Capacity building of ethics review committees across africa based on the results of a comprehensive needs assessment survey

Developing World Bioethics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 149-156

  Nyika, Aceme ^a,b   Kilama, Wenceslaus ^b   Tangwa, Godfrey B ^c   Chilengi, Roma ^b   Tindana, Paulina ^d  

^a AMANET   (Tanzania)

^b African Malaria Network Trust (AMANET)   (Tanzania)

^c University of Yaounde 1 in Cameroon   (Cameroon)

^d NAVRONGO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Africa; Ethics; Research

Indexed keywords

ADVISORY COMMITTEE; AFRICA; ARTICLE; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; WORKLOAD;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; AFRICA; DATA COLLECTION; ETHICAL REVIEW; ETHICS COMMITTEES; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; WORKLOAD;

MELINDA;

EID: 70449637818     PISSN: 14718731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8847.2008.00243.x     Document Type: Article

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12. The AMANET (African Malaria Network Trust) Health Research Ethics (HRE) Discussion Forum is aimed at promoting debate and discussions on ethical challenges and dilemmas encountered in the field of health research. Real life case studies are made available online (http://www.amanet-trust.org/discuss/) and participants share their views and experiences by posting their comments online. A component of the online discussion forum, called the 'Ask the Expert/Ethicist' activity, enables participants to post any questions regarding ethical challenges and/or dilemmas they encounter in their local settings. After the interactive discussions, two expert opinions are sought from a pool of appropriate experts/ethicists before concluding remarks are prepared in English and French by the Yaoundé Sub-Hub, Cameroon.
13. The Yaoundé Sub-Hub is a coordinating centre that was set up in Yaoundé, Cameroon, in order to ensure that Ethics Review Committees in anglophone and francophone countries benefit from the AMANET capacity building activities. The Sub-Hub, which is headed by a bilingual ethicist, reviews responses posted on the HRE Discussion Forum and prepares concluding remarks, in English and French, taking into account the views of the various participants. The Sub-Hub also does translations from English to French and vice versa for AMANET, and is involved in running HRE training workshops in French.
14. The AMANET web site is available at: http://www.amanet-trust.org