Development of a Swiss online training program in research ethics and regulation within the project TRREE for Africa (training and ressources in research ethics evaluation)
| Responsable du projet | Dominique Sprumont |
| Résumé |
The aim of TRREE-for Africa (www.trree.org) is to develop a training
program and resources in research ethics evaluation for all those
involved in research involving humans in Africa (e.g. re-searchers,
ethics committees, institutions, research participants,
policy-makers). While covering the breadth of research with humans,
it will focus on issues raised by interna-tional (North–South)
collaborative clinical trials conducted in Africa. As everywhere
else in the world, training and adequate resources are key to
building research ethics evaluation capacity in African countries.
This project will thus strengthen and increase protec-tions of the
welfare and rights of African citizens who participate in clinical
trials. By pro-moting the highest ethical standards during the
conduct of research as well as supporting a robust ethics review
process, this project will improve the quality of clinical trials
conducted in Africa and eventually the treatment of diseases like
HIV-AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis that continue to plague the
African continent. Concretely, TRREE for Africa will provide
training in research ethics evaluation designed specifically to
address the ethics of international collaborative clinical trials
conducted in Africa that must comply with national standards as
well as international ethical stan-dards. TRREE for Africa will
offer: 1) a distance learning program (web-based e-training and
CD-Rom) in re-search ethics evaluation including international,
European and national regula-tions and, 2) a participatory web-site
of resources through which it is possible to make research ethics
and regulatory resources available (e-resources) from Euro-pean
countries as well as from African countries. TRREE for Africa also
aims at reinforcing training and resources in research ethics and
regulation in developed countries, such as Switzerland. Indeed, the
part of this project for which funding has been granted by the SNF
will consist in developing a Swiss training module in French,
German and English which will serve as a model for other countries
(present and future members of the TRREE network) while their
national framework takes form and evolves. Most importantly, the
impact of the Swiss training module will not be limited to the
TRREE for Africa project as the training module will be free and
open access for all stakeholders in the research field in
Switzerland. The online training module and the e-resources will
therefore play a major role in assuring that investigators,
sponsors, funding agencies, health authorities, ethics committees’
members have access to the needed, accurate and updated basic
information in research ethics and regulation. Switzerland will
thus take a lead in improving the quality and ethics standards in
North–South clinical research partnerships at the time such
research is becoming a worldwide priority in terms of sciences,
public health and sustainable development (see 2007 Basle
Resolution “Increased Cooperations with Developing Countries in
Clini-cal Research”). |
| Mots-clés |
research involving human subjects, law, ethics, e-learning, e-resources, good clinical practices, research in North-South partnership, Research Ethics Committees, protection of human subjects |
| Page internet | http://www.trree.org |
| Type de projet | Recherche fondamentale |
| Domaine de recherche | La santé publique et son infrastructure. Régime sanitaire |
| Source de financement | FNS (Encouragement de projets, spécial) |
| Etat | Terminé |
| Début de projet | 1-10-2007 |
| Fin du projet | 30-6-2009 |
| Budget alloué | 157'736 |
| Contact | Dominique Sprumont |