International Standards & Practice Guidelines (IS&Gs)

1. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights
2. TDR-For research on diseases of poverty
   —Strategic Initiative for Developing Capacity in Ethical Review
   —Ethical Challenges in Study Design and Informed Consent for Health Research in Resource-Poor Settings
3. Research topics
4. Research: publications topics
   —Research publications by topic
   —Research publications by year
   —Research publications listed alphabetically
5. Clinical trials topics
   —International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP)
6. Research policy programs
   —WHO strategy on research for health (2012)
   —WHO Informed Consent Form Templates
7. Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences. International Ethical Guidelines for Health-Related Research Involving Humans 2016
8. Guidelines for contributors–Bulletin of the World Health Organization
9. World health report 2013: Research for universal health coverage
10. The WHO Quality of Life (WHOQOL)
    —WHO Quality of Life-BREF (WHOQOL-BREF)
11. World Medical Association Declaration of Helinski-Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects

Missions Specific Best Practices Documents

(Demonstrate Compliance with International Standards & Guidelines)

I. FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATION (FBO) OPEN-ACCESS DOCUMENTS:
A. Best Practices in Global Health Missions (BPGHM)
—Experimental Medicines–No references to IS&Gs but appears to demonstrate compliance.

B. Christian Journal for Global Health (CJGH)
—Framing the role of Christians in global health
—The Benefits of a Christian Public Health Research Collaborative
—A Cross-Sectional Study of Faith-based Global Health Organizations to Assess the Feasibility of a Christian Research Collaborative
—Research As Mission: Experiences and Expectations of Missions Agency Leadership Regarding the Ministry Role of Clinical and Public Health Research
—Getting the Word Out: Research, Reflection, and Writing for Global Health
—A School-University Collaboration to Promote School Health and Physical Education in North Sulawesi, Indonesia

II. SECULAR OPEN-ACCESS DOCUMENTS:
A. The Lancet-Global Health Series See especially:
—Research: increasing value, reducing waste 2014

B. New England Journal of Medicine Global Health See especially:
—Clinical Trial Registration — Looking Back and Moving Ahead 2007

C. Royal Swedish Academy of Science website
—The Prize in Economic Sciences 2019: Research to help the world’s poor