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Evaluating the progress and impacts of the COG-UK consortium
Feb 15, 2022
The ability to sequence and understand different variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and their impact is crucial to inform policy and public health decisions. RAND Europe evaluated how the COVID-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) Consortium contributed to the pandemic response in the United Kingdom.
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The ability to sequence and understand different variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and their impact is crucial to inform policy and public health decisions. Soon after the UK went into its first lockdown in March 2020, the CCOVID-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) Consortium was launched. COG-UK is a collaboration of experts in pathogen genomics including academic institutions, public health agencies, the Wellcome Sanger Institute, NHS Trusts and Lighthouse Labs. RAND Europe evaluated how COG-UK delivered against its objectives, for example how it contributed to advancing scientific knowledge about SARS-CoV-2, informing public health decisions, and providing information that can be used to evaluate the effectiveness of vaccines and treatments. The evaluation also examined the diverse factors that influenced COG-UK progress and impact, including enablers and challenges, and considered implications for the future.
Chapter One
Background and context
Chapter Two
Evaluation aims and methods
Chapter Three
COG-UK's theory of change and evaluation framework
Chapter Four
COG-UK contributions to the COVID-19 pandemic response: outputs, outcomes and impacts of COG-UK activities
Chapter Five
Influences on COG-UK's activities
Chapter Six
Conclusions and next steps: a sustainable and scalable legacy?
The research described in this report was commissioned by the COVID-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) Consortium and conducted by RAND Europe.
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