Biomedical Research in Developing Countries - UNICRI

INFORMATION SHEETS OF THE 42 ANALYZED COUNTRIES
ALGERIA
National specific legislation on ethics in biomedical research
Guidelines and/or SOPs concerning ethics in research
National/Institutional Bioethics Committees that review ethics
of biomedical research with human participants
NO
NO
YES
Sources:
1) Elkebir F.Z., L’état de la bioéthique en Algérie, CEBACORES - Centro de Estudo de
Bioética Polo Açores, 2005, Pages 347-350 (Accessed on 24 July 2008 at
http://cebacores.net/pdf/testemunhos/elkebir.pdf )
2) Email from Pr. Abid L., Department of General and Oncological Surgery, Bologhine
Hospital,Algiers,Algeria
3) Kirigia J. M.,Wambebe C., Baba-Moussa A., Status of national research bioethics
committees in the WHO African region, BMC Medical Ethics, 2005,Vol. 6:10 (Accessed
on 21 August 2008 at http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6939/6/10)
4) Ossoukine A., Le Comité d’Ethique algérien face à la concurrence bureaucratique et
religieuse, Journal International de Bioéthique, 2007, Vol. 18, No. 1-2, Pages 167-176
(Accessed on 7 October 2008 at
http://www.iales.org/doc_membres/article%20OSSOUKINE.pdf)
5) République Algérienne Démocratique et Populaire, Ministère de la Santé de la
Population et de la Reforme Hospitalière, Arrêté n. 387 du 31 Juillet 2006 relatif aux
essais cliniques, 2006 (Accessed on 24 July 2008 at
http://www.santetropicale.com/SANTEMAG/algerie/arrete_n_387.pdf )
6) Tazi A., Les Comités d’Éthique au Maroc et dans la région: États des lieux et enjeux, 2005
(Accessed on 24 July 2008 at http://www.emro.who.int/morocco/docs/fr/EL.pdf )
7) UNESCO – United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Global
Ethics Observatory, (Accessed on 30 September 2008 at
http://www.unesco.org/shs/ethics/geo/user/?action=select&lng=en&db=)
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