Antonio Emilia, Alobo Moses, Tufet Bayona Marta, Marsh Kevin, Norton Alice
Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
United Kingdom Collaborative on Development Research, London, NW1 2BE, UK.
AAS Open Res. 2020 Nov 24;3:56. doi: 10.12688/aasopenres.13162.1. eCollection 2020.
: Emerging data from Africa indicates remarkably low numbers of reported COVID-19 deaths despite high levels of disease transmission. However, evolution of these trends as the pandemic progresses remains unknown. More certain are the devastating long-term impacts of the pandemic on health and development evident globally. Research tailored to the unique needs of African countries is crucial. UKCDR and GloPID-R have launched a tracker of funded COVID-19 projects mapped to the WHO research priorities and research priorities of Africa and less-resourced countries and published a baseline analysis of a living systematic review (LSR) of these projects. : In-depth analyses of the baseline LSR for COVID-19 funded research projects in Africa (as of 15th July 2020) to determine the funding landscape and alignment of the projects to research priorities of relevance to Africa. : The limited COVID-19 related research across Africa appears to be supported mainly by international funding, especially from Europe, although with notably limited funding from United States-based funders. At the time of this analysis no research projects funded by an African-based funder were identified in the tracker although there are several active funding calls geared at research in Africa and there may be funding data that has not been made publicly available. Many projects mapped to the WHO research priorities and five particular gaps in research funding were identified, namely: investigating the role of children in COVID-19 transmission; effective modes of community engagement; health systems research; communication of uncertainties surrounding mother-to-child transmission of COVID-19; and identifying ways to promote international cooperation. Capacity strengthening was identified as a dominant theme in funded research project plans. : We found significantly lower funding investments in COVID-19 research in Africa compared to high-income countries, seven months into the pandemic, indicating a paucity of research targeting the research priorities of relevance to Africa.
非洲出现的数据表明，尽管疾病传播水平很高，但报告的新冠死亡病例数却非常低。然而，随着疫情的发展，这些趋势将如何演变仍不得而知。更确定的是，疫情对全球健康和发展产生的毁灭性长期影响。针对非洲国家独特需求开展研究至关重要。英国发展研究合作组织（UKCDR）和全球传染病防范研究合作组织（GloPID-R）推出了一个追踪器，用于跟踪与世界卫生组织研究重点以及非洲和资源较少国家的研究重点相匹配的新冠项目资金，并发布了对这些项目的实时系统综述（LSR）的基线分析。
对非洲新冠资助研究项目的基线LSR进行深入分析（截至2020年7月15日），以确定资金状况以及这些项目与非洲相关研究重点的契合度。
非洲与新冠相关的研究似乎主要由国际资金支持，特别是来自欧洲的资金，不过来自美国资助者的资金明显有限。在本次分析时，追踪器中未发现由非洲资助者资助的研究项目，尽管有几个针对非洲研究的活跃资金征集活动，可能存在尚未公开的资金数据。确定了许多与世界卫生组织研究重点相匹配的项目以及研究资金的五个特定缺口，即：调查儿童在新冠传播中的作用；社区参与的有效模式；卫生系统研究；关于新冠母婴传播不确定性的沟通；以及确定促进国际合作的方法。能力建设被确定为资助研究项目计划中的一个主导主题。
我们发现，在疫情爆发七个月后，与高收入国家相比，非洲在新冠研究方面的资金投入明显较低，这表明针对非洲相关研究重点的研究匮乏。
