Global health leaders will meet for three days to discuss what's been learnt from coved 19. Coved 19 is a stress test that revealed the flaws in systems that produce says ely ackle, an internal medicine specialist and clinical epidemiologist at the american university of beyrout. Many physicians point to the united kingdom's recovery trial as exemplary in showing how quick action and simple protocols make it possible to conduct a large clinical trial in a crisis.
A deluge of trials has stress-tested the systems that produce evidence.
Around the world, researchers have raced to test therapies to treat COVID-19. The speed and urgency of this task has revealed both the weaknesses in the collection and use of research-based evidence, and how well-run trials have helped save lives.
This is an audio version of our feature: How COVID broke the evidence pipeline
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.