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Table 1 List of collected Standard Operating Procedures from African Research Ethics Committees

From: Small is beautiful: demystifying and simplifying standard operating procedures: a model from the ethics review and consultancy committee of the Cameroon Bioethics Initiative

Country

REC name

SOP’s title

Year

source

Burkina Faso

Comité Institutionnel de Bioéthique du Centre National de Recherche et de Formation sur le Paludisme

POS du Comité Institutionnel de Bioéthique du Centre National de Recherche et de Formation sur le Paludisme

2013

hard copy personal comunication

Cameroon

Cameroon National Ethics Committee

SOPs for Research Ethics Committees in Cameroon

2012

numeric file personnal communication

Egypt

Magdi Yacoub Foundation

SOPs for Magdi Yacoub Foundation - Research Ethics Committee

2012

numeric file personnal communication

Ethiopia

Health Research Ethics Review Committee College of Health Sciences Mekelle University

Terms of Reference and Operating Procedures

n/a

numeric file from HRWeb

Kenya

Institutional Research and Ethics Committee of the Moi University College of Health Science and Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital

SOPs for Institutional Research and Ethics Committee

n/a

numeric file personnal communication

Lesotho

National Health Research Ethics Committee (NH-REC)

Standard Operating Procedures for NH-REC [Version 2 Draft]

2013

numeric file from HRWeb

Malawi

College of Medicine Research and Ethics Committee (COMREC)

General Guidelines on Health Research

2010

numeric file from HRWeb

Nigeria

Zeta-12 Independant Research Ethics Committee (ZIREC)

Zeta-12 Independant Research Ethics Committee (ZIREC) Mission Statement and Standard of Procedures

n/a

numeric file from HRWeb

Rwanda

Rwanda National Ethics Committee (RNEC)

Rwanda National Ethics Committee SOPs

2009

numeric file from website

South Africa

South African Medical Association Research Ethics Committee (SAMAREC)

SOPs and guidelines for the ethics evaluation of clinical trials in humans

2011

numeric file personnal communication

South Africa

Biomedical Research Ethics Committee (BREC) University of Kwazulu Natal

Biomedical Research Ethics Committee Terms of Reference & Standard Operating Procedures

2008

numeric file from HRWeb

South Africa

Human Research Ethics Committee

Human Research Ethics Committee Manual of SOPs

2009

numeric file from HRWeb

Tanzania

National Health Research Ethics Review Committee

SOPs for the National Health Research Ethics Review Committee

2007

book ISBN 9987 488-01-9 and website

Togo

Comité de Bioéthique pour la Recherche en Santé

Arrete N° 0153/2009/MS/CAB/DGS portant Charte du Comité de Bioéthique pour la Recherche en Santé

2009

numeric file from HRWeb

Uganda

Makerere University College of Health Sciences School of Medicine Research Ethics Committee (SOMREC)

SOMREC SOPs 1–14

2011

numeric file from HRWeb

Zambia

University of Zambia Biomedical Research Ethics Committee

University of Zambia Biomedical Research Ethics Committee SOPs

n/a

numeric file from HRWeb

  1. HRWeb Health Research Web, SOPs/POS Standard Operating Procedures, REC Research Ethics Committee, n/a not available