By Oduor Alvin
The World Health Organization (WHO) Global Tuberculosis Programme is set to launch a new online platform to track progress in the development of new treatment regimens, vaccines as well as operational research projects designed to upgrade TB prevention, treatment and care.
According to a statement released by Global Tuberculosis programme, TB research tracker will serve as a single access point consolidating the latest information on TB clinical trials and operational research studies. The users will have a privilege to search and filter the information by date, content, title, relevance and type of study.
“We are excited to launch this new initiative. The TB research tracker will keep all the TB stakeholders up-to-date on the progress in TB research and facilitate sharing of critical information,” said Dr. Tereza Kasaeva, Director of the Global TB Programme.
In addition to that, the TB research tracker will compile and combine the information that is available from several existing platforms for the clinical trials and all information available from ongoing operational research studies. Researchers, national TB programmes, donors and technical agencies will be periodically communicated to so as to ensure the timely update of the platform.
The TB research tracker can be accessed at https://tbtrialtrack.who.int/ and via the WHO TB Knowledge Sharing Platform.
