Schopper D, Dawson A, Upshur R, Ahmad ASI, Jesani A, et al.
2015-02-26 • BMC Medical Ethics
2015-02-26 • BMC Medical Ethics
BACKGROUND Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is one of the world’s leading humanitarian medical organizations. The increased emphasis in MSF on research led to the creation of an ethics...
Doris Schopper and colleagues describe the functioning of the Médecins Sans Frontières independent ethics review board and the framework used for ethics review, and discuss challenging e...
Schopper D, Ravinetto R, Schwartz L, Kamaara E, Sheel S, et al.
2016-11-01 • Public Health Ethics
2016-11-01 • Public Health Ethics
The Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) ethics review board (ERB) has been solicited in an unprecedented way to provide advice and review research protocols in an 'emergency' mode during the ...
2003-04-01 • BMC International Health and Human Rights
2003-04-01 • BMC International Health and Human Rights
BACKGROUND Although a grossly disproportionate burden of disease from HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria remains in the Global South, these infectious diseases have finally risen to the top of...
The Aral Sea area in Central Asia has been encountering one of the world's greatest environmental disasters for more than 15 years. During that time, despite many assessments and million...
Humanitarian agencies are increasingly engaged in research in conflict and post-conflict settings. This is justified by the need to improve the quality of assistance provided in these se...
