Suppression of epidemics cannot rely solely on the hope of effective vaccines and/or medical treatment: we need a "Plan B" of effective behavioural, environmental, social and systems interventions (BESSI) to reduce transmission.
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The BESSI Collaboration aim to provide information about planned and completed research into reducing SARS-CoV-2 transmission, and facilitate both novel and replication research.
Weekly score card of controlled trials*
Updated: 20/11/2020
Many types of research are needed; the scorecard focuses on trials as one snapshot of current research. Data derived from Epistomonikas L-OVE website using the procedure, education and social distancing question filters and COVID-19 population filter.
BESSI
Given the Covid-19 pandemic is likely to be around to at least mid-2021 (potentially followed by seasonal outbreaks) - even if a vaccine or effective treatments are developed - it is imperative to address BESSI evidence gaps now and to develop longer-term research priorities and processes to improve evidence about BESSInterventions to prevent and manage future infectious disease outbreaks.
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BESSI Research Strategy
We aim to foster research synthesis, prioritization, piloting, and field trials in collaboration with health organisations, policy makers, communities, and a range of researchers relevant to BESSI (so Figure below).
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What is BESSI's aim? A 5 minute video explains:
Protocols
We aim to provide public protocols of BESSI trials that may be used or adapted to help with replication and additional research.
Collaborators
