HomeNBC-RGuidelinesProfessionals ProfileDownloadsGalleryArchivesContact Us[image]Transporting Human Biological MaterialsNational Bioethics Committee for Research (NBC-R) Gazette Notified advisory body on bioethics constituted in 2004Functions to promote and facilitate: The Role of NBC-R "NBC-R is the major, official body to uphold the bioethical principles in all sectors of health-care in the country. The purpose of NBC-R is to safeguarding the dignity, rights, safety and well-being of subjects who seek assistance to safeguard their health, be their treatment, as the participants in research projects in the country, as teachers and the taught, and publications in the medical field. NBC-R is expected to take care of the principle of justice in the equitable distribution of resources for health delivery. It is within the right and responsibilities of NBC-R to critically monitor the actions of any subcommittee formed under its umbrella."