Boosting ethics review capacity in public health emergency situations: Co-creation of a training model for French-speaking research ethics committees.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Ethics review preparedness is a major foundation for national effective response to public health emergencies, because it promotes pertinent research and enhances the protection of research participants and communities. In low-income countries, it can also promote equitable research partnership. However, most relevant literature is in English and not easily accessible for the members of research ethics committees in French-speaking African countries.

Methods

A training module in French, addressing the issue of research ethics review during outbreaks and other public health emergencies, was designed based on a non-systematic literature review, and in order to be complementary to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) national guidelines for ethics review. The modul

SUBMITTER: Maketa V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9826200 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature