Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences

The Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences (CIOMS) is an international non-governmental organization of 40 international, national, and associate member groups representing the biomedical science community. It was jointly established by the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 1949 as a successor to the International Medical Congress that organized 17 conferences from 1867 until the 1913 outbreak of World War I.

The group's main goal is advancing public health by publishing guidelines on ethics, product development, and safety in medical research, such as the 2016 ''International Ethical Guidelines for Health-Related Research Involving Humans''. Provided by Wikipedia