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The document "Standards and Operational Guidance for Ethics Review of Health-Related Research with Human Participants” (http://www.who.int/ethics/publications/en/) is a compilation of 10 standards applicable to the ethics review of health related research with human participants.
The term “standards” in this book is used to delineate general principles and norms that all research ethics systems are expected to follow. They are intended to help RECs achieve high quality performance and to provide a common language that establishes specific outcomes or characteristics against which achievements can be benchmarked. The standards put forward in this document do not represent new ideas for REC functioning. Rather, they are based on requirements for RECs delineated in existing international guidance documents. Accompanying the standards are a series of “operational guidance” points which reflect commonly used strategies for implementing and fulfilling each of the standards.

This document is intended provide guidance on the research ethics review process, not to take a substantive position on how particular ethical dilemmas in health-related research should be resolved. It is designed to complement existing laws, regulations, and practices and to serve as a basis upon which RECs can develop their own specific practices and written procedures. It is not intended to replace the need for national and local guidelines for the ethical review of research involving human participants, nor to supersede national laws and regulations. Indeed, it is hoped that this document will be useful to those charged with drafting national, local, and institutional regulations and policies, and that it will enhance the quality of RECs worldwide.

Date: Wednesday 25 April 2012
Time: 9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Venue: John Snow, LSHTM, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK
Type of event: Symposium

The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is launching its Centre for Global Non-communicable Disease with a one-day Symposium on Wednesday 25th April. This Symposium seeks to build on the momentum from the recent UN High Level Meeting on NCDs.

It is intended that the LSHTM Centre for Global Non-communicable Disease which will act as a reference for people involved in NCD research both inside and outside of the School. The centre will lead to the sharing and dissemination of information, knowledge and expertise, and the development of new research and policy initiatives. The Centre will focus on Low-and-Middle-Income Countries LMICs, but many of the researchers involved are also doing work in High Income Countries (HICs), and one of the aims of the Centre will be to promote collaboration and communication between researchers in LMICs and those in HICs.

To register please visit - http://globalncd.eventbrite.co.uk/