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The third Eastern Mediterranean/Arab States regional meeting of national ethics and bioethics committees

The third Eastern Mediterranean/Arab States regional meeting of national ethics and bioethics committees

26 July 2023 – The regular regional meetings of Eastern Mediterranean/Arab States national ethics and bioethics committees bring together representatives of national bodies to share their thoughts and experiences in relation to bioethical issues. The third meeting was held in Muscat, Oman, on 14–15 June 2023. The meeting was jointly organized by the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean and the UNESCO Multisectoral Regional Office in Beirut in cooperation with the Omani National Bioethics Committee and hosted by Sultan Qaboos University.

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4 May 2023, Cairo – Dr Palitha Mahipala, WHO Representative in Pakistan, recently visited the Centre of Biomedical Ethics and Culture at the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation in...

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Meeting of the Eastern Mediterranean Advisory Committee on Health Research

29 May 2022, Cairo – A meeting of the Eastern Mediterranean Advisory Committee on Health Research took place on 15 and 16 May 2022 to discuss regional research priorities and...

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In focus

22 May 2022 – The research proposal guidelines have been developed to support health research initiatives in countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region, with a focus on promoting health research as...

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The third Eastern Mediterranean/Arab States regional meeting of national ethics and bioethics committees

The regular regional meetings of Eastern Mediterranean/Arab States national ethics and bioethics committees bring together representatives of national bodies to share their thoughts and experiences in relation to bioethical issues....

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