PRIiSIDENCE OF THE REPUBLIC
GENERAL SECRETARIAT OF GOVERNMENT
REPUBLIC OF GUINEA
Work-Justice-Solidarity
DECREE N ° D /. . ... *. ! .8 PRG / SGG
Creating, Powers and Organization of the National Ethics Committee for Health Research (CNERS)
The Basic Law
Ordinance No. 030 / PRG / SGG of June 15, 1988 on fundamental principles for the creation and control of structures
Public Services;
Law NO 021 / AN / 97 of June 19, 1997, relating to the Public Health Code in its article 303;
Dccret L * ° 009 / PRG / S GG of July 10, 1996, modified by dcci‘et N ° 013/96 PRG / SGG of February 14, 1997, modified
by decree N ° D / 97/245 / PP G / SGG of October 21, 1997 bearing ministerial action and the decree L ° D / 97/267 / PRG / SGG
of IS November 1997 nonwant of ministers;
The Decree N ° 96/11 1 / PRG / SI G of August 29, 1996, relating to the attributions of the Members of the Government of the Republic of
Guinea;
Decree N ° 97/068 / PRG / SGG of 5 May 1997 on the organization of the Ministry of
Health;
The Council of Ministers in its ordinary session of September 22, 1995,
DECREED
CHAPTER I: GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1: A National Ethics Committee for Research in
San.té (CNRS) with legal personality.
Article 2: CNERS is placed with the Ministry of Public Health (MSP) which gives it the means to
operation. It has its headquarters in Conakry.
Article 3: CNERS 'mission is to ensure the scientific and ethical quality of research
conduct in the Republic of Guinea in the field of health.
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Article 4: CNRES has the following responsibilities:
to examine the health research protocols submitted to it, and to give an opinion on their acceptability of the
double scientific and ‹ethical point of view;
to ensure that research is carried out in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Ethics for Research
in health ;
- to propose, if necessary, modifications to the Code of Ethics;
to examine the ethical problems relating to health research submitted to it by Institutions
or individuals.
CHAPTER II: ORGANIZATION
Article 5: The CNERS is composed of 17 (seventeen) members, chosen for their interest
.for the ethical problems of research, their competence, their experience and their
representativeness.
They are appointed by decree on the proposal of the Minister responsible for Public Health. Their mandate is to
three years renewable.
Article 6: CNERS includes
Two people representing religious denominations;
Eight qualified people in the disciplines that cooperate in health research: Doctors
Clinicians, Epidemiologists, B iologists, Pharmacists, Statisticians, Methodology specialists and
research ethics etc.
Seven people proposed by organizations such as: College of Health Professionals, Departments
Ministerial staff concerned, Research Institutions, Association of Patients, Non-Governmental Organizations
(NGOs), Human Rights organizations etc.
Article 7: CNERS meets in Ordinary Session twice a year in Session
extraordinary at the invitation of its President
Article 8: At its first meeting, the CNERS elects a bureau composed of four members
: a President, a Vice-President, and two Secretaries. It has internal regulations
specifying the conditions for organizing and holding Committee meetings and the rights and obligations
members.
Article 9: The President convenes the Sessions of the Committee, appoints the Rapporteurs of the files submitted to the
Committee, decides questions to be discussed in plenary and those that can be settled by the office, fixes
the plenary agenda.
Article 10: The Vice-President assists the President and begs him if he is unable to attend.
Article 11: The secretaries are responsible, under the responsibility of the President, for mail, dcs
minutes, annual report, and committee records.
Article 12: CL’ERS deliberates independently on all research protocols subject to its
approval.
CHAPTER III: FINAL PROVISIONS
Articlc 13: Lc this Decree which takes effect to count dG II date of its signature s z: u
registered and published in the Official Journal of the Republic
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