Evaluating institutional capacity for research ethics in Africa: A case study from Botswana

BMC Medical Ethics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Hyder, Adnan A ^a,b   Zafar, Waleed ^a   Ali, Joseph ^b   Ssekubugu, Robert ^c   Ndebele, Paul ^d   Kass, Nancy ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Africa; Bioethics; Botswana; Capacity development; Research ethics

Indexed keywords

ADVISORY COMMITTEE; BOTSWANA; CAPACITY BUILDING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; ETHICS; EVALUATION STUDY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTIVATION; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PROCEDURES; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RESEARCH ETHICS; TRENDS; UNIVERSITY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BOTSWANA; CAPACITY BUILDING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; ETHICS, RESEARCH; FOCUS GROUPS; GOALS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NARRATION; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84880866707     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6939-14-31     Document Type: Article

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