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The impact of clinical research activities on communities in rural Africa: the development of the Clinical Research Unit of Nanoro (CRUN) in Burkina Faso

Overview of attention for article published in Malaria Journal, March 2014
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Title
The impact of clinical research activities on communities in rural Africa: the development of the Clinical Research Unit of Nanoro (CRUN) in Burkina Faso
Published in
Malaria Journal, March 2014
DOI 10.1186/1475-2875-13-113
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Authors

Halidou Tinto, Innocent Valea, Hermann Sorgho, Marc Christian Tahita, Maminata Traore, Biébo Bihoun, Issa Guiraud, Hervé Kpoda, Jérémi Rouamba, Sayouba Ouédraogo, Palpouguini Lompo, Sandrine Yara, William Kabore, Jean-Bosco Ouédraogo, Robert Tinga Guiguemdé, Fred N Binka, Bernhards Ogutu

Abstract

The opportunities for developing new drugs and vaccines for malaria control look brighter now than ten years ago. However, there are few places in sub-Saharan Africa with the necessary infrastructure and expertise to support such research in compliance to international standards of clinical research (ICH-GCP). The Clinical Research Unit of Nanoro (CRUN) was founded in 2008 to provide a much-needed GCP-compliant clinical trial platform for an imminent large-scale Phase 3 malaria vaccine trial. A dynamic approach was used that entailed developing the required infrastructure and human resources, while engaging local communities in the process as key stakeholders. This provided a better understanding and ownership of the research activities by the local population.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Burkina Faso 2 2%
Switzerland 1 1%
Indonesia 1 1%
Kenya 1 1%
India 1 1%
United Kingdom 1 1%
Belgium 1 1%
United States 1 1%
Unknown 83 90%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 19 21%
Student > Ph. D. Student 15 16%
Student > Master 12 13%
Other 7 8%
Librarian 6 7%
Other 18 20%
Unknown 15 16%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 18 20%
Social Sciences 13 14%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 12 13%
Nursing and Health Professions 10 11%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 4 4%
Other 13 14%
Unknown 22 24%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 21 February 2023.
All research outputs
#13,284,571
of 23,402,852 outputs
Outputs from Malaria Journal
#3,230
of 5,666 outputs
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#106,390
of 225,052 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Malaria Journal
#45
of 93 outputs
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