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Table 2 Availability of laws and regulations regulating health research (N = 35 countries)

From: The state of health research governance in Africa: what do we know and how can we improve?

Have research laws and legislation

Laws and legislation in draft form

Lack of research laws and legislation

Kenya, Gambia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Rwanda, United Republic of Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Benin, Senegal, Ghana, Mozambique (18)

Lesotho, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Swaziland, Niger (5)

Ethiopia, Botswana, Namibia, Seychelles, South Sudan, Guinea-Bissau, Côte d’Ivoire, Burundi, Mauritania, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cape Verde, Eritrea (12)