Learning Objective #1: 1. Discuss the rationale for and list the steps in formation of an Institutional Review Board for international non-governmental organization in international health-care. | |||
Learning Objective #2: 2. Review an example of a new Institutional Review Board and a request for research protocol approval for non-governmental organization in healthcare. |
An Institutional Review Board (IRB) for an International Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) is needed in developing countries. As documented in the current list of International Compilation of Human Subjects Research Protections complied by Office for Human Research Protections Department of Health and Human Services on October 1, 2005 and 2007 no ethical guidelines exist for conduct of human subjec research in the country of
An IRB has been created and implemented for Grace Children’s Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, providing health care for tuberculosis, HIIV/AIDs and respiratory infections in children for over 35 years. This program has established a precedent for the conduct of investigator and others engaged in human subject research in a country without guidelines. Further it has created a portal through which an organization can begin to receive resources that require ethical standards. The review of a sample research protocol with a checklist for new IRB reviewers will be presented.