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Key criteria for the ethical acceptability of controlled human infection studies during public health emergencies
Technical and scientific products
Regional template for clinical trial agreement
Regional template for clinical trial agreement (Oct. 2025)
Technical and scientific products
Questions to guide the ethics analysis of research involving humans
Questions to guide the ethics analysis of research involving humans (July, 2025)
Other publications, Training materials
WMA Declaration of Helsinki – Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Participants
WMA Declaration of Helsinki – Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Participants (Oct., 2024)
Technical and scientific products
Final report of the regional workshop Strengthening clinical trials to provide high-quality evidence on health interventions, and to improve research quality and coordination
Final report of the regional workshop: Strengthening clinical trials to provide high-quality evidence on health interventions, and to improve research quality and coordination
Other publications, Meeting Documents
Tool for the accreditation of research ethics committees
Tool for the accreditation of research ethics committees
Other publications
Diretrizes da OMS para questões éticas na vigilância em saúde pública
Diretrizes da OMS para questões éticas na vigilância em saúde pública (May, 2023)
Technical and scientific products
Catalyzing Ethical Research in Emergencies: Recommendations for Research Ethics Committees
Catalyzing ethical research in emergencies: Recommendations for research ethics committees
Other publications
Catalyzing Ethical Research in Emergencies: Recommendations
Catalyzing ethical research in emergencies: Recommendations for health authorities
Field guides
COVID-19 and mandatory vaccination
COVID-19 and mandatory vaccination: ethical considerations: policy brief, 30 May 2022
Other publications
PAHO: Recommendations for ethical monkeypox (mpox) surveillance
PAHO: Recommendations for ethical monkeypox (mpox) surveillance
Guidelines
Summary. Catalyzing ethical research in emergencies
Catalyzing ethical research in emergencies. Ethics guidance, lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, and pending agenda. Summary.
Technical and scientific products
Cover: Catalyzing Ethical Research in Emergencies. Ethics Guidance, Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic, and Pending Agenda
Catalyzing ethical research in emergencies. Ethics guidance, lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, and pending agenda
Guidelines
Guiding questions for ethics review
Guiding questions for ethics review of research involving human participants
Other publications
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Indicators for Strengthening National Research Ethics Systems
Technical and scientific products
Landscape COVID-19 Clinical Trials
The landscape of COVID-19 clinical trials in Latin America and the Caribbean: assessment and challenges, Dec 2020
Technical and scientific products
WHO guidelines on ethical issues in public health surveillance
WHO guidelines on ethical issues in public health surveillance, 2017
Technical and scientific products
CIOMS
International Ethical Guidelines for Health-related Research Involving Humans
Technical and scientific products
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Casebook on ethical issues in international health research
Other publications
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Ethical considerations in developing a public health response to pandemic influenza
Technical and scientific products