The H3Africa policy framework: Negotiating fairness in genomics

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 117-119

  de Vries, Jantina ^a   Tindana, Paulina ^b   Littler, Katherine ^c   Ramsay, Michèle ^d   Rotimi, Charles ^e   Abayomi, Akin ^f   Mulder, Nicola ^g   Mayosi, Bongani M ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b NAVRONGO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

^c WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^f Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Ethics; Fairness; Genomics; H3Africa

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; GENOMICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENTIST; ETHICS; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; RESEARCH ETHICS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AFRICA; ETHICS, RESEARCH; GENOMICS; HUMANS; NEGOTIATING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84923569849     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: 13624555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2014.11.004     Document Type: Note

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