INTRODUCTION

In a recent published review of data on national regulations and RECs worldwide, the Caribbean region was
identified as one of the areas with only a few published guidelines (1) despite previous effort at encouraging the establishment of RECs (2). The lack of published guidelines suggests that there is much work yet to be done in strengthening the research ethics framework in the Caribbean. At the same time a new or renewed focus on improving research ethics compliance will require that resources be made available for achieving the goals