Evaluating institutional capacity for research ethics in Africa: a case study from Botswana [Book Review]

BMC Medical Ethics 14 (1):31 (2013)
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Abstract

The increase in the volume of research conducted in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMIC), has brought a renewed international focus on processes for ethical conduct of research. Several programs have been initiated to strengthen the capacity for research ethics in LMIC. However, most such programs focus on individual training or development of ethics review committees. The objective of this paper is to present an approach to institutional capacity assessment in research ethics and application of this approach in the form of a case study from an institution in Africa

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