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Table 1 Table of sources

From: Challenges in biobank governance in Sub-Saharan Africa

Organisation/Country

Code/Legislation/Guideline

Topics covered

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