Friday, 19 March 2010
The West African Bioethics
training program is unique
because it uses the opportunity
afforded by its location in
West Africa to research and train
in Bioethics in English and French languages,
both of which are widely spoken
in the West African subregion
102, Bashorun Road, Ashi,
Bodija P.O.Box 29822,
Secretariat, Ibadan,
Oyo State, Nigeria
Tel/Fax. No. 234-02-7512634
Email:
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| Fogarty International Center,
National Institutes of Health,
Bethesda, United States of America
http://www.fic.nih.gov
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| National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda,
United States of America
http://www.genome.gov/
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The West African Bioethics
Training Program is supported
by NIH Research
Grant No. D43 TW007091 to
Professor Clement A.
Adebamowo of the
University of Ibadan, funded
by the Fogarty International
Center and the National Human
Genome Research Institute.
Research ethics in its broadest definition
encompasses the principles, standards, norms and guidelines to regulate
scientific inquiry. The primary role of ethics in research is to protect the
rights, integrity, and safety of research participants. One of the ways of
promoting the safety of research participants is by initial and
continuing-education in the ethics and science of biomedical and behavioral
research for members of ethics review committees. Training for members of the
committee is also required to help them provide timely and efficient review of
protocols submitted to the committee... 
