Infrastructure Development Training Award: Supporting Performance of the Ethics Committee for Research (SUPER) in Ethiopia

The following grant was awarded by, is supported by, is administered by or is in partnership with the Fogarty International Center at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Funding Fogarty Program

Fogarty HIV Research Training

Project Information in NIH RePORTER

Supporting Performance of the Ethics Committee for Research (SUPER) in Ethiopia

Principal Institution

Johns Hopkins University

Principal Investigator(s) (PI)

Kass, Nancy E; Deressa, Wakgari; Hyder, Adnan A

Project Contact Information

Email: nkass@jhsph.edu

Year(s) Awarded

2018-2023

Country

Ethiopia

Collaborators

Addis Ababa University College of Health Sciences

Project Description

High quality and efficient ethics review is a cornerstone of high quality research infrastructure. Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) that comply with international ethics standards and that are able to conduct timely reviews are essential to the advancement of high priority HIV/AIDS research – including research to reduce the incidence of HIV/AIDS, develop next generation therapies, and reduce health disparities – and other biomedical research seeking to identify effective treatments, optimal prevention strategies, and improved methods of service delivery. This project works to strengthen the capacity of the IRB at Addis Ababa University, College of Health Sciences in Ethiopia through a series of training, mentoring, and technical assistance activities designed to improve the ethics knowledge of IRB members and the administrative efficiency of IRB operations.

Related World Regions / Countries

Sub-Saharan Africa