Objectives

The main objective is to strength capacity for health research ethics review in Lusophone African Countries.

More specifically the objectives are:

1. To improve institutional and personnel capacities of the three African Lusophone Countries Research Ethics Committees;
2. To enhance the efficiency of clinical/health research applications reviews;
3. To promote collaborative/ networking activities in research ethics in Lusophone Countries; and
4. To share good practices on Standard Operation Procedures, Protocol Review and international regulatory ethical and legal norms and standards and to promote the establishment of University of Cape Verde Institutional Review Board.