Caribbean Centre for Health Systems Research and Development

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