Biomedical Research in Developing Countries - UNICRI

identify their needs and to plan for their achievement. AKDN works by utilizing
different approaches and addressing a wide spectrum of development issues (social,
cultural, economic).
The Bioethics Group of the AKU holds a Master in Bioethics, which is sponsored by
a grant of the Fogarty International Centre of the US National Institute of Health.
The funding covers the expenses for twenty students (8 from Karachi, 8 from the
rest of Pakistan and 4 from developing countries members of the World Health
Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean – WHO/EMRO). The
objective of this training programme is to guarantee the development of expertise in
Bioethics in Pakistan and in the EMRO Region and the promotion of professionals
who will be able to: reinforce ethical issues both from Muslim and Western
approach relating them to moral philosophies; identify and address solutions for
ethical dilemmas of research involving human subjects and clinical practice;
establish and become a reference for ethical review committees in their own
institutions; develop bioethics curriculum and implement training on bioethics
issues; analyze health-related policies on the basis of an ethics framework;
investigate the ethical issues in clinical and research settings starting from a human
rights approach; carry out research on bioethics.
http://www.aku.edu/index.asp
Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization
ALECSO
The Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization was founded in
1970 in accordance with Article 3 of the Arab Cultural Unit Charter. It is a
specialized organization and it is based in Tunis. Working within the Arab League,
it aims to promote the unity of the Arab world through education, culture and
science.
It also aims to develop Arab human resources, improving education, culture,
sciences, environment, communication and coordination of activities among the
Arab world; to promote Arabic and Arabic-Islamic culture worldwide and to bridge
the gap between the Arab culture and others, utilizing the dialogue as connection.
As regards to sciences, ALECSO aspires to develop scientific research, underlying the
importance of the human side in scientific and technological ethics. It also aims to
prioritize the needs of Arab States in applied research, creating a sort of network
between Arab universities and reinforcing the study of sciences programmes.
http://www.alecso.org.tn/lng/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1&lang=en
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