The global research community requires the correct research of COVID-19 in the right place.

NEW YEAR-OLD - A report has been released calling for the use of research evidence on the best implementation of public health interventions in different global settingsIn the absence of vaccines and community treatment, we rely on public health measures to stop the epidemicFrom how to implement social distance in informal urban settlements to how to gain trust in the communityThere is a clear need for further understandingThe Results of a global study published by the Global Health Network, the African Academy of Sciences and the British Cooperative Centre for Development Research are to determine what remaining research focuses and whether they are globally the sameA peer-reviewed report on the data has just been published in the recent journal Nature, which also reports on the full outlookPhoto Source: Time for research during an outbreak is limitedScientists and researchers around the world work quickly to improve understandingBut as the pandemic accelerates and spreads to new areas, there are still many unknownsThe benefits of different studies that need to be conducted on a global scale and whose evidence must be tailored to different contexts must be fair and widely availableJust before the pandemic was declared pandemic, the World Health Organization developed a road map after a meeting in the month that set out the focus of the studyIt is important to assess whether these priorities still exist and whether they are the same for all types of communities and health-care institutions at this stage of the evolution of new diseases around the world, and conducted an online survey and conducted a series of seminars on behalf of researchers in all regions of the World Health Organization to be able to sort out research issues and identify new issues that need to be addressed within their health-care environments and communities to mitigate this and future epidemicsThe results from the contributions of several health workers and researchers indicate that the global research community supports the existing WHO road map but strongly calls for areas of greater attention and new priorities, especially in resource-poor environmentsThe results show that there is evidence of the relative effectiveness and optimal implementation of public health interventions in different global contextsStudy participants explained how they needed data to show when and how best to implement social distances in urban informal settlements where families shared limited sanitation facilitiesAnother clear priority is a better understanding of how to gain community trust and mitigate rumors about the impact of existing diseases in the community and to explore ethical issues for research during pandemics"There are few and aless of registered clinical trials in low- and middle-income countries worldwide," said Professor Global Health Network DirectorThis is a global pandemic we need to ensure that research is carried out where it appears in order to benefit equitably from the evidence and to ensure that we, as a global research community, address this issue togetherWe also need to ensure that the entire scope of research required is funded and focused in order to address all remaining issuesWe have only one chance to answer these questions and we still need urgent data to solve each country's problems"Our goal is to ensure that Governments and other stakeholders have the necessary evidence to quickly identify and respond to the areas of greatest concern, particularly in Africa, where resources are limited," said the project manager for the African Academy of Sciences' African Challenge"Given the very different circumstances currently being addressed around the world, understanding whether the global focus of research is applicable at the local level is key to ensuring where financial flows are neededWe hope that global research funders will be able to effectively use this more current perspective on the existence of research gaps to meet these priorities with greater coordination() References: :