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Table 2 Awareness of respondents on the existence and content of key international and Cameroon regulatory texts guiding the protection of human research participants

From: Biomedical research ethics in Cameroon: a survey to assess training needs of medical residents and students

Regulatory texts

Number of respondents

Proportions of respondents

Not aware of existence

Aware of existence only

Aware of existence and content

  

% (n)

% (n)

% (n)

Specific to research ethics

 Helsinki Declaration

182

57.1 (104)

30.2 (55)

12.6 (23)

 Nuremberg Code

180

66.7 (120)

24.4 (44)

8.9 (16)

 CIOMS International Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical Research Involving Human Subjects

181

74.6 (135)

15.5 (28)

9.9 (18)

 The WMA Declaration on Ethical Considerations Regarding Health Database

182

81.9 (149)

13.7 (25)

4.4 (8)

 International Guidelines for Ethical review of epidemiological studies

182

83.0 (151)

12,6 (23)

4.4 (8)

 WHO Operational Guidelines for Ethics Committees that Review Biomedical Research

180

84.4 (152)

11.1 (20)

4.4 (8)

 The Belmont Rapport

181

89.0 (161)

6.6 (12)

4,4 (8)

 ICH-GCP

179

89.4 (160)

6.1 (11)

4.5 (8)

Non-specific to research ethics

 The Hippocratic Oath

183

4.9 (9)

26.8 (49)

68.3 (125)

 Universal Human rights declaration

181

9.4 (17)

50.3 (91)

40.3 (73)

 Cameroon code of medical Ethics

183

20.8 (38)

53.0 (97)

26.2 (48)

 Ministry of Public Health Order Creating and Organizing an Ethical Review Committee in Cameroon

181

54.1 (98)

36.5 (66)

9.4 (17)