Biomedical Research in Developing Countries - UNICRI

UGANDA
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
N/A
YES
YES
Sources:
1) AITRP - Fogarty AIDS International Training Program, University of California,
Berkeley and University of California, A Survival Guide for Conducting International
Collaborative Research in Uganda, 2004 (Accessed on 28 July 2008 at
http://epi.berkeley.edu/AITRP_Survival_Guide_Uganda_Final_10May2004.pdf)
2) COHRED - Council on Health Research for Development, Data for health research
planning and development in Uganda, Learning Brief, 2002, No. 2 (Accessed on 28 July
2008 at http://www.cohred.org/main/CommonCategories/content/719.pdf)
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Country Analysis Ghana and Uganda, 1999 (Accessed on 28 July 2008 at
http://www.cohred.org/main/CommonCategories/content/542.pdf)
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the Rakai District, IRB Ethics and Human Research, 2008,Vol. 30, No. 2, Pages 1-7
(Accessed on 12 November 2008 at
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Experience, COHRED - The Council on Health Research for Development, 1999
(Accessed on 28 July 2008 at
http://www.cohred.org/main/CommonCategories/content/545.pdf)
6) Republic of Uganda, National Council for Science and Technology (UNCST), National
Guidelines for Research involving Humans as Research Participants, 2007 (Accessed on
28 July 2008 at
http://www.cohred.org/HealthResearchWeb/insidepages/africa/pdf/Human_Subjects_
Guidelines_March_27.pdf)
7) Republic of Uganda, National Council for Science and Technology (UNCST), Research
Registration and Clearance Policy and Guidelines, 2007 (Accessed on 28 July 2008 at
http://www.cohred.org/HealthResearchWeb/insidepages/africa/pdf/Research_registrati
on_UNCST_2007.pdf)
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