How strong is the administrative backbone of ethical governance? A descriptive cross-sectional study of health research ethics committees in Tanzania
Lazaro Amon Solomon Haule, Muhsin Aboud, Doreen Mloka · 2026
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Lazaro Haule, Muhsin Aboud, and Doreen Mloka inspect the office strength behind Tanzania's research ethics committees, in a 2026 study. These committees guard the rights and safety of study participants, and good oversight needs more than careful review: it needs governance, trained staff, working systems, and steady support. The team surveyed all ten active registered committees on the mainland, one administrator each, and checked their documents.
The review covered charters, membership, independence, training, decision rules, money, record systems, and facilities, using a standard assessment toolkit. Evidence on how these committees actually run has been scarce, and the authors frame their census as a base for strengthening the administrative backbone of ethical governance in Tanzanian health research.
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| CREATOR | Lazaro Amon Solomon Haule, Muhsin Aboud, Doreen Mloka |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 64 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |