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IAVI Policy Brief 1307201601 C A N A U T O M A T E D R E V I E W P L A T F O R M S I M P R O V E S T A N D A R D I Z A T I O N T H E E F F I C I E N C Y O F A F R I C A N R E C S RHInnO Ethics was positively reported to impacting adherence to In 2012, COHRED developed a cloud-based online ethics review international ethics review standards and had a potential contribution platform, known as the Re. [...] By using RHInnO Ethics was developed based on feedback from REC’s and is intended Ethics, we can move towards harmonization of the ethics review to replace the current, complex paper based review system, and to process.” improve the REC’s efficiency and quality of reviews. [...] However, given protocols to reviewers, communication between the REC and that 80% of REC’s interviewed had used the platform for a year or less, researchers, follow-up including amendments, reporting of severe most (64%) reported that it was too early to see any impact on review adverse events and renewal of annual ethics clearance. [...] For policy makers - Facilitate policies and efficient approvals to W O R K - S T R E A M E F F I C I E N C Y move from paper-based to automated technology based review The vast majority of REC’s reported that RHInnO Ethics had a platforms. [...] For RHInnO Ethics developers: Optimize functionality of RHInnO plus if more committees in other African countries are to see the Ethics to generate administrative reports, relevant statistics and benefit of this platform and the added value with simultaneous M&E indicators to RECs and NRAs, develop mechanisms for submission and review of multicenter trials”.