Ethics review of studies during public health emergencies - the experience of the WHO ethics review committee during the Ebola virus disease epidemic

Table 1 Observational studies reviewed by the WHO Ethics Review Committee

Study design	Country	Protocol title
Cohort	Sierra Leone	Persistence of Ebola virus in body fluids of Ebola virus disease survivors
Case series	Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone	Ebola virus disease due to transmission from survivors: a case series
Case-control	N/A	WHO emergency quality assessment mechanism protocol for laboratory evaluation of Ebola virus antigen-detection in vitro diagnostics
Cross-sectional	Guinea^a	Etude observationnelle et rétrospective des patients atteints d’Ebola à Conakry, pour déterminer les facteurs de risque de décès
	Guinea^b	Patients admitted to Ebola treatment centres in Conakry, Guinea: a retrospective observational study
	N/A	Health care providers experiences, values and preferences regarding the selection and use of personal protective equipment in the context of Ebola virus disease outbreaks in Africa
	N/A	A review of the risk factors that contribute to psychological well-being of GOARN and WHO experts involved in Ebola response operation in West Africa
	N/A	Survey of EBOV Exposure and Infection Among Expatriate Aid Workers during the 2014–2015 Ebola Outbreak in West Africa

^aThis study was not approved by the ERC. It was resubmitted as study ^band approved by the ERC.

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