Suubi4Cancer seeks to identify confirmed and suspected cancer cases among a cohort of more than 3,000 youth living with HIV/AIDS in Uganda. This month the team continued to work on data cleaning and preparing for the upcoming clinical trial phase. The team is also preparing a publication which details the prevalence of cancer cases in our study cohort. On February 14, ICHAD Student Research Assistant, Abass Babatunde presented a poster entitled “Using REDCap for Data Collection in Resource Poor Settings” at the 3rd Annual Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences Symposium and Poster Session at Washington University in St. Louis. Overall, the conclusion of the presentation was that despite some challenges around local server requirements, REDCap has proved to be an effective data collection tool for use in resource-poor settings in the greater Masaka region, Uganda. Health facilities in this region commonly use paper-based records and are often characterized by unreliable internet connections.
