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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.

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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 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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