PAHOERC Members 2026

Download	PAHOERC ensures that all research carried out with PAHO support, whether technical or financial, follows international standards for research with human participants. All research with human participants must also receive approval from an independent Ethics Review Committee (ERC) in the country where the study will take place. PAHOERC is the entity responsible for determining whether a proposal meets the definition of "research involving human participants." For more information, consult the PAHOERC Standard Operating Procedures (SOP). PAHOERC is made up of a group of professionals from different disciplines, observers from key departments, and a Secretariat that is part of the Regional Program on Bioethics, within the Science and Knowledge for Impact Unit of the  Department of Evidence and Intelligence for Action in Health (EIH/SK).