Draft ethics guidelines for health research set up conflict
22 October 2023 - 00:00
Health research ethics are important. They aim to protect people who participate in health research projects — for example, a clinical trial of a new medicine or a study to investigate the genetic causes of a certain disease. All health research studies in South Africa must be approved by an institutional health research ethics committee. These committees are guided by the national Ethics Guidelines, which are developed and from time to time revised by the National Health Research Ethics Council (NHREC)...
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