Enhanced REC collaborative review through videoconferencing

Waddell, Richard; Bukini, Daima; Aboud, Muhsin; Adams, Susan; Lyamuya, Eligius; Masalu, Joyce R.; Bankert, Elizabeth A.; Wettemann, Lorri

doi:10.7196/sajbl.2016.v9i2.483

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“…RHInnO was launched in 2012, and has already been found to have had a significant impact on various metrics of REC performance, principally in improving efficiency, communication, and data security, and reducing reliance on paper [375]. Online technologies such as video conferencing should also be exploited to support rapid review meetings in fast-moving outbreak contexts (such as for outbreaks of Ebola and Zika) [376].…”

Section: Edctp Partnerships and Activities To Strengthen Bioethics Camentioning

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Medical Ethics in the 70 Years after the Nuremberg Code, 1947 to the Present

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Druml

Weindling

2018

Wien Klin Wochenschr

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Ethics has been an integral part of medicine since ancient times. However, the atrocities committed as part of Nazi medicine necessitated a novel approach, resulting in a framework of modern bioethical standards. Since World War II, we have witnessed a broad movement towards the introduction of normative regulations for medical research. This trend initially started with the Nuremberg Medical Trials and the "Nuremberg Code" of 1947, followed by the Helsinki Declaration of the World Medical Association of 1964, including later modifications and amendments. Furthermore there are relevant recommendations issued by the organs of the Council of Europe and by the World Health Organisation, the UNESCO Declarations and EU legislation, to name only the most important examples. Since the 1970s, the rapid and global development of the life sciences, with its unprecedented possibilities to interfere with basic aspects of human life, for example in reproductive medicine, has led to an even greater necessity to confront bioethical questions worldwide. The HIV pandemic burdening the Global South has required conducting research in different areas of the world and involving especially vulnerable populations. In view of these developments, the main topic of the conference was the influence of Nazi medical crimes, the Nuremberg Medical Trial and the resulting Nuremberg Code on the development of international bioethical norms, including the enduring impact of this legacy on today's medical research. In the 70 years since the promulgation of the Code, the world has changed: Research is based on the principles of exchange and cooperation, researchers are mobile, the internet provides a supporting framework removing national barriers. Although the European situation, with special attention to Austria, was part of the discussion, an important focus of the conference was on the role played by international organisations and their endeavours to establish normative standards for clinical research with a worldwide reach.

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Medical Ethics in the 70 Years after the Nuremberg Code, 1947 to the Present

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Weindling

2018

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Strengthening ethics committees for health-related research in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review

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ObjectiveHealth-related research in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has grown over the years. However, concerns have been raised about the state of research ethics committees (RECs). This scoping review examines the literature on RECs for health-related research in SSA and identifies strategies that have been applied to strengthen the RECs. It focuses on three aspects of RECs: regulatory governance and leadership, administrative and financial capacity and technical capacity of members.DesignA scoping review of published literature, including grey literature, was conducted using the Joanna Briggs Institute approach.Data sourcesBioOne, CINAHL, Embase (via Ovid), Education Abstracts, Global Health, Google Scholar, Jstor, OpenEdition (French), Philosopher’s Index, PsycINFO, PubMed, Science Citation and Expanded Index (Web of Science), reference lists of included studies and specific grey literature sources.Eligibility criteriaWe included empirical studies on RECs for health-related research in SSA, covering topics on REC leadership and governance, administrative and financial capacity and the technical capacity of REC members. We included studies published between 01 January 2000 and 18 February 2022 and written in English, French, Portuguese or Swahili.Data extraction and synthesisTwo independent reviewers screened the records. Data were extracted by one reviewer and cross-checked by another. Owing to the heterogeneity of included studies, thematic analysis was used.ResultsWe included 54 studies. The findings show that most RECs in SSA work under significant administrative and financial constraints, with few opportunities for capacity building for committee members. This has an impact on the quality of reviews and the overall performance of RECs. Although most countries have national governance systems for RECs, they lack regulations on accountability, transparency and monitoring of RECs.ConclusionsThis review provides a comprehensive overview of the literature on RECs for health-related research in SSA and contributes to our understanding of how RECs can be strengthened.

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Enhanced REC collaborative review through videoconferencing

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Medical Ethics in the 70 Years after the Nuremberg Code, 1947 to the Present

Medical Ethics in the 70 Years after the Nuremberg Code, 1947 to the Present

Strengthening ethics committees for health-related research in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review

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