The Multilink Consortium
The Multilink Consortium is a UK National Institute for Health & Care Research, (NIHR) which is a funded programme administered through Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, (LSTM), along with with five partner organisations.
The clinical trial is being conducted in both Malawi and Tanzania and seeks to design and test a system which identifies patients suffering from multiple chronic diseases, (Multimorbidity), when they seek emergency care in sub-Saharan African hospitals.
The overall aim is to improve early disease treatment, ensuring better follow up to prevent complications, disability and hospital readmission. Thus, improving health related quality of life and survival rates.
The research is funded until August 2025 by the National Institute for Health & Care, (NIHR).
Multimorbidity is increasing in sub-Saharan Africa due to high burdens of infectious disease, such as HIV and rising rates of non-communicable diseases, such as hypertension and diabetes.
The prevalence of Multimorbidity increases as people live longer and can be worsened by HIV and the drugs required to treat it.
Patients frequently delay seeking help until they are severely ill, affecting the poorest people most. This means that emergency departments are key to healthcare delivery and may be targeted to identify sufferers and link them to the most appropriate primary care services for ongoing treatment.
The team will define how Multimorbidity differs from high income countries so that the intervention is locally relevant. The team will then run a clinical trial across both countries.
The leadership team includes, Charity Salima, who are a community group leader, ensuring that patients’ voices are driving the research agenda.
News Articles & Events
Male Early Career Research Excellence Award
"I am delighted and honoured to receive this prestigious Male Early Career Research Excellence Award at the KUHeS 2024 Research Dissemination Conference presided over by the Minister of Health. This award is as result of enormous support I have received from a diverse...
Woman of Substance Award
Dr Mulinda Nyirenda has been recognised as the " Woman of Substance" in Medicine in Malawi for her outstanding contribution and work in the medical field by the Women Doctors Association of Malawi at an awards ceremony hosted by Pan African Learning and Growth...
TRIP TO TANZANIA 10-14 OCTOBER 2022
Dr Felix Limbani and Dr Stephen Spencer visited both Multilink project sites in Tanzania to meet the teams and discuss the project. They met with Dr Hendry Sawe and the team working on Multilink at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) in Dar es...
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Contact Information
Multilink Project
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Pembroke Place
Liverpool
Merseyside
L3 5QA
UK
