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http://www.usamrukenya.org/malkombewa.htmThe Muriithi-Wellde Clinical Research Centre (Kombewa) The Muriithi-Wellde Clinical Trial Center (CRC) was initially developed by the US Army Medical Research Unit-Kenya (USAMRU-K) and the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), with other partners, for the study of malaria vaccines and drugs. Since then it has developed into a still growing facility that is capable of conducting regulated clinical trials to evaluate vaccines, drugs, or diagnostic platforms for a variety pathogens found in sub-Saharan Africa.
http://www.kemri-wellcome.org/book/export/html/14The Clinical Trials Facility (CTF) of the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme The Clinical Trials Facility (CTF) of the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme was set up in 2007 to provide a global standard trial centre within the collaborative programme. Based in Kilifi, our role is to work from the point of setting the research question through to analysis and reporting to help ensure all trials run at the unit meet International quality standard. The core aim of using this facility is to enhance the way trials are organised, as an optimum environment for developing highly skilled African trialists.
We have an in-house monitoring team that is trained and with membership to the Institute of Clinical Research and/or Association of Clinical Research Professionals. These are assigned to monitor specific trials. Monitoring ensures all trials comply with ICH-GCP and are thereby being conducted to high ethical standards whilst collecting high quality data.
Some of our trials are externally sponsored and so also receive external monitoring visits from the sponsors. Others are fully in-house trials and for these our monitors provide full cover.
