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Clinical Research Education and Management Services (CREAMS) Ltd

CREAMS. Clinical Research Education and Management Services (CREAMS) Ltd. About CREAMS. CREAMS. Company registered in Malawi (under Companies Act 46:03, section 14) in December 2011

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Clinical Research Education and Management Services (CREAMS) Ltd

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  1. CREAMS Clinical Research Education and Management Services (CREAMS) Ltd

  2. About CREAMS CREAMS • Company registered in Malawi (under Companies Act 46:03, section 14) in December 2011 • Mission: To act as a major partner in shaping the research policy, technical and scientific environment that will enable the public and private health sectors in Malawi to capably participate in and effectively contribute to ongoing high quality medical research for generation of evidence in the fight against clinical and public health problems

  3. Operational structure CREAMS International Advisors • Local consultants: • Public Health • Statistician • Epidemiologist • Health economics • Social sciences Board of Directors (3) Office (Lilongwe) SERVICES

  4. Services CREAMS • Research training • Research methodology • Grant writing • Research Ethics • Publication of results • Higher education degrees Study design Research capacity needs assessment and implementation CREAMS Conduct of research Procurement and distribution of research equipment and consumables Public Private Sector Coordination Research database development

  5. Intended outcomes CREAMS • Changing how research is done: • Accessible and affordable research training • Involvement of private sector in research • Better Private-Public sector coordination • Improved personal and institutional research capacity • More international collaborative research opportunities • Accessible data base of research conducted in Malawi for meta-analysis and policy formulation

  6. Recent activities CREAMS • Interactive website that point users to various online research training opportunities • Malawi bibliographic database: • First of its kind in Malawi • 2500 abstracts of health research ever conduct in Malawi by 6000 authors • Free access abstracts but not full articles • Joint research applications with local partners • WHO TDR (September 2012) • Canadian Grand Challenges (September 2012)

  7. Thanks CREAMS • Partners: • MoH (Dr Damson Kathyola) • Commission of Science and Technology (Dr MathildaChithila) • Malawi College of Health Science (Mr Dennis Simango) • Kamuzu College of Nursing (Dr Alfred Maluwa) • Individuals: • Dr Thomas Nyirenda • Dr Peter Nyasulu • Dr Edwin Libamba • Dr George Ganiza • Mr Matthews Ngwale • Dr BagreyNgwira

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