Table 5.

National ethics guidance on 10 countries host to the most registered clinical trials

Country	# Active studies w/HBS	Existing biobanks	H3Africa regional biobanks	Ethics system guidance (Gen’l)	Ethics system HBS language	Ethics system guidance specific to HBS
						Consent	Ownership	Reuse	Storage	Export	MTA
South Africa	189	●	●●	●	●	●		●	●	●	●
Uganda	24		●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Kenya	21			●	●	●		●		●
Tanzania	13			●	●	●	●	●	●		●
Nigeria	12		●	●	●	●			●	●	●
The Gambia	11	●		●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Malawi	11			●	●	●		●	●	●	●
Mali	10			●
Zambia	9			●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Zimbabwe	9	●		●	●				●	●	●
Total	309	3	4	10	9	8	4	7	8	8	8