List of National Ethics Committees - WHO

1 List of National Ethics Committees Region EURO. Country Albania Committee Name Albanian National Bioethics Committee Address Rr. Reshit Petrela No 27. Tirana, ALbania Phone +355 42 682029313. Website Contact Email Region AFRO. Country Algeria Committee Name Conseil National de l' thique des Sciences de la Sant . Address Minist re de la sant , de la population et de la r forme hospitali re 125 Boulevard Abderrahmane LAALA, EL-MADANIA. Alger, Alg rie Phone +213 21279964. Website Contact Email Region PAHO. Country Argentina Committee Name National Committee of Ethics in Science and Technology (Comit Nacional de tica en la Ciencia y la Tecnolog a). Address Address Ecuador 873 4 piso (C1214 ACM) Ciudad Aut noma de Buenos Aires, Argentina Republic Phone (+5411) 4891-8796 (direct) internal 4891-8300 7812. Website Contact Email Region PAHO. Country Argentina Committee Name Argentina National Bioethics Advisory Commission Address Ministry of Health and Social Welfare Defensa 120 1345 Capital Federal Argentina Phone +54 11 516765 00.

2 Website Contact Email Thursday, March 05, 2015 Page 1 of 26. Region WPRO. Country Australia Committee Name Australian Health Ethics Committee (NHMRC). Address AHEC Secretariat NHMRC. GPO Box 1421. Canberra ACT 2601. Phone +61 (02) 6217 9070. Website Contact Email Region EURO. Country Austria Committee Name The Bioethics Commission Address Bioethics Commission Secretariat 1010 Vienna, Ballhausplatz 2. Austria Phone +43(1)53115-2932. Website Contact Email Region SEARO. Country Bangladesh Committee Name National Research Ethics Committee (NREC). Address c/o Bangladesh Medical Research Council (BMRC). BMRC Bhaban Mohakhali, Dhaka - 1212. Bangladesh Phone +88 02 88 28396. Website Contact Email Region EURO. Country Belarus Committee Name National Bioethics Committee of the Republic of Belarus Address Belorusian State Medical University, av? Dzerzynskogo 83. 220116, Minsk, Minskaya oblast Belarus Phone +375 17 2726196. Website Contact Email Thursday, March 05, 2015 Page 2 of 26.

3 Region EURO. Country Belgium Committee Name Belgian Advisory Committee on Bioethics Address Rue de l'Autonomie 4-1 er tage, 1070 Bruxelles Belgique Phone +32(0)2 5250910/11. Website Contact Email Region AFRO. Country Benin Committee Name National Ethics Committee for Research in Health (Comite National pour l'Ethique de la recherche en sante). Address 04, BP 1226 Cadjehoun Cotonou R publique du B nin Phone +229 D: 21333485; P1: 97334417/ P2: 95010141. Website Contact Email Region PAHO. Country Bolivia Committee Name The National Ethics and Bioethics Steering Committee Bolivian Academy of Medicine Address Bolivian Academy of Medicine Calle Ballivian No. 1266. Casilla Postal 14094. La Paz Bolivia Phone +591 2795815. Website Contact Email Region Country Bolivia Committee Name Comit Naci nal de Bio tica Address Phone Website Contact Email Thursday, March 05, 2015 Page 3 of 26. Region AFRO. Country Botswana Committee Name Ministry of Health Research and Development Committee Address Ministry of Health Headquarters, 1st floor, office number 6.

4 P/Bag 0038. Gaborone, Botswana Phone +267 3952000. Website Contact Email Region PAHO. Country Brazil Committee Name Comiss o Nacional de tica em Pesquisa (Conep). ( National Bioethics Commission of Brazil). Address Minist rio da Sa de Esplanada dos Minist rios Bl. Anexo Ala B. Sls. 136 a 147 - DF. Cep: 70058 - 900. Phone +55 61315 2951. Website Contact Email Region WPRO. Country Brunei Darussalam Committee Name Ministry of Health Address Commonwealth Drive Bandar Seri Begawan BB3910. Brunei Darussalam Phone Website Contact Email Region AFRO. Country Burkina Faso Committee Name Comit National d' thique pour la recherche en sant (CNERS). Address 09 BP 7009, ,Ouagadougou 03. Burkina Faso Phone +226 50 36 0083. Website Contact Email Thursday, March 05, 2015 Page 4 of 26. Region WPRO. Country Cambodia Committee Name Ministry of Health Address National Center for Traditional Medicine 112, St. 261 Tuek Laak III. Toul Kok, Phnom Pehn Cambodia Phone Website Contact Email Region PAHO.

5 Country Canada Committee Name Commission de l' thique de la science et de la technologie (CEST). Address 1200 route de l'Eglise Bureau , 3 me tage Sainte Foy, Qu bec Canada Phone +1 418 528 0965. Website Contact Email Region PAHO. Country Canada Committee Name Canadian Institutes of Health Research, CIHR. Address Canadian Institutes of Health Research Standing Committee on Ethics 410 Laurier Avenue W., 9th Floor Address Locator 4209A. Ottawa CANADA K1A 0W9. Phone General Enquiries +1 613 941 267 , Ethics Office: +1 613 946 4773. Website Contact Email Region AFRO. Country Cape Verde Committee Name Comit National de tica en Recherche Pour la Sant . Address 47, Praia, Ilha de S o Tiago Cape Verde Phone +238 2610125, +238 2610199. Website Contact Email Thursday, March 05, 2015 Page 5 of 26. Region WPRO. Country China Committee Name Ethics Committee, Ministry of Health Address C/o Chinese Medical Association No 42 Dongsi Xidajie Beijing 10710.

