Ethical issues in genomic research on the African continent: Experiences and challenges to ethics review committees

Human Genomics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ramsay, Michèle ^a   De Vries, Jantina ^b   Soodyall, Himla ^a   Norris, Shane A ^a   Sankoh, Osman ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c International Network for the Demographic Evaluation of Populations and Their Health (INDEPTH)   (Ghana)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^e HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Broad consent; Burkina Faso; Community engagement; Data sharing and benefit sharing; Ethics; Genomics; Ghana; Informed consent; Kenya; Sample sharing; South Africa; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AFRICAN; COMMUNITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; GENOMICS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LANDSCAPE; LEADERSHIP; LIBRARY SCIENCE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RESEARCH ETHICS; RESEARCH PRIORITY; RESEARCH SUBJECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; WORKSHOP;

EID: 84933503909     PISSN: 14739542     EISSN: 14797364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40246-014-0015-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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