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| − | |Is About=This guidance offers practical | + | |Is About=This guidance offers practical advice on how to swiftly yet responsibly review research during public health emergencies. It integrates insights insights from the PREPARED project, WHO guidance, and others sources to propose an accelerated ethics review model. This includes pre-reviewing generic protocols, forming dedicated rapid-response ethics committees, and employing streamlined decision-making procedures. It emphasizes proportionality, matching review intensity to urgency, and collaboration between national and regional review bodies. |
The recommendations also call for clear communication channels with public health authorities, multi-country coordination, and advance planning for data and sample sharing. By outlining these measures, the document aims to maintain ethical rigor without slowing critical research during crises, ensuring participant protection, scientific integrity, and public trust even under intense time pressure. | The recommendations also call for clear communication channels with public health authorities, multi-country coordination, and advance planning for data and sample sharing. By outlining these measures, the document aims to maintain ethical rigor without slowing critical research during crises, ensuring participant protection, scientific integrity, and public trust even under intense time pressure. | ||
Latest revision as of 09:18, 12 August 2025
ResourcesPREPARED Recommendations for Expediting Ethics Review during Times of Crisis
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What is this about?
This guidance offers practical advice on how to swiftly yet responsibly review research during public health emergencies. It integrates insights insights from the PREPARED project, WHO guidance, and others sources to propose an accelerated ethics review model. This includes pre-reviewing generic protocols, forming dedicated rapid-response ethics committees, and employing streamlined decision-making procedures. It emphasizes proportionality, matching review intensity to urgency, and collaboration between national and regional review bodies.
The recommendations also call for clear communication channels with public health authorities, multi-country coordination, and advance planning for data and sample sharing. By outlining these measures, the document aims to maintain ethical rigor without slowing critical research during crises, ensuring participant protection, scientific integrity, and public trust even under intense time pressure.Why is this important?
This guidance is crucial because it enables faster ethics reviews during health crises without sacrificing ethical standards. By streamlining processes and promoting collaboration, it ensures urgent research can proceed quickly while protecting participants and maintaining scientific integrity. This balance is vital for generating trustworthy, timely evidence needed to respond effectively to emergencies and uphold public confidence.
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