National Health Research Ethics Board

As per the Health Research Act No. 2 of 2013, Section 14, a National Health Research Ethics Board shall regulate ethics on human and animal research as provided by or under the Act, and oversee and ensure adherence to health research ethics as provided in the regulatory framework and ethics guidelines. The members of the Board are appointed by the Council and serve on a part-time basis. The current Board was inducted in March 2026 to serve a term of 3-years and consist of members from 13 disciplines/sectors.

All Requests Pertaining to Clinical Trials, Biological Material Transfers (import/export), and Research Focused on some Key Populations must be reviewed by the National Health Research Ethics Board. The Board currently sits every last Thursday of the month, thus all requests must be submitted at least a week before the last Thursday of the month. Please refer to the schedule here.