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Community perspectives on randomisation and fairness in a cluster randomised controlled trial in Zambia
BACKGROUND: One important ethical issue in randomised controlled trials (RCTs) is randomisation. Relatively little is known about how participating individuals …
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Compensation of subjects for participation in biomedical research in resource – limited settings: a discussion of practices in Malawi
BACKGROUND: Compensating participants of biomedical research is a common practice. However, its proximity with ethical concerns of coercion, undue influence, …
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Engaging research ethics committees to develop an ethics and governance framework for best practices in genomic research and biobanking in Africa: the H3Africa model
In the past decade, there has been an increase in genomic research and biobanking activities in Africa. Research initiatives such …
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Clinical ethics dilemmas in a low-income setting - a national survey among physicians in Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Ethical dilemmas are part of medicine, but the type of challenges, the frequency of their occurrence and the nuances …
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When the law makes doors slightly open: ethical dilemmas among abortion service providers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: In 2005, Ethiopia changed its abortion law to curb its high maternal mortality. This has led to a considerable …
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What Egyptians think. Knowledge, attitude, and opinions of Egyptian patients towards biobanking issues
BACKGROUND: Biobanking is a relatively new concept in Egypt. Building a good relationship with different stakeholders is essential for the …
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Bioethical reflexivity and requirements of valid consent: conceptual tools
BACKGROUND: Despite existing international, regional and national guidance on how to obtain valid consent to health-related research, valid consent remains …
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A reflection on ethical and methodological challenges of using separate interviews with adolescent-older carer dyads in rural South Africa
BACKGROUND: This article discusses our reflections on ethical and methodological challenges when conducting separate interviews with individuals in dyads in …
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Experiences from a community advisory Board in the Implementation of early access to ART for all in Eswatini: a qualitative study
BACKGROUND: Engaging communities in community-based health research is increasingly being adopted in low- and middle-income countries. The use of community …
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The challenge of community engagement and informed consent in rural Zambia: an example from a pilot study
BACKGROUND: There is a need for empirically based research on social and ethical challenges related to informed consent processes, particularly …
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Ethical issues in denial of church wedding based on couple’s hemoglobin genotype in Enugu, south eastern Nigeria
BACKGROUND: Sickle cell anemia (SCA) is a major genetic disease with the greatest burden in sub-Saharan Africa. To try to …
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The psychology of “cure” - unique challenges to consent processes in HIV cure research in South Africa
BACKGROUND: Consent processes for clinical trials involving HIV prevention research have generated considerable debate globally over the past three decades. …
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African bioethics: methodological doubts and insights
BACKGROUND: A trend called 'African bioethics' is growing on the continent due to perceptions of existing bioethics, especially guidelines for …
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Exploring the ethics of global health research priority-setting
BACKGROUND: Thus far, little work in bioethics has specifically focused on global health research priority-setting. Yet features of global health …
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A qualitative study on the voluntariness of counselling and testing for HIV amongst antenatal clinic attendees: do women have a choice?
BACKGROUND: Mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of the Human Immunodeficiency -Virus (HIV) is a serious public health problem, contributing up to 90% …
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Application of the rapid ethical assessment approach to enhance the ethical conduct of longitudinal population based female cancer research in an urban setting in Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Rapid Ethical Assessment (REA) is an approach used to design context tailored consent process for voluntary participation of participants …
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Predictors of consent to cell line creation and immortalisation in a South African schizophrenia genomics study
BACKGROUND: Cell line immortalisation is a growing component of African genomics research and biobanking. However, little is known about the …
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Ethics of task shifting in the health workforce: exploring the role of community health workers in HIV service delivery in low- and middle-income countries
BACKGROUND: Task shifting is increasingly used to address human resource shortages impacting HIV service delivery in low- and middle-income countries. …
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Differences and structural weaknesses of institutional mechanisms for health research ethics: Burkina Faso, Palestine, Peru, and Democratic Republic of the Congo
BACKGROUND: Regardless of national contexts, the institutions responsible for research ethics, founded on international regulations, are all expected to be …
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Deconstructing the notion of “global health research partnerships” across Northern and African contexts
BACKGROUND: Global health conceives the notion of partnership between North and South as central to the foundations of this academic …
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