[Sylvia]

Many  thanks to the GPP  team! Anne & Jessica, thanks for being their for us. The  training  has reinforced our understanding  about GPP guidelines and more so how to engage different stakeholders  at different levels.

[Sylvia]

In our communities we have not yet encountered  this kind of protests that affect study participants in relation to recruitment and retention.  But i agree with my colleagues  that we need a management plan  to mitigate such unforeseen  cases.  Back in our communities we were affected with floods and the roads were cut off. Participants were resettled in different areas by the government,  but as a site we redesigned our strategies to ensure participant safety  by closing working government officials.

[Sylvia]

Yes the increased drug use in our communities  has impacted the way we engage the young people; in a sense that a lot of multidisciplinary approaches have been devised by different NGO’s. Many NGO’s are struggling to find out why the young people are using drugs? So if the  issue is  of unemployment; then they have  tried  to come up with  capacity building trainings to improve on their skills  and sustainable livelihood programs that can help to change their mindset towards  drug

[Sylvia]

Thanks  for the  information

[Sylvia]

What if we engage them through giving them  some responsibilities( May be on CAB).  I imagine this may give a platform for the study staff  to deal with the may be existing myths and misconception. Once they are brought on board,  then it   levels the ground for other  trials in the community

[Sylvia]

I agree that it important to involve them in developing messages throughout the whole cycle of the trial

[Sylvia]

I agree that it important to involve the  stakeholders in developing key messages  for the trial  because it gives  them an opportunity to own the study. Thus they will be even more  supportive  during   result dissemination, no matter the outcome.

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