Interview of Prof. Philippe Guérin, Director of the Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO)

In this interview, Dr Nathalie Strub-Wourgaft, Director of Neglected Tropical Diseases at DNDi, explains what the COVID 19 Clinical Research Coalition is and how it can help COVID-19 researchers.

In this Comment published in The Lancet, the members of the coalition argue that international research collaboration and coordination is needed urgently to support African, Latin American, Eastern European, and certain Asian countries to respond effectively to the worsening pandemic and speed up research adapted to resource-limited settings.