Conference abstract
Progress in research ethics evaluation in Cameroon: Contribution of the BREEDSAFCA project
Pan African Medical Journal - Conference Proceedings. 2023:18(119).03
Oct 2023.
doi: 10.11604/pamj-cp.2023.18.119.2228
Archived on: 03 Oct 2023
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Keywords: Research ethics, BREEDSAFCA project, Cameroon
Oral presentation
Progress in research ethics evaluation in Cameroon: Contribution of the BREEDSAFCA project
Jerome Ateudjieu1,2,3,&, Paul Ngu Nembo3, Ketina Hirma Tchio-Nighie1,2, Collins Buh Nkum2, Anne-Cecile Bisseck3
1Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Dschang, Dschang, Cameroon, 2Department of Health Research, M.A. SANTE (Meilleur Accès aux Soins de Santé), Yaoundé, Cameroon, 3Division of Health Operations Research, Ministry of Public Health, Yaounde, Cameroon
&Corresponding author
Introduction: the Cameroon research ethics evaluation system for human subjects was put in place in 2012. From this important step, the government has been taking actions to improve the decentralization of ethical review in regions and competent institutions and in developing supporting regulations. The present presentation shares the contribution of the BREEDSAFCA (Building Capacity for Research Ethics Evaluation and Drugs Safety Monitoring) project in supporting the process of ethical review decentralization and regulation development in Cameroon.
Methods: the first phase of the BREEDSAFCA project was implemented in Cameroon from 2018 to 2022 with funding from EDCTP. It aims to strengthen the regulatory framework of Cameroon's ethical and administrative evaluation of clinical research and to improve the national coverage with Research Ethics Committees (RECs). An assessment of the needs in terms of coverage and functioning of ethics committees as well as the reinforcement of regulatory aspects was conducted and the results were presented to the competent actors.
Results: the progress attributable to the BREEDSAFCA project included; the increase of regions covered by an ethics committee from 2 to 6 out of the 10 Cameroon regions; contributing to the development of the law on the protection of health research participants; the development of master SOPs for the establishment and functioning of RECs and ethical and administrative review of research protocols; the training of existing RECs members in Cameroon in the evaluation of research protocols, the setting up of independent RECs financing system; and the providing of office space for all officially existing RECs.
Conclusion: the BREEDSAFCA project contributed to improving the regulatory framework of the ethics review system in Cameroon, expanding national coverage of regions by ethics committees, and strengthening the capacity and skills of ethics committees to evaluate protocols.
Progress in research ethics evaluation in Cameroon: Contribution of the BREEDSAFCA project
Jerome Ateudjieu1,2,3,&, Paul Ngu Nembo3, Ketina Hirma Tchio-Nighie1,2, Collins Buh Nkum2, Anne-Cecile Bisseck3
1Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Dschang, Dschang, Cameroon, 2Department of Health Research, M.A. SANTE (Meilleur Accès aux Soins de Santé), Yaoundé, Cameroon, 3Division of Health Operations Research, Ministry of Public Health, Yaounde, Cameroon
&Corresponding author
Introduction: the Cameroon research ethics evaluation system for human subjects was put in place in 2012. From this important step, the government has been taking actions to improve the decentralization of ethical review in regions and competent institutions and in developing supporting regulations. The present presentation shares the contribution of the BREEDSAFCA (Building Capacity for Research Ethics Evaluation and Drugs Safety Monitoring) project in supporting the process of ethical review decentralization and regulation development in Cameroon.
Methods: the first phase of the BREEDSAFCA project was implemented in Cameroon from 2018 to 2022 with funding from EDCTP. It aims to strengthen the regulatory framework of Cameroon's ethical and administrative evaluation of clinical research and to improve the national coverage with Research Ethics Committees (RECs). An assessment of the needs in terms of coverage and functioning of ethics committees as well as the reinforcement of regulatory aspects was conducted and the results were presented to the competent actors.
Results: the progress attributable to the BREEDSAFCA project included; the increase of regions covered by an ethics committee from 2 to 6 out of the 10 Cameroon regions; contributing to the development of the law on the protection of health research participants; the development of master SOPs for the establishment and functioning of RECs and ethical and administrative review of research protocols; the training of existing RECs members in Cameroon in the evaluation of research protocols, the setting up of independent RECs financing system; and the providing of office space for all officially existing RECs.
Conclusion: the BREEDSAFCA project contributed to improving the regulatory framework of the ethics review system in Cameroon, expanding national coverage of regions by ethics committees, and strengthening the capacity and skills of ethics committees to evaluate protocols.
