The Global Health Network webinar: Strengthening trust in science- launch of WHO Good Practices for Clinical Trial Design and Implementation course
The Global Health Network organizes a webinar for the launch of the free, online, self-paced ‘WHO Good Practices for Clinical Trial Design and Implementation’ course.
Date: 4 May 2026
Time: 12:00 – 13:00 BST
Location: Online.
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As a WHO collaborating centre working with WHO’s Science for Health Department, The Global Health Network is pleased to highlight a new core training resource for anyone interested in improving the quality of evidence to support improvements in the health of patients, communities, and populations.
Until now, the cornerstones of clinical trial standards have been ICH guidance, primarily aimed at trials generating data for marketing authorization of investigational medicinal products, alongside the universal ethical principles set out in the Declaration of Helsinki and the more detailed ethical recommendations in the CIOMS/WHO guidelines.
There has until now never been clinical trials guidance from a public health and clinical practice perspective, for those primarily interested in changing clinical practice without a need to submit data to regulators. This would include for non-commercial trials, or pragmatic trials embedded in healthcare.
This gap is now filled with WHO guidance on best practices for clinical trials published in 2024, and now in 2026 an online training course on the design, implementation and reporting of clinical trials, focusing on the key scientific and ethical considerations. The intention is to demystify the concept of clinical trials for a very wide audience, and support the democratization of clinical research in primary care, at all levels of the health systems and for any disease or health condition in any country in the world.
The course is free to access and provides a confirmation of completion certificate. It is delivered via the WHO Academy platform.
The launch event will feature the WHO Chief Scientist, Dr Sylvie Briand, and learners who have already completed the course, and course ambassadors.
Click here to start the course.
