Table 2.

Availability of laws and regulations regulating health research (N = 35 countries)

Have research laws and legislation	Laws and legislation in draft form	Lack of research laws and legislation
Kenya, Gambia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Rwanda, United Republic of Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Benin, Senegal, Ghana, Mozambique (18)	Lesotho, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Swaziland, Niger (5)	Ethiopia, Botswana, Namibia, Seychelles, South Sudan, Guinea-Bissau, Côte d’Ivoire, Burundi, Mauritania, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cape Verde, Eritrea (12)