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. 2010 Jun 29;4(6):e619.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000619.

Clinical research in resource-limited settings: enhancing research capacity and working together to make trials less complicated

Trudie A Lang  1 , Nicholas J White, Hien Tinh Tran, Jeremy J Farrar, Nicholas P J Day, Raymond Fitzpatrick, Brian J Angus, Emmanuelle Denis, Laura Merson, Phaik Yeong Cheah, Roma Chilengi, Robert Kimutai, Kevin Marsh
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Clinical research in resource-limited settings: enhancing research capacity and working together to make trials less complicated

Trudie A Lang et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. .
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Figure 1
Figure 1. Trials differ in Europe and Africa.
Classification of a random sample of 100 trials for each of five countries in Europe (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom) and Sub-Saharan Africa (Kenya, Mali, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia). Trials in Africa focus predominantly on paediatric populations (A) and infectious disease (B) and are non-industry sponsored (C). Data were abstracted from the ClinicalTrials.gov website in August 2009.
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