02330nas a2200337   4500000000100000008004100001653001700042653001900059653001200078653001300090653001100103100001300114700001900127700001900146700001300165700001200178700001200190700001100202700001400213700001200227700001300239700001600252700002100268700001300289245019700302856014900499300001000648490001500658520130500673022001401978       2015                            d10aTuberculosis10aRehabilitation10aleprosy10aEthiopia10aEthics1 aWassie L1 aWoldeamanuel Y1 aGebre-Mariam S1 aFeleke Y1 aTemam F1 aHailu A1 aAbay H1 aZerihun Z1 aBussa S1 aAberra L1 aTarekegne G1 aGebre-Yohannes A1 aAseffa A00aResearch ethics review practices: experiences of the Armauer Hansen Research Institute/All Africa Leprosy and Tuberculosis Rehabilitation and Training Center Ethics Review Committee, Ethiopia.  uhttp://www.emaethiopia.org/index.php/emj/recent-abstracts/finish/5-recent-abstracts/153-special-issue-on-reasarch-ethics-on-ethiopia-vol-53-no-1  a15-240 v53 Suppl 13 a<p>The need for ethics review committees (ERCs) is imperative in the conduct of research to ensure the protection of the rights, safety and well-being of research participants. However, the capacities of most ERCs in Africa are limited in terms of trained experts, competence, resources as well as standard operating procedures. The aim of this report is to share experiences of one of the local institutional ERCs, the Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI)/All Africa Leprosy and Tuberculosis Rehabilitation and Training Center (ALERT) Ethics Review Committee (AAERC), to other ERCs found in academic and research institutions in the Country. In this report, we used an empirical approach to review archived documents of the AAERC Secretariat to assess the Committee's strengths and weaknesses. The experiences of the AAERC in terms of its composition, routine work activities, learning practices and pitfalls that require general attention are summarized. In spite of this summary, the Committee strongly acknowledges the functions and roles of other ERCs in the Country. In addition, an independent assessment of the Committee's activity in general is warranted to evaluate its performance and further assess the level of awareness or oversights among researchers about the roles of ERCs.</p>
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