West African Bioethics Training Program

描述（由申请人提供）：UMB“尼日利亚持续研究伦理培训和能力建设计划”（STRETCH）计划建立在过去6年为尼日利亚和其他西非国家制定卫生研究伦理体系的杰出工作基础上。侧重于一般研究伦理能力建设和提高卫生研究伦理意识的初步工作将被整合到一个方案中，该方案将提高尼日利亚的研究伦理审查标准，以涵盖弱势群体和特殊情况下的研究。将制定具体准则，并提供执行这些准则的培训。该项目的创新包括有针对性地招募妇女和穆斯林学者，以提高她们在全球生物伦理学话语中的代表性，培训负责任的研究行为（RCR），以及将研究伦理学学生的项目纳入正在进行的研究和预防项目。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The UMB "Sustained Research Ethics Training and Capacity Building Program in Nigeria" (STRETCH) Program builds on the outstanding work done in the last 6 years in developing a health research ethics system for Nigeria and other West African countries. The preliminary work which focused on general research ethics capacity building and improvement of awareness of health research ethics will be consolidated into a program that elevates the standard of research ethics review in Nigeria to cover research in vulnerable populations and special circumstances. Specific guidelines will be developed and training in implementing these guidelines will be provided. Innovations in this project include targeted recruitment of women and Muslim scholars in order to improve their representation in the global bioethics discourse, training in Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR), and embedding research ethics students' projects within ongoing research and prevention programs. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The UMB "Sustained Research Ethics Training and Capacity Building Program in Nigeria" (STRETCH) Program builds on previously funded ethics capacity building project in West Africa to advance the quality of research ethics review particularly with respect to research among vulnerable populations. It also expands training in responsible conduct of research for biomedical researchers in Nigeria.