From: Challenges in biobank governance in Sub-Saharan Africa
Organisation/Country | Code/Legislation/Guideline | Topics covered |
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OECD | OECD Guidelines on Human Biobanks and Genetic Research Databases (2009) | Privacy, confidentiality, informed consent, re-contact, re-consent |
World Medical Association | Declaration of Helsinki | Informed consent, re-contact, re-consent |
South Africa | National Health Act 2003 | Informed consent, confidentiality, exporting/importing samples |
Department of Health: Ethics in Health Research: Principle, Structures and processes | Secondary use of samples, informed consent, re-contact, re-consent, waiving of consent, confidentiality | |
Nigeria | National Health Research Ethics Committee of Nigeria (NHREC) National Code of Health Research Ethics 2007 | Export/Importing of samples, MTAs |
Kenya | National Council for Science and Technology Guidelines for Ethical Conduct of Biomedical Research Involving Human Subjects in Kenya (2004) | Informed consent, re-contact, re-consent |
Botswana | Ministry of Health Standard Operating Procedures for Review of Biomedical and Bio-behavioural research in Botswana | Informed consent, export/importing of samples/MTAs |
The Gambia | Guidelines of the National DNA bank, The Gambia (2001) | Confidentiality, coding, anonymisation, informed consent, re-contact, re-consent |
Uganda | Uganda National Council for Science and Technology National Guidelines for Research Involving Humans as Research Participants 2007 | Informed consent, confidentiality, future use of samples, export/importing of samples, MTAs |
Zambia | The National Research Act 2013 | Informed consent, export/importing of samples, MTAs |
Ethiopia | Ethiopian Science and Technology Commission National Health Science and Technology Council, National Research Ethics Review Guideline 2005 | Export/importing of samples, MTAs |
Malawi | National Health Sciences Research Committee, Policy Requirements, Procedures and Guidelines for the Conduct and Review of Human Genetic Research in Malawi (Sept 2012) | Export/importing of samples, MTAs |
Tanzania | Human DNA Regulation Act 2009 | Informed consent |
Sudan | National Guidelines for Ethical Conduct of Research Involving Human Subjects (2008) | Informed consent, confidentiality, privacy, secondary use of samples |