Health Ombudsman Professor Malegapuru Makgoba has been invited by the US government to be part of the 12-member expert panel of the data and safety monitoring board for the first Covid-19 vaccine clinical trials. | pretorianews
Pretoria - Health Ombudsman Professor Malegapuru Makgoba has been invited to be part of the 12-member expert panel of the data and safety monitoring board for the first Covid-19 vaccine clinical trials.He was invited by the US government to serve on the board as the race to develop a safe and efficacious vaccine races on globally.
Scientists conducting Covid-19 vaccine trials include those at Wits University. The expert panel consists of nine American scientists, physicians, ethicists and biostatisticians, along with three experts from South Africa, Brazil and the UK. The Data and Safety Monitoring Board is responsible for ensuring the safety of participants, the efficacy and the immunogenicity of the candidate vaccine being tested or on trial.The committee is independent of investigators, organisations and institutions conducting the clinical trials.
It has the authority to recommend that a trial be stopped should there be concerns of participant safety. The recommendations of the board will have an enormous impact on the overall global response to the Covid-19 pandemic.“I feel greatly honoured and inspired to be a member of this board,” said Makgoba.** If you think you have been exposed to the Covid-19 virus, please call the 24-hour hotline on 0800 029 999 or visit
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