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Bioethics Resources for Investigators & Research Ethics Committees

A collection of resources for scientific investigators conducting research in the developing world, and ethics committees reviewing it.


Guidelines and Regulations

Guidelines (non-regulatory)

Human Subjects Research in General

These are the key non-regulatory documents that are likely to be cited by ethicists and research ethics committees.

HIV/AIDS

Research in Developing Countries

Research in Humanitarian Crises

Genetics and Genomics

Regulations

US Regulations

Compilations of National Regulations

  • ClinRegs from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). A central resource for exploring and comparing international clinical research regulations.
  • Global Research Ethics Map. Harvard School of Public Health. As of March 2009, provides guides to the human subjects protections in 11 countries: Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Kuwait, Malawi, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania.
  • From the Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) at HHS:
  • UNESCO Global Ethics Observatory includes a database containing ethics related legislation and guidelines from 34 countries.

Practical Aids

Research Ethics Committees

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Updated April 29, 2024