December 2019 - The first training of trainers on ethics in implementation research was held in the WHO Regional Office on 17 December 2019, in collaboration with WHO headquarters.

The workshop aimed to build national capacities on the ethical implications of implementation research through introducing participants responsible for conducting capacity-building activities at national level to the toolkit. The material for the workshop was jointly developed by the TDR Special Programme and WHO’s Global Health Ethics team encompassing the important ethical considerations in implementation research.

The specific objectives of the training were to provide an introduction to implementation research, discuss ethical considerations, introduce ethical issues in planning, conducting and implementation and provide in-depth ethical analysis of implementation research using case studies.