Open AccessKnowledge about the research and ethics committee at Makerere University, Kampala
Author(s) -
BR Ibingira,
Joseph Ochieng
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
african health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.391
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1729-0503
pISSN - 1680-6905
DOI - 10.4314/ahs.v13i4.26
Subject(s) - research ethics , ethics committee , protocol (science) , medicine , human research , institutional review board , informed consent , research design , medical education , bioethics , welfare , family medicine , alternative medicine , engineering ethics , political science , law , social science , sociology , psychiatry , public administration , pathology , engineering
All research involving human participants should be reviewed by a competent and independent institutional research and ethics committee. Research conducted at Makerere University College of Health Sciences should be subjected to a rigorous review process by the ethics committee in order to protect human participants' interests, rights and welfare.