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Table 4 Clinical trials in SSA involving HBS collection (Source: WHO-ICTRP as of January 1, 2015)

From: National ethics guidance in Sub-Saharan Africa on the collection and use of human biological specimens: a systematic review

Country

Total # studies

Total active recruiting/Not yet recruiting

Total active not recruiting

Total active studies

HBS collection active recruiting/Not yet recruiting

HBS collection active not recruiting

Total trials collecting HBS

Angola

3

2

0

2

2

0

2

Benin

33

10

1

11

2

1

3

Botswana

50

10

5

15

4

1

5

Burkina Faso

117

20

11

31

3

1

4

Burundi

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Cameroon

57

12

6

18

1

1

2

Cape Verde

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Central African Rep.

6

5

3

8

0

0

0

Chad

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Comoros

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Republic of Congo

59

10

3

13

3

0

3

Congo (DRC)

17

10

2

12

1

0

1

Cote d’Ivoire

37

10

4

14

3

0

3

Djibouti

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Equatorial Guinea

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Eritrea

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

Ethiopia

74

22

7

29

2

3

5

Gabon

34

5

0

5

1

0

1

The Gambia

79

11

4

15

5

1

6

Ghana

138

33

7

40

10

1

11

Guinea

74

1

2

3

0

0

0

Guinea-Bissau

43

5

9

14

2

5

7

Kenya

320

65

27

92

17

4

21

Lesotho

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Liberia

7

1

1

2

0

0

0

Madagascar

12

1

0

1

1

0

1

Malawi

171

33

15

48

7

4

11

Mali

101

20

7

27

7

3

10

Mauritania

5

3

0

3

0

0

0

Mauritius

9

2

1

3

0

0

0

Mozambique

52

11

1

12

2

1

3

Namibia

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Niger

19

7

1

8

2

0

2

Nigeria

103

37

7

44

10

2

12

Rwanda

57

8

1

9

2

0

2

Sao Tome & Principe

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Senegal

58

10

3

13

2

0

2

Seychelles

2

0

1

1

0

1

1

Sierra Leone

11

3

3

6

1

2

3

Somalia

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

South Africa

2712

832

234

1066

150

39

189

South Sudan

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Sudan

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Swaziland

7

4

0

4

1

0

1

Tanzania

263

45

14

59

10

3

13

Togo

8

5

0

5

0

0

0

Uganda

351

74

25

99

20

4

24

Zambia

147

31

11

42

5

4

9

Zimbabwe

82

23

5

28

7

2

9

Total

5319

1381

421

1802

283

83

366

  1. No data (n.d.)