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
MULTIMORBIDITY RESEARCH IN SUB SAHARAN AFRICA- REGIONAL RETREAT June 2022
The Multilink team attended the retreat which took place on 22 – 24 June 2022 in Blantyre in Malawi as part of the Liverpool Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme. The retreat looked at the 4 themes which included Illness and disease; Population-level health...
MULTILINK LAUNCH MEETING September 2021
The virtual Multilink launch meeting took place on 29 and 30 September 2021 with over 30 delegates involved. Jamie Rylance said ‘The meeting demonstrated the enthusiasm, determination and careful consideration which will make the project succeed. Many thanks to all of...
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Contact Information
Multilink Project
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Pembroke Place
Liverpool
Merseyside
L3 5QA
UK
