The WHO Global Clinical Platform for COVID-19
Global understanding of the natural history of COVID-19, its clinical features, prognostic factors and outcomes remains incomplete. In response, the WHO has created a global clinical platform of patient-level anonymized clinical data. The Platform is a secure, limited-access, password-protected platform hosted on REDCap.
The objectives of the Platform are to:
- Describe the clinical characteristics of COVID-19
- Assess the variations in clinical characteristics of COVID-19
- Identify the association of clinical characteristics of COVID-19 with outcomes
- Describe the temporal trends in clinical characteristics of COVID-19
The WHO invites Member States, health facilities and other entities to participate in the global effort to collect anonymized clinical data relating to suspected or confirmed cases of COVID-19 and contribute data to the WHO Global Clinical Platform.
Countries contributing data to the WHO Platform (September, 2021)
WHO has developed four clinical characterization case report forms (CRF) to standardize data collection of clinical features of COVID-19 among hospitalized patients and among patients experiencing post-COVID-19 condition. The 4 different CRFs include Core, Multi-Inflammatory Syndrome in children (MIS-C) and Post-COVID-19 condition.
We have just launched the data collection for the CRF focusing on the Post-COVID Condition of hospitalized and non-hospitalized patients, kindly click here to contribute data.
WHO Reports of clinical characterization of COVID-19 patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19
The WHO Platform will publish periodic official reports presenting information on the clinical characteristics of COVID-19, to inform clinical management guidelines and optimize public health responses.
Sub-population analysis (e.g. children, pregnant women, populations with co-infections) and reports will be created when possible.
In addition, WHO has developed a Dashboard to allow the dynamic and interactive visualization of the Platform’s data to the public. This dashboard will be updated monthly and further visualizations will be built as more data becomes available.
Data contribution to the WHO Global Clinical Platform
Options to contribute clinical anonymized data
- Directly into the electronic WHO Platform
- Sharing established databases
- From printed paper CRFs, with data entered in the WHO Platform thereafter.
Steps to contribute to the platform
- Create your profile by registering
- Review Terms of Use
- After a few days, you will receive an email with the login credentials to access the WHO Platform, or, if you are sharing an established database, additional instructions to contribute data.
Additional resources
- Pregnancy module - Statistical analysis plan
For any additional questions, please contact: [email protected]