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

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2014-08-21

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http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13576
 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40246-014-0015-x
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Authors
Ramsay, Michèle
de Vries, Jantina
Soodyall, Himla
Norris, Shane A
Sankoh, Osman
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Human Genomics

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University of Cape Town

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Department of Medicine
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Faculty of Health Sciences
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Abstract This is a report on a workshop titled ‘Ethics for genomic research across five African countries: Guidelines, experiences and challenges’, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, 10 and 11 December 2012. The workshop was hosted by the Wits-INDEPTH partnership, AWI-Gen, as part of the H3Africa Consortium.
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Keywords
Genomics
Ethics
South Africa
Tanzania
Informed consent
Broad consent
Community engagement
Sample sharing
Data sharing and benefit sharing
Burkina faso
Ghana
Kenya

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Ramsay, M., de Vries, J., Soodyall, H., Norris, S. A., & Sankoh, O. (2014). Ethical issues in genomic research on the African continent: experiences and challenges to ethics review committees. Hum Genomics, 8, 15.

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