"Africa’s health in transition" with Prof Kevin Marsh

This is a great video of a talk given at the Oxford Martin School by Professor Kevin Marsh.

Neonatal nursing in Kenya

In this podcast Dr Jacob McKnight talks about his experiences in neonatal nursing delivery and research in Kenya.

Cochrane Crowd

Become a Cochrane citizen scientist. Anyone can join their collaborative volunteer effort.

Clinical ResearchWorkshop - Malawi

The Global Health Network congratulates the Zuckerbergs on their new health initiative

Please see this Sky News interview where we were asked by Sky News to comment on the announcement about this bold vision to tackle all diseases.

Careers in Global Health

Looking for a job in global health? A 4 part series that takes a look at what you need to do to get your career in global health off to a good start.

eSeminar: Research papers that make a difference: discussing research waste, reproducibility and impact

Dr Iveta Seimer, Deputy Director of the UK EQUATOR Centre, discusses research waste, reproducibility, and how to use reporting guidelines to make an impact. Poor reporting seriously affects the integrity of health research literature and critically limits the use and impact of published studies.

"Burnout" in a clinical research trial environment

Annual Meeting of the South African Regional Faculty

Como escribir solicitudes para Fondos o Apoyos (Also available in English)

Las solicitudes para fondos o apoyos difieren substancialmente dependiendo de la organización a la que se esté aplicando, ya que cada una de ellas tiene sus propios objetivos organizacionales, los cuales es importante entender cuando se está considerando a que fondo o apoyo aplicar. En este artículo ofrecemos consejos prácticos e información para escribir solicitudes para fondos o apoyos, los cuales pueden ser aplicados a solicitudes de todo tipo, desde becas hasta solicitudes para financiamientos grandes.

A Guide to Grant Writing (available in English and Spanish)

Grant applications differ substantially depending on the individual funding organisation, and each funding organisation has its own organisational aims, which are important to understand when you are considering which grant to apply to. In this article we provide practical tips and information for writing grant applications, which can be applied to grant applications of all sorts, from fellowships to large funding applications.

Research Administration and Grant Management

Links to resources provided by iRIM (the Initiative on Research and Innovation Management) - free online presentations and tutorials relating to how to manage grants and perform administration of clinical research projects effectively.

Barriers and Suggested Facilitators to the Implementation of Best Practice: An Integrative Review.

26 studies were reviewed to identify barriers and facilitators for Research Utilisation in nursing practice.

Workshop report: 'Recent Trends and Career Development in Clinical Research in India' - 19 Nov 2014

A workshop on “Recent Trends and Career Development in Clinical Research –INDIA”, was organized at Bhaskara Auditorium on 19th November 2014 by SAMSKARA, a Non Profit Organization based at Hyderabad and The Global Health Network for the first time in Telangana.   

Intent to stay in the Nursing Profession and associated factors among nurses in Ethiopia

Developing a Culture to Facilitate Research Capacity Building for Clinical Nurse Consultants in Generalist Paediatric Practice

Writing and Publishing in Research: AuthorAid

AuthorAid is a great online tool whose aim is to support developing country researchers in publishing their work.

Five keys to improving research costing in low- and middle-income countries

ESSENCE on Health Research have created a good practice document on research costing. It includes a review of the funding practices related to the definition and funding of direct and indirect costs. 

Implementation Research in Health: A Practical Guide from the WHO

This guide, developed by the WHO and released in December 2013, aims to facilitate implementation research in LMICs.

A template for writing a research protocol

D Groups Webinar: E Forums for Health and Development Professionsls

Presentations from D Groups

IV Therapy

Pedagogy is a US provider of Continuing Education for Nurses. They have produced posters that can be downloaded, showing recent guidlines in the management of Intra Venous therapy.

3 workshops in South India co-hosted by Global Research Nurses' network

An account of 3 skills sharing workshops in South India.

PRISMA for Abstracts: Reporting Systematic Reviews in Journal and Conference Abstracts

Despite published guidance on writing the abstract in the PRISMA Statement guiding the reporting of systematic reviews in general and elsewhere, evaluations show that reporting of systematic reviews in journal and conference abstracts is poor. Teh authors developed consensus-based reporting guidelines as an extension to the PRISMA Statement on good reporting of systematic reviews and meta-analyses in abstracts.

Guidelines for an Integrated Approach to the Nutritional care of HIV-infected children

We share the WHO 2009 guideline that provides a framework for integrating nutrition support into the routine care of HIV-infected children (6 months-14 years). HIV-infected children deserve special attention because of their additional needs to ensure growth and development and their dependency on adults for adequate care including nutrition care and support for treatment. Vertical implementation of HIV programmes, such as PMTCT and ART, have resulted in missed opportunities to gain synergy with other existing services.

Community based supplementary feeding for promoting child growth-The Guideline

Research Reporting Criteria

Research reporting guidelines are standard statements that provide guidance on how to report research methodology and findings. These are in the form of checklists, flow diagrams or texts. Most of the biomedical journals require authors to comply with these guidelines. Guidelines are available for reporting various study designs:

• CONSORT Statement (reporting of randomized controlled trials)
• STARD (reporting of diagnostic accuracy studies)
• STROBE (reporting of observational studies in epidemiology)
• PRISMA (reporting of systematic reviews)
• MOOSE (reporting of meta-analyses of observational studies)

Downloadable Templates and Tools for Clinical Research

A range of downloadable templates and tools for Clinical Research, including monitoring checklists, budget spreadsheets, informed consent forms, SOPs and so on.

Postpartum haemorrhage and the WOMAN Trial

This editorial describes the work of the WOMAN trial about post partum bleeding, and invites the participation of obstetricians, midwives and nurses from around the world to join an international collaborative effort to identify safe and effective treatments for post partum haemorrhage.

Informed Consent Templates

A set of 4 consent templates for clinical trials, interview studies, observation studies and sampling only studies.

A general introduction to Biomedical Research Ethics

This article was written by a researcher from Sri Lanka and presents a very helpful overview on Biomedical Ethics. This article will be helpful to all levels of research staff and others who might want an accessible overview

Safety Reporting

Considerations for pharmacovigilance and safety reporting.