Call for Abstracts: The First Meeting for the Eastern Mediterranean and Arab Forum on Bioethics in Research

April 3, 2008

Cairo, Egypt, 12-14 August 2008

The suggested topic for this forum is: “Challenges to Ethical Considerations in Research in the East Mediterranean and Arab Region: Research Subjects, Researchers and Research Ethics Committees Perspectives”. Presentations will address one of the topics listed in the following:
1. Informed consent: Researchers’ perspectives, challenges in the field, REC review challenges.
2. Awareness of ethical considerations in research: what do people know about research, and what is their willingness to participate in research.
3. Knowledge of research ethics among researchers: how much do researchers know about ethics of research.
4. Training of research ethics committee members: how and what are the needs.
5. Ethics codes and guidelines in the Region: evaluate the importance of national guidelines.
6. Ethics codes and guidelines in the Region: ability of international guidelines to work at the national level in the Region.
7. Developing national/regional codes of ethics of research: methods and challenges.

Deadline 31 May 2008
Applicants with accepted abstracts will be contacted by organizers to take part in the forum.
To receive the form of application and for more information, please contact:
Research Policy and Cooperation Unit
Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office, WHO,
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: +2 02 227 65028 / +2 02 227 65348
Fax: +2 02 227 65421 Website: www.emro.who.int/