Drug treatment The Faculty of Medical Sciences at the St Augustine Campus has reviewed the use of drugs for the management of COVID-19 to guide Trinidad and Tobago’s Ministry of Health. Global solidarity clinical trial The UWI is part of the World Health Organisation’s “Solidarity Trial” to investigate the efficacy of potential treatment drugs. Science for policy decisions Researchers and experts from our specialised units and centres are producing models and policy briefs to inform national and regional governments and decision makers. Studies Studies undertaken to support decisions at local and regional levels include • COVID’s psychological impact on workers • Intervention strategies to curb spread • Public health modelling to predict infection and mortality rates of the virus • Behavioural changes needed to halt the spread of viral illness Engineering solutions The Faculties of Engineering at UWI St Augustine and Mona, in collaboration with students, alumni and industry partners, drove national efforts to manufacture ventilators, face shields and other medical equipment to support the COVID-19 response. Hand sanitizer Thousands of litres of hand sanitizer were produced daily by The UWI Mona Campus’ Doctor of Pharmacy programme in collaboration with National Health Fund
and its partners, J. Wray and Nephew Ltd.; Organic Growth Holdings, and Carimed Ltd.
The UWI Cave Hill Campus also produced hand sanitizer for essential workers.
Equipping regional educators to teach online The UWI Open Campus trained more than 2,000 teachers/educators across the region in the use of educational technology for the rapid response delivery of online education. • Close to 600 teachers, community college lecturers and curriculum officers from ministries of education in Barbados and OECS, in association with the Eastern Caribbean Joint Board of Teacher Education. • Over 1,000 personnel from sister campuses and 752 tutors from Open Campus Country Sites in 16 countries.
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