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Table 4 - Summary of the analyzed country <strong>in</strong>formation sheets<br />

Country<br />

National specific<br />

legislation on ethics<br />

<strong>in</strong> biomedical<br />

research<br />

Guidel<strong>in</strong>es and/or<br />

SOPs concern<strong>in</strong>g<br />

ethics <strong>in</strong> biomedical<br />

research<br />

National/Institutional<br />

Bioethics Committees<br />

that review ethics of<br />

biomedical research with<br />

human participants<br />

Algeria NO NO YES<br />

Angola NO NO YES<br />

Ben<strong>in</strong> N/A N/A YES<br />

Botswana N/A NO YES<br />

Burk<strong>in</strong>a Faso N/A N/A YES<br />

Burundi N/A N/A NO<br />

Cameroon N/A N/A YES<br />

Cape Verde N/A N/A NO<br />

Chad N/A N/A NO<br />

Congo N/A N/A NO<br />

Côte d'Ivoire N/A N/A YES<br />

Democratic Republic of Congo N/A N/A YES<br />

Egypt NO N/A YES<br />

Equatorial Gu<strong>in</strong>ea N/A N/A NO<br />

Ethiopia NO YES YES<br />

Gabon N/A N/A YES<br />

Gambia N/A N/A YES<br />

Ghana NO NO YES<br />

Gu<strong>in</strong>ea N/A N/A YES<br />

Gu<strong>in</strong>ea Bissau N/A N/A NO<br />

Kenya YES YES YES<br />

Lybia N/A N/A YES<br />

Malawi * N/A N/A YES<br />

Mali N/A N/A YES<br />

Mauritania N/A N/A NO<br />

Mauritius ** N/A N/A N/A<br />

Morocco NO N/A YES<br />

Mozambique N/A N/A YES<br />

Nigeria YES YES YES<br />

Rwanda N/A N/A YES<br />

Sao Tome and Pr<strong>in</strong>cipe N/A N/A NO<br />

Senegal YES YES YES<br />

Seychelles N/A N/A YES<br />

South Africa YES YES YES<br />

Sudan NO NO YES<br />

Swaziland N/A N/A NO<br />

Tanzania NO YES YES<br />

Togo N/A N/A NO<br />

Tunisia NO N/A YES<br />

Uganda N/A YES YES<br />

Zambia N/A N/A YES<br />

Zimbabwe N/A YES YES<br />

YES 4 YES 8 YES 31<br />

Tot. 42 NO 9 NO 5 NO 10<br />

NOT AVAILABLE 29 NOT AVAILABLE 29 NOT AVAILABLE 1<br />

* Accord<strong>in</strong>g to direct <strong>in</strong>formation from a country expert, Malawi is currently prepar<strong>in</strong>g a Draft Law regulat<strong>in</strong>g cl<strong>in</strong>ical trials.<br />

** Based on governmental <strong>in</strong>formation, Mauritius is currently undergo<strong>in</strong>g Parliamentary discussions on a Draft Bill on cl<strong>in</strong>ical trials and<br />

on the establishment of a National Ethics Review Committee.<br />

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