Abstract An Ethics Committee (EC) is an independent body composed of members with
expertise in both scientific and nonscientific arenas which functions to ensure the protection …

The paper explores how COVID-19-related moral panics have led to fear and othering
practices among returnee Nepalese migrants from India and Muslims living in Nepal. This …

Every year around 1000 Nepali migrant workers die abroad. Every one in three females and
one in ten males commit suicide, reflecting a high mental health risk among Nepali migrant …

Background: Most health research on Nepali migrant workers in India is on sexual health,
whilst work, lifestyle and health care access issues are under-researched. Methods: The …

Spousal separation, lack of companionship, and increased household responsibilities may
trigger mental health problems in left-behind female spouses of migrant workers. This study …

This report shares findings from an international scoping review conducted on the
engagement of children and young people in participatory research on sexual violence. The …

Background Informed consent as stipulated in regulatory human research guidelines
requires volunteers to be well-informed about what will happen to them in a trial. However …

Background Informed consent-taking is a part of clinical practice that has ethical and legal
aspects attached to it. This protects the autonomy of the patients by providing complete …

Background The red tape and delays around research ethics and governance approvals
frequently frustrate researchers yet, as the lesser of two evils, are largely accepted as …

Background In low-and middle-income settings, obtaining informed consent for biobanking
may be complicated by socio-economic vulnerability and context-specific power dynamics …