The Ethics Committee for the Humanities

Composition
Meeting Dates
ECH Forms
Ethics Review Charges Information
ECH Membership
ECH Contact us

The Committee currently has (10) members from diverse academic and cultural backgrounds. The background of Committee members includes:

Persons with a background in behavioural sciences

Persons with a background in social sciences

A person with a background in philosophy, ethics or religions

A person with a background in Business Studies

A legal person

A member of the local community

The ECH follows a structured protocol that clearly outlines terms of reference, membership, meetings and criteria for protocol reviews.

The Officers of ECH comprise the Chair, Vice Chair and the Administrator. This body has a permanent Secretariat at ISSER which is manned by the ECH administrator.

ECH Meetings are held on the third Wednesday of each month

All applicants for ECH clearance must submit the following for consideration:

A soft copy of the proposal and all supporting documents (i.e. letters, new protocol submission form, consent form, proposal, workplan, budget, interview guide, questionnaire, CVs, etc.) as one pdf document sent by mail to the Administrator at ech@ug.edu.gh and one hard copy submitted to the ECH Office.
CVs of all Investigators with a cover letter signed by the Principal Investigator
A cover letter signed by the Supervisor and Head of Department (Applies to Student Investigators only)
Investigators (students and researchers) from all other institutions should provide a letter of introduction from collaborating department/faculty within the University of Ghana
An Informed Consent Form for Potential Research Participants (Subjects) which can be downloaded from the ISSER website
Research Instrument (Questionnaire/Interview guide)

Content of Proposal for Ethical clearance

The format for the 10 page full proposal should be as follows:

Abstract/Executive Summary (Not more than 250 words)
Introduction/Rationale (Not more than 3 pages)
Literature Review (Not more than 4 pages)
Aims or Objectives of study
Methodology (State Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria)
Ethical Considerations: (i.e. consent procedures, confidentiality, privacy, risks and benefits, COVID 19 protocols to be observed, etc.)
Expected Outcome/Results
References
Work Plan
Budget and Budget Justification

The proposal should not be more than 10 pages excluding references, workplan and budget and must be numbered, font size 12.

ECH Forms to download

Note: The forms are revised regularly. Please use the current versions listed above.

University of Ghana Approved Charges for Ethics Committees

Clinical Trials -$ 750

Protocols -$ 500

Exempt Category: UG students and faculty members with UG grants (UG funded)

The processes for making payment are as follows:

Contact the Office of Research, Innovation and Development (ORID) Account Office or the appropriate ethics committee where an invoice will be generated.

Proceed to make payment at University of Ghana Cash Office.

Protocol is then submitted to the appropriate ethics committee with receipt attached for processing and review.

NB: Individuals, international organization and UG-faculty with externally funded grants are not exempted

Prof. Christopher Mate-Kole	Chairperson
Prof. Akosua Darkwa	Member
Dr. George Essegbey	Member
Dr. Lawrence Boakye	Member
Prof. Gordon Adika	Member
Prof. Peter Quartey	Member
Rev. Kofi Ankama-Asamoah	Member
Prof. Esther Sakyi-Dawson	Member
Mrs. Rosemond Evans	Member
Dr. Lily Yarney	Member