Objectif High quality ethics review capacity is a key component of health research. The European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership, funded through the 6th Framework Program, aims to accelerate the development of interventions into clinical trials tailored to the needs of African countries. Appropriate capacity for ethics review is essential to ensure the feasibility of this European initiative. Consequently, there is a pressing need to establish where ethics review capacity is available, with a vi ew to developing or strengthening it where it is lacking. Very few studies have been undertaken to identify these needs, especially in Western and Central Africa. It is therefore vital to survey existing capacity and clarify needs, before proposing trainin g programmes for African biomedical researchers/ethics committee members. In addition, a north-south and south-south network of ethics committees reviewing trials would strengthen and promote the creation and the working of these structures in host countri es. Four African institutions together with two public European organizations and the World Health Organization have come together to build a network of medical research ethics committees in Africa: Networking for Ethics on Biomedical Research in Africa (N EBRA). As a first step, trained African students under the guidance of both African and European supervisors will identify existing ethics review capacity and needs in 15 African countries. To achieve this, NEBRA's Steering Committee will be assisted durin g the key steps by the outstanding expertise present among an Advisory Committee, which includes representative of existing African Networks. At the end of the project, a group of Observers from international public and private institutions interested in e thical aspects of biomedical research in developing countries will help NEBRA in building a sustainable network of ethics committees in Africa which would fit with the stra' Mots‑clés biomedical research ethics committee survey Programme(s) FP6-SOCIETY - Science and society: specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration : "Structuring the European Research Area" under the Sixth Framework Programme 2002-2006 Thème(s) SOCIETY - Science and Society Appel à propositions FP6-2002-SCIENCEANDSOCIETY-1 Voir d’autres projets de cet appel Régime de financement SSA - Specific Support Action Coordinateur INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHECHE MEDICALE Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse 101 RUE DE TOLBIAC PARIS France Voir sur la carte Liens Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée Participants (7) Trier par ordre alphabétique Trier par contribution de l’UE Tout développer Tout réduire MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL - MRC Gambie Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse 273, Ban BANJUL Voir sur la carte Liens Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION Suisse Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse 20 avenue Appia GENEVA Voir sur la carte Liens Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée EBERHARD-KARLS UNIVERSITÄT TÜBINGEN Allemagne Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse Wilhelmstrasse 7 TÜBINGEN Voir sur la carte Liens Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée HÔPITAL ALBERT SCHWEITZER Gabon Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse BP 118 LAMBARENE Voir sur la carte Liens Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée INSERM-TRANSFERT SA France Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse 101 rue de Tolbiac PARIS Voir sur la carte Liens Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée UNIVERSITÉ D'ABOMEY CALAVI Bénin Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse 01 BP 188 COTONOU Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée UNIVERSITÉ DU MALI Mali Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse BAMAKO Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée