Medical Safety & Global Health
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Department of Neuroepidemiology, Universite De limoges, limoges, France

Publications

• Research Article   
  Research Ethics Committees in Africa and Latin America
  Author(s): Imane Ermich*, Clemence Thebaut, Maelenn Guerchet, Farid Boumediene and Pierre-Marie Preux
  
  Background: Research Ethics Committees (REC) play a crucial function in ensuring the review, commentary, guidance, and approval of research involving humans or animals to protect the dignity, rights, safety, and well-being of study participants. Many low and Middle Income Countries (lMIC) focused considerable attention on developing REC. To date, there is a lack of information on the structure and operating modalities of REC in lMIC. This study describes the functioning of REC in latin America and Africa and compares the situation between the different lMIC under study. Methods: HR Web platform was used to get a general idea of the existing REC, to collect available information, as well as to identify contacts of existing REC. A questionnaire describing modalities of functioning was then sent to the different contacts identified on the website.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2574-0407.22.11.156

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