Caribbean Centre for Health Systems Research and Development

Highlights

The Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease in Trinidad and Tobago (BOLD-TT) Study

National Eye Survey of Trinidad and Tobago (NESTT)

 

COVID-19 Research Resources

The Caribbean Centre for Health Systems Research and Development continues to provide access to relevant research resources to support our Country and Region during this global pandemic:

Research Evidence and Priorities

• COVID-19: a living systematic map of the evidence
• WHO: Database of publications on coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
• PAHO: COVID-19 guidance and ongoing research in the Americas
• Global Research Roadmap – World Health Organization

Ethical Considerations

• Guidance and strategies to streamline the ethics review and oversight of COVID-19-related research
• Template and operational guidance for the ethics review and oversight of COVID-19-related research 
• Clinical Ethics Recommendations for The Allocation of Intensive Care Treatments, in Exceptional, Resource-Limited Circumstances
• The Toughest Triage — Allocating Ventilators in a Pandemic
• PAHO: Ethics guidance on key issues raised by the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic
• Ethical Framework for Health Care Institutions & Guidelines for Institutional Ethics Services Responding to the Coronavirus Pandemic

Funding Opportunities

• Inter-American Foundation
• National Institutes of Health:
  • Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) regarding the Availability of Urgent Competitive Revisions for Research on the 2019 Novel Coronavirus
  • Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): NIA Availability of Administrative Supplements and Revision Supplements on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
• MIT Solve: Health security and pandemics challenge
• Embassy of the United States, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago:  Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)
• Inter-American Development Bank
• Fast Funding for COVID-19 Science 

Faculty of Medical Sciences - Medical Sciences Library Resources:

• https://libraries.sta.uwi.edu/msl/index.php/about-the-library/covid-19-information-resource

Webinars

• Mc Master University: Expert Perspectives on Pandemics

NEST, BOLD

The Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease in Trinidad and Tobago (BOLD-TT) Study

COPD is an umbrella term to describe a group of chronic lung diseases, including chronic bronchitis or emphysema, that cause limitations in lung airflow. Airflow limitation is due to an inflammatory response of the lungs to inhaled pollutants. The loss of lung function is progressive and not fully reversible. Individuals with COPD have persistent respiratory symptoms, the most common being difficult or laboured breathing, chronic cough, and excessive phlegm production. Without proper management, patients experience exacerbated symptoms, including frequent chest infections. COPD places a heavy burden on society as the disease. [Read more]

National Eye Survey of Trinidad and Tobago (NESTT)

Vision function is classified into 4 broad categories: normal vision; moderate vision impairment; severe vision impairment; and blindness. In 2013-2014 UWI conducted a was a population-based, cross-sectional national eye survey to [Read more]

One Health Project

One Health is all about finding sustainable solutions to interconnected health problems involving people, animals, agriculture and the environment through partnerships and cooperation across sectors. The Caribbean nations are connected by shared waters, culture and climates, yet the distance, diversity and various approaches to governance between nations complicates efforts to promote an integrated, holistic approach to problems. Overcoming this challenge is urgent because of the many significant One Health problems in the region, such as more frequent and more severe tropical storms and hurricanes, water shortages, rises in sea levels, losses of fisheries, increases in mosquito-borne diseases and chronic non-communicable diseases linked to poor nutrition, poverty and environmental pollution. [Read more]

Oral Health Research Unit

The Research Unit within the School of Dentistry will allow for a more focused research agenda and impactful research outcomes. The Unit will be expected to leverage these relationships and partnerships noted above at national, regional and international levels to compound the reach and impact of it research outputs, inclusive of delivering a more integrated and effective outreach programme. [Read more]