The ERC ensures that WHO only supports research of the highest ethical standards, and reviews all research projects, involving human participants supported either financially or technically by WHO.
Research Ethics Review Committee
Guidelines
Tool
Related activities
External resources
- International ethical guidelines for biomedical research involving human subjects
Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences. pdf, 1.55Mb - International ethical guidelines for epidemiological studies
Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences. pdf, 634Kb - World Medical Association: Declaration of Helsinki
- European Group on Ethics
- Directive 2001/20/ec of the European Parliament and of the Council
pdf, 152Kb - Council of Europe (Oviedo Convention - Protocol on biomedical research)
- Nuffield Council: The ethics of research related to healthcare in developing countries