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Household transmission study protocol
We adapted the CONSISE household transmission study protocol for use in South Africa and found it incredibly helpful to have the template. Some lessons learned: Cannot predict how severe the flu season ...
Introduce yourself
My name is Eeva Broberg and I am a virologist. My background is in biochemistry (MSc), PhD and post-doctoral studies in virology. My research was mainly focused on herpes simplex viruses and ...
Introduce yourself
My name is Ben Cowling, I am an infectious disease epidemiologist with a background in biostatistics. I work at the University of Hong Kong designing and running community-based studies of influenza virus ...
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New Knowledge Hub Launches to Facilitate Uptake and Application of Research Findings into Policy and Practice
The Global Health Network launches the Applying Research to Policy and Practice for Health (ARCH) Knowledge Hub.This Hub aims to ...
“Rethinking Health Care Ethics”: new open access (free download) book from Palgrave Macmillan
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Trials invites you to submit to our new thematic series, ‘Building capacity for evidence informed trial management’. The Editors ...