THE NHRC INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD (IRB)
OTHER
ACHIEVEMENTS
Since
the establishment of the IRB in Navrongo, efforts have been made to build the
capacity of both IRB members and researchers. This has been in the form of
participation in international, regional and national workshops on research
ethics. Some of these workshops include the following: PRIM&R and ARENA,
Ethics in health research in Africa, Johns Hopkins Ethics Fellowship program and
Ethics in health research in developing countries.
For more information on IRBs and research ethics, please see the following links:
PRIM&R: http://www.aamc.org/research/primr/
ARENA: http://www.aamc.org/research/primr/arena/
45 CFR 46 "Common Rule"
http://ohrp.osophs.dhhs.gov/humansubjects/guidance/basics
Good Clinical Practices (GCP)
http://www.fda.gov/cder/guidance/959fnl.pdf
FDA: http://www.fda.gov/oc/ohrt.irbs/
OHRP: http://ohrp.osophs.dhhs.gov/polasur.htm
The Belmont Report: http://ohrp.osophs.dhhs.gov/humansubjects/guidance/belmont.htm
National Bioethics Advisory Commission:
http://bioethics.gov/cgi-bin/bioeth_counter.pl