Acknowledgments

This document is the property of the Federal Ministry of Health, and was developed by the National Health Research Ethics Committee (NHREC) with technical support of the West African Bioethics Training Programme (WAB).

We thank the members of the WAB team which include Ven. Dr. Adefolarin Obanishola Malomo, Dr Emmanuel Babatunde Omobowale, Dr. (Mrs.) Jane Roli Adebusuyi, Dr. (Mrs.) Bolatito Asiata Lanre-Abass, Dr. John Oluwole A. Akintayo, Dr Adebayo Olayiwola Adejumo, Dr. Ademola J. Ajuwon, Professor (Mrs.) Olaitan Soyannwo, Arc. Mrs. Eugenious Adebamowo, Dr. Ayodele Samuel Jegede, Mrs. Oluwatoyin Siminsola Akintola, Dr. Christopher Agulanna,

The following members of the Federal Ministry of Health; Dr. Jonathan Jiya, Dr. A. Nasidi, Dr. J. M. Adekeye, Dr. M. A. Mafe, and Mr. Aminu Yakubu; also made significant contributions to the development of the code.

Special thanks to Professor Clement Adebamowo BM, ChB Hons (Jos), FWACS, FACS, D.Sc (Harvard) who developed the templates from which the code was developed, coordinated the process and also supported the entire technical consultation with his NIH Research Grant No. D43 TW007091 funded by the Fogarty International Center and the National Human Genome Research Institute.

Thanks also to Mr. M. L. Oladejo and Mr. Ali Gubio for providing support towards the final editing and printing of the code.

Thanks are also due to the all the departments of the Federal Ministry of Health and the various stakeholders for their contributions during the consultation process.