Table 1.
List of collected Standard Operating Procedures from African Research Ethics Committees
| 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 |
HRWeb Health Research Web, SOPs/POS Standard Operating Procedures, REC Research Ethics Committee, n/a not available