6 PRC. Phone Website Contact Email Region AFRO. Country Congo Committee Name Comite d'ethique de la recherche en sciences de la sante Address Delegation Generale de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique 2499, Brazzaville Congo Phone +242 551 21 17. Website Contact Email Region AFRO. Country Cote d'Ivoire Committee Name Comit Consultatif National de Bio thique de la R publique de C te d'Ivoire Address BP V 297, Abidjan, C te d'Ivoire Phone +225 02037504. Website Contact Email Region PAHO. Country Cuba Committee Name Comit Nacional Cubano de Bio tica (Cuban National Commission for Bioethics). Address Academia de Ciencias de Cuba Capitolio Nacional Prado y San Jos . Habana Vieja, La Habana 12400. Cuba Phone +537 862 6545, 8670599. Website Contact Email ; Thursday, March 05, 2015 Page 6 of 26. Region EURO. Country Cyprus Committee Name Cyprus National committee on Bioethics Address Corner of icos Kranidiotis & Makedonias, 2411 Engomi Nicosia Phone (+357) 22-809038 / 22-809039.

7 Website Contact Email Region EURO. Country Czech Republic Committee Name The Bioethics Commission of the Research and Development Council Address n b e Edvarda Bene e 4. 11801, Praha 1. Czech Republic Phone +420 224 002 358. Website Contact Email Region EURO. Country Czech Republic Committee Name Central Ethics Committee of the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic (Centralni Eticka Komise Pri Ministerstvu Zdravotnictvi Ceske Republiky). Address Central Ethics Committee of the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic, Palack ho n 128 01 Prague 2. Czech Republic Phone +420 224972471. Website Contact Email Region AFRO. Country Dem. Rep. of Congo Committee Name Comit National de bio thique Address 2994, Route de Matadi, Commune de Ngaliema Kinshasa-Ngaliema, Kinshasa Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The Phone +243 81 68 68 102. Website Contact Email Thursday, March 05, 2015 Page 7 of 26. Region EURO. Country Denmark Committee Name Danish Council of Ethics Address The Danish Council of Ethics Rentemestervej 8.

8 DK-2400 Copenhagen NV. Denmark Phone +45 72 21 68 60. Website Contact Email Region EURO. Country Denmark Committee Name The National Committee on Health Research Ethics Address Finsensvej 15. 2000 Frederiksberg Denmark Phone +45 72269370. Website Contact Email Region PAHO. Country Dominican Republic Committee Name Comisi n Nacional de Bioetica( National Bioethics Commission). Address Calle Restauraci n, equina 27 de Febrero San Francisco de Macor s Duarte, Dominican Republic Phone +809 588 6049. Website Contact Email Region PAHO. Country Ecuador Committee Name Comit Nacional de Bio tica del Ecuador (Ecuador National Commission for Bioethics). Address UNESCO, Quito Foch 265, Apartado 17-07-8998. Quito Ecuador Phone +593 2529085. Website Contact Email Thursday, March 05, 2015 Page 8 of 26. Region EMRO. Country Egypt Committee Name Egyptian National Bioethics Committee Address 17th Ismael Abou El Fotouh St. Dokki, Cairo Egypt Phone +20 2 335 6659.

9 Website Contact Email Region PAHO. Country El Salvador Committee Name National Research Ethics Committee (Comit de tica de Investigaci n Cl nica). Address Consejo Superior de Salud P blica Paseo General Escalon, No 3551. San Salvador, El Salvador Phone +503 21212525. Website Contact Email Region PAHO. Country El Salvador Committee Name Comisi n de Bio tica Address Phone +503 220 57 378. Website Contact Email Region EURO. Country Estonia Committee Name Estonian Council of Bioethics Address likooli 18. 50090 Tartu Estonia Phone +372 737 5427. Website Contact Email Region AFRO. Country Ethiopia Committee Name National Ethical Clearance Committee (NECC). Address Ethiopian Science and Technology Health Research Department Commission Box 9086. Addis Ababa Ethiopia Phone +251 1511211. Website Contact Email Thursday, March 05, 2015 Page 9 of 26. Region AFRO. Country Ethiopia Committee Name National Bio- Ethics Committee Address Health Research Department Ethiopian Science and Technology Commission Box 2490.

10 Ethiopia Phone Website Contact Email Region WPRO. Country Fiji Committee Name Fiji National Research Ethics Review Committee Address Ministry of Health Level II, Dinem House, Amy Street Box 2223, Govt. Buildings Suva, Fiji Phone +679 3221424. Website Contact Email Region EURO. Country Finland Committee Name National Advisory Board on Social Welfare and health Care Address Box 33 Kirkkokatu 14. Helsinki, FI-00023 Valtioneuvosto Phone Website Contact Email Region EURO. Country Finland Committee Name National Advisory Board on Research Ethics (Tutkimuseettinenneuvottelukunta). Address Ritarihuone, Hallituskatu 2B. FIN-00170 Helsinki Phone Website Contact Email Thursday, March 05, 2015 Page 10 of 26. Region EURO. Country Finland Committee Name National Advisory Board for Biotechnology (BTNK). Address Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Box 33, FIN-00023 Government, Finland Fax: +358 9 16073876. The Finnish National Public Health Institute Mannerheimintie 166.