Covid-19 continues to teach the global community important lessons about preparedness for
research and effective action to respond to emerging health threats. We share the COVID-19 …

Background The COVID-19 pandemic presents significant challenges to research ethics
committees (RECs) in balancing urgency of review of COVID-19 research with careful …

South African research ethics committees (RECs) faced significant challenges during the
COVID-19 pandemic. Research ethics committees needed to find a balance between careful …

Research represents an essential component of the response to infectious disease
outbreaks and to other public health emergencies, whether they are localised, of …

Research ethics support during the COVID-19 epidemic: a collaborative effort by South African
Research Ethics Committees Page 1 163 Research ethics support during the COVID-19 …

The surge of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) research studies involving human
participants in response to the pandemic has meant that research ethics committees across …

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic forced governments, multilateral public health
organisations and (academic) research institutions to undertake research quickly to inform …

In the context of a public health emergency it is imperative to conduct research studies that
will produce evidence rapidly while upholding ethical standards. The Ebola and Zika …

Global health emergencies such as the COVID-19 pandemic are contexts in which it is
critical to draw upon learning from prior research and to conduct novel research to inform …

This open access casebook addresses complex and important ethical challenges arising
when health-related research in conducted in the context of epidemics and pandemics. This …