West African Bioethics
Training Program, University of Ibadan, Ibadan,
Nigeria)
Sébastien Lormeau (Méridium Technologies,
Canada)
Teresa Machai (Manhiça Health Research Center,
Mozambique)
Mamadou Marouf Keita (Mali)
Orquidea Massarongo (Mozambique)
Alassane Niaré (Malaria Research and Training
Centre, Mali)
Aceme Nyika (African Malaria Network Trust,
Tanzania)
Marcus Oehlrich (Institut für Medizinrecht, IMGB,
Germany)
Christian Schmidt (Institut für Medizinrecht,
IMGB, Germany)
Esperanca Sevene (Mozambique)
Nivedhna Singh (University of KwaZulu-Natal
Pietermaritzburg, South Africa-2011)
Armindo Tiago (Mozambique)
Jochen Taupitz (Institut für Medizinrecht, IMGB,
Germany)
Experts
Dirce Guilhem (Universidade de Brasília, Brasil)
Clarence Kipobota (Tanzania)
Jean-François Perret (Université de Neuchâtel,
Suisse)
Godfrey B. Tangwa (University of Yaoundé I,
Cameroon)
Karen Weisbaum (Canada)
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TRREE: Partners and funders
EDCTP European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership
Swiss academy of medical sciences
Commission for Research Partnerships with Developing Countries
The Swiss National Science Foundation
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
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TRREE: What
Training and Resources in
Research Ethics Evaluation
Is a web based training and capacity building initiative
e-Learning
e-Resources
Provided in 4 languages: English, French Portuguese
and German
Freely available
Open code software
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TRREE: Main Steps
make available communication tools (2007) (www.trree.org )
conduct a survey of existing resources (2007-2008)
assess and prioritise training needs (2008)
identify training objectives (2008)
draft tailored training material (2008)
provide online e-training and e-resources (2009)
– Module 1 Introduction, module 2 Ethical Review, Module 3 national
regulation (Mali, Cameroon, Tanzania, Switzerland)
– English, French, German
Up-dating and up-grading the e-training (2011)
– new module 3 (Senegal, Nigeria, Mozambique, Germany)
– new language: Portuguese
– module 4.1 informed consent
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TRREE- assessing training needs (2007)
Five(/32) top training priority in terms of content:
1. Fundamental principles of ethics
2. Applicable normative framework
3. How to conduct ethics review
4. Evaluating consent processes
5. Role of REC: authority, mandate and responsibilities
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TRREE for Africa
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TRREE Statistics
October 1st, 2011,
103 countries covered,
35873 visits,
1869 subscriptions (with 821 from Africa),
1761 trained participants (with 821 (44%) from Africa, 795 (42%) from Europa, 161 (9%) from America, 76 (4%)from Asia and 16 (1%) from Oceania.
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Progress in the number of participants
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Language and continents distribution
44%
9%
4%
42%
1%
Distribution by continents
Africa America Asia
Europa Oceania
52%36%
12%
0%
Language distribution
English French
German Portugese
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Countries covered by the TRREE project in the world (October 1st, 2011)
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Countries of origin of TRREE participants in AfricaOctober 1st, 2011
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Coming steps
New national modules being developped:
– Burkina Faso
– Ivory Coast
– Portugal
– South Africa
– United Kingdom
– Others in discussion (5-10 in Europe through
EURECNET)
Development of new specific modules (level 4)
– HIV Vaccines Testing (in progress)
– Health Research in North-South Partnership (in planing)
– GCP (in planing)
Actively seeking new partnerships and new funding
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Coming Steps
Join the TRREE community for training
Join TRREE to propose or develop new training modules (national or specific)
Let us know what TRREE can do for you and your networks in terms of elearning and e-resources
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Thank you for you attention
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