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健康研究伦理体系所做的出色工作的基础上。初步工作侧重于一般研究伦理能力建设和提高对健康研究伦理的认识，将合并为一个方案，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聘妇女和穆斯林学者，以提高她们在全球生物伦理讨论中的代表性，进行负责任的研究行为培训，并将研究伦理学生的项目纳入正在进行的研究和预防方案。 公共卫生相关性：UMB“尼日利亚可持续研究伦理培训和能力建设方案”（STRETCH）方案建立在以前资助的西非伦理能力建设项目的基础上，以提高研究伦理审查的质量，特别是在弱势群体中的研究方面。它还扩大了对尼日利亚生物医学研究人员负责任地开展研究的培训。

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.