Data Management and POPIA

POPIA Code of Conduct for Research
UFS supported software for research
How to write a Data Management Plan

Ethics demonstration videos

HSREC Undergraduate Research: How to Apply
(This video demonstrates the initial application process for undergraduate research. )

HSREC Postgraduate, Contract and Other Research: How to Apply
(This video demonstrates the initial application process for postgraduate-, contract- and any non-qualification research.)

HSREC Modifications Required: How to Respond
(This video demonstrates the researcher response process for a Modifications Required determination.)

HSREC Conditional Approval: How to Respond
(This video demonstrates the researcher response process for a Conditional Approval determination.)

HSREC UFS Gatekeepers Application
(This video demonstrates the application process for UFS Gatekeepers permission.)

HSREC Post-approval Applications: How to Apply
(This video demonstrates the application process for any post-approval documentation on an HSREC approved project.)

Links to other University Health Sciences Research Ethics Committees

Links and guidelines

NHREC Registration of Clinical Trials undertaken in South Africa
South African National Clinical Trial Register
TRREE online research ethics training
Free State Provincial Department of Health research approva l [National Health Research Database (NHRD)]
NHREC (2013) - Payment of trial participants in South Africa: Ethical considerations for Research Ethics Committees (RECs). National Health Research Ethics Council (NHREC): South Africa (GL16)

The HSREC functions in compliance with, but not limited to, the following documents and guidelines:

The SA National Health Act, No 61 of 2003 (GL03)
Department of Health: Ethics in Health Research: Principles, Structures and Processes, 2015 (GL04)
Guidelines for Good Practice in the Conduct of Clinical Trials with Human Participants in South Africa. Second Edition, 2006 . Department of Health, Pretoria, South Africa (GL05)
World Medical Association (2013). Declaration of Helsinki: Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects (GL06)
The National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioural Research (1979). The Belmont Report: Ethical Principles and Guidelines for the Protection of Human Subjects of Research.(GL07)
The Singapore Statement on Research Integrity
H3Africa (2013). Guidelines for Informed Consent. H3Africa Working Group on Ethics and Regulatory Issues for the Human Heredity and Health (H3Africa) Consortium
CIOMS (2002). International Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical Research Involving Human Subjects. Council for International Organisations of Medical Sciences and WHO: Geneva (GL11)
ICH Harmonised Tripartite Guideline: Guideline for Good Clinical Practice E6 (R1) 1996 (GL12)
ICH Harmonised Tripartite Guideline: Clinical Investigation of Medicinal Products in the Paediatric Population E11 2000 (GL14)
ICH Harmonised Tripartite Guideline: Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH Tripartite (GL13)
Final Framework for African genomics and biobanking (February 2017)
Guidelines of the SA Medicines Control Council as well as Laws and Regulations with regard to the Control of Medicines;
Terms of Reference and Standard Operating Procedures of the HSREC at UFS.

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