Resources Library
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- What Makes Placebo-Controlled Trials Unethical?
- An Ethical framework for Biomedical Research
- What Makes Clinical Research in Developing Countries Ethical? The Benchmarks of Ethical Research
- Standards and Operational Guidance for Ethics review of Health-Related Research with Human Participants. Genva, WHO 2011
- Nuffield Council on Bioethics. The ethics of research related to healthcare in developing countries. London 2002
- Putting women first: Ethical and safety recommendations for research on domestic violence against women. Geneva, World Health Organization, 2001.
- WHO Ethical and safety recommendations for researching, documenting and monitoring sexual violence in emergencies. Geneva, World Health Organization, 2007
- WHO. Research Ethics in International Epidemic Response. Geneva, The World Health Organization (WHO), 2011.
- UNAIDS/WHO. Ethical Considerations in Biomedical HIV Prevention Trials. UNAIDS/WHO guidance document. Geneva, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the World Health Organization, 2007.
- Global Research Ethics Map (Harvard School of Public Health)
Microscopy
- Microscopy Quality Control Resources website
- Virtual Microscope
- WHO SEARO/WPRO’s Malaria Light Microscopy: Creating a culture of quality
- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institutes Introduction to Diagnostic Medical Parasitology complete with virtual microscope
Examples of large-scale international genomic research projects
- MalariaGEN
- HAPMAP
- 1000 genomes
- H3 Africa
- International Cancer Genome Consortium
- A full list of genomic research references and resources
The science of genomics and genomic research: Further Reading
- What is Epigenetics
- Decoding the human genome and related open access articles
- Current and future initiatives in genomic research
- Links to a wide variety of genomic resources for researchers, healthcare providers and policy makers
- Core competencies in genetics
- A recent journal issue devoted to discussing issues related to reporting results of genomic research
- Article on the function of DNA sequences that are not part of genes