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FOCUS Reports

The Forum for Institutional Review Board (IRB) as well as the Research Ethics Boards (REB) in Canada and the United States (FOCUS) stem from an initiative of the World Health Organization (WHO); one of its major objectives is the development of capacity building in the ethical review of research projects using humans.  FOCUS is one of five regional platforms of the WHO, established as part of an initiative which began with the Special Program for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases. This initiative is entitled the Strategic Initiative for Developing Capacity in Ethical Review (SIDCER). A major objective of SIDCER is to assist in strengthening the worldwide need for capacity building in the ethics review of biomedical research. Regional workshops are part of the activities conducted by these platforms.

Visit official website (http://www.ncehr-cnerh.org/focus/FOCUS_en/index.html).

You will find below the FOCUS Reports from previous years.