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Table 2 Overview of basic characteristics of NECs in the African Region

From: Readiness of ethics review systems for a changing public health landscape in the WHO African Region

Country

Existence and date of establishment

NEC established by law

Law/Policy guiding ethical standards

NEC has secretarial and administrative support

Algeria

Yes (1990)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Benin

Yes (2007)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Botswana

Yes (1984)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Burkina Faso

Yes (2002)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Burundi

Yes (2006)

No response

Yes

No

CAR

Yes (2005)

Nil

Nil

No

Chad

Nil

N/A

N/A

N/A

Congo

Yes (2007)

Nil

Nil

No

DRC

Yes (2003)

Nil

Nil

Yes

Eritrea

Yes (2006)

No response

Yes

No

Ethiopia

Yes (1995)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Equatorial Guinea

Nil

N/A

N/A

N/A

Gambia

Yes (1980)

Yes

Nil

Yes

Gabon

Yes (2007)

Nil

Nil

Yes

Ghana

Yes (2002)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Guinea

Yes (1999)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Kenya

Yes (2009)

Yes

No response

Yes

Lesotho

Yes (2007)

Yes

Nil

Yes

Liberia

Yes (2006)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Madagascar

Yes (1994)

Nil

Yes

Yes

Malawi

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Mali

Yes (2002)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Niger

Yes (1999)

Yes

Yes

No

Nigeria

Yes (1980)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Senegal

Yes (2001)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Seychelles

Yes (1991)

(law enacted in 2012)

Yes

No response

Sierra Leone

Yes (1993)

Yes

Yes

Yes

South Africa

Yes (2006)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Swaziland

Yes (2006)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Tanzania

Yes (2002)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Uganda

Yes (1995)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Zambia

Yes (2008)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Zimbabwe

Yes (1974)

Yes

Yes

Yes