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Motivation and behaviour change in Parkrun participants in the Western Cape province, South Africa
(MDPI, 2021)Mass participation events are promoted in South Africa as a positive public health initiative. Parkrun has grown to be one of the most popular. The present study identifies the motives of residents in the Western Cape ... -
Protecting participants in health research : the South African material transfer agreement
(South African Medical Association, 2019-04-29)The need to transfer human biological materials (HBMs) across national boundaries has become increasingly important in view of increased biobank and commercial activities globally. In light of South Africa (SA)’s history ... -
COVID‑19 underscores the important role of clinical ethics committees in Africa
(BioMed Central, 2021)Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has magnified pre-existing challenges in healthcare in Africa. Long-standing health inequities, embedded in the continent over centuries, have been laid bare and have raised complex ... -
Stakeholder perspectives on the ethico-legal dimensions of biobanking in South Africa
(BioMed Central, 2021)Background: Biobanking provides exciting opportunities for research on stored biospecimens. However, these opportunities to advance medical science are fraught with challenges including ethical and legal dilemmas. This study ... -
Hard choices : ethical challenges in phase 1 of COVID-19 vaccine roll-out in South Africa
(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 2021-03)Access to COVID-19 vaccines has raised concerns globally. Despite calls for solidarity and social justice during the pandemic, vaccine nationalism, stockpiling of limited vaccine supplies by high-income countries and ... -
Enhancing ethics review of social and behavioral research : developing a review template in Ethiopia
(Sage, 2019-08-09)Background: Africa is increasingly becoming an important region for health research, mainly due to its heavy burden of disease, socioeconomic challenges, and inadequate health facilities. Regulatory capacities, in terms ... -
Science, race and ethics
(African Sun Media, 2020)The use of racial and ethnic categories in the conduct of research has resulted in deep divisions in the scientific community in South Africa. Given our history of racial segregation and the subsequent democratic ... -
Allocation of scarce resources in Africa during COVID‐19 : utility and justice for the bottom of the pyramid?
(John Wiley & Sons, 2020-08-26)The COVID‐19 pandemic has raised important universal public health challenges. Conceiving ethical responses to these challenges is a public health imperative but must take context into account. This is particularly important ... -
Clinical Ethics Committees in Africa : lost in the shadow of RECs/IRBs?
(BioMed Central, 2020)Background: Clinical Ethics Committees (CECs) are well established at healthcare institutions in resource-rich countries. However, there is limited information on established CECs in resource poor countries, especially ... -
A qualitative study exploring stakeholder perspectives on the use of biological samples for future unspecified research in Malawi
(BMC (part of Springer Nature), 2020-07-20)Abstract : Background: There is growing interest in the collection, storage and reuse of biological samples for future research. Storage and future use of biological samples raise ethical concerns and questions about ... -
Consent for critical care research after death from COVID-19 : arguments for a waiver
(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 2020-05-26)Pandemics challenge clinicians and scientists in many ways, especially when the virus is novel and disease expression becomes variable or unpredictable. Under such circumstances, research becomes critical to inform clinical ... -
Isolation and quarantine in South Africa during COVID-19 : draconian measures or proportional response
(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 2020-04-23)In the midst of an unprecedented public health crisis, extraordinary containment measures must be implemented. These include both isolation and quarantine, either on a voluntary basis or enforced. In the transition from ... -
Critical care triaging in the shadow of COVID-19 : ethics considerations
(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 2020)Since the World Health Organization declared coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, COVID-19 infection and the associated mortality have increased exponentially, globally. ... -
ASSAf consensus study on the ethical, legal and social implications of genetics and genomics in South Africa
(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2018)No abstract available. -
Medical students' perspectives on euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide and their views on legalising these practices