Development Initiative for Ethical Review and Oversight of Health Research Involving Human Subjects in Rwanda
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Funding Fogarty Program
Bioethics
Project Information in NIH RePORTER
Development Initiative for Ethical Review and Oversight of Health Research Involving Human Subjects in Rwanda
Principal Institution
Harvard Medical School
Principal Investigator(s) (PI)
Friedland, Bernard; Eyal, Nir
Project Contact Information
Email: bernard_friedland@hms.harvard.edu
Year(s) Awarded
2016–2019
Country
Rwanda
Collaborators
Rwandan Ministry of Health
Project Description
The project will train three cohorts of research ethics experts through an innovative, inter-professional collaboration between Harvard and Rwandan faculty. It will create a sustainable education program, strengthen the research ethics review and monitoring systems, and support the expected growth in interdisciplinary research in Rwanda from its collaborations through the Human Resources for Health project. Thus the project will promote public health through increased and responsibly conducted research.
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