Recently one of TASK’s laboratory technologists presented a slide show on “the role of the laboratory in clinical research” to an enthusiastic audience of Community Advisory Board (CAB) members. The CAB where eager to learn and ask questions, this to relay information back to the communities in which they serve. This is their critical and primary…
🎗The day started with a Commemoration programme at Delft CHC. Talks by HIV & AIDS Activists, Health Professionals before a moment of silence and a candlelight ceremony to remember those who have passed on because of AIDS. 🎗 The second part was to get into the community and encourage them to know their status and…
TASK joined the community at the Delft Community Health Center OPEN Day. The first activity of the day was a fun walk where the community and all stakeholders walked to bring awareness.
The Mfuleni township population is growing each year. Most of the community members are unable to go to their local clinic because it either too far or they are always at work. CAB saw the need to bring this closer to the community and engage with them on different topics about Tuberculosis, TB research, HIV…
TASK was nominated at the Tygerberg Community Awards for “Most valuable NGO 2019”.
– Final analysis of phase IIb study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine and presented at the 50th Union World Conference on Lung Health.
– Final results confirm the innovative TB candidate vaccine’s efficacy level and acceptable safety profile in three-year clinical trial conducted in sub-Saharan African regions.
Recently we hosted Dr Nyanda Elias Ntinginya from NIMR – Mbeya Medical Research Centre, Tanzania and Dr Stellah Mpagama from Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre Moshi, Tanzania. They traveled to TASK in an effort to discuss opportunities for future collaboration between the organisations. They are pictured here in TASK’s canteen with Duncan McDonald, Dr Elana Van…
Recently TASK investigator Dr Caryn Upton traveled to Dallas, Texas in the United States to attend the annual American Thoracic Society conference to present a poster on a case report. The case presented was regarding a patient enrolled on a clinical trial with asymptomatic TB in the brain who appears to have been successfully treated…
When a CAB member visited TASK HQ last year, She loved the facility and thought it would be great to invite the learners to see and learn about Clinical Research. She had to organise and get the buses and transport sponsored. She contacted Vela, the community Engagement Officer regarding a visit to the building. The…
Recently TASK Academy, a specific group of staff within the larger company focused on training and skills development, presented on “Implementing Good Clinical Practice at the (trial) site”. This during the kick-off meeting of the European-Latin American TB research collaboration network (EUSAT-RCS), held at the Radboud university medical centre, Nijmegen, the Kingdom of the Netherlands.…