Category: Lakana

Updates from the field!

Post author By CVD-Mali
Post date 23/05/2022

CVD-Mali’s Lakana trial is going from strength to strength.

Having started in Kita and expanded to Sagabari and Sefeto, the trial is now entering Koulikoro region and health districts around Kati and Oulessebougou.

We are immensely proud of the work our Lakana teams have done so far – and of the excellent relationships they have built in communities everywhere they have been.

The following video is a brief document of some of the challenges and triumphs they have encountered so far.

It is also a heartfelt thank you to every single member of our teams for their tirelessness and dedication.

The wisdom of the field

Post author By CVD-Mali
Post date 12/11/2020

I have spent a large part of my time during the last three months in the field, in various parts of rural Mali, trying to ensure that CVD-Mali’s large-scale trials are able to get up and running.

I have also been working on our ongoing COVID-19 research projects and, of course, training and developing the skills of a whole host of field workers, whose expertise and knowledge are crucial to every one of these projects.

It has been a challenging time – there is so much to do and working in the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic brings with it an array of problems beyond those we might ordinarily encounter. We have done all that we can to ensure that all our co-workers and study subjects are able to take part in CVD-Mali’s vital healthcare projects without compromising their own health.

Lakana

Lakana commences in Kita!

Post author By CVD-Mali
Post date 15/10/2020

On Thursday, 15 October 2020, CVD-Mali gave the first doses of Lakana study medicine to young participants in Kita.

The Lakana trial, which is being carried out with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, aims to assess the impact azithromycin has on mortality rates in children aged 1-11 months.

The CVD-Mali team have been working tirelessly for many months to make sure that this vitally-important trial can take place and, at last, the first children have been enrolled, and the first doses swallowed !

Administering the very first dose of Lakana study medicine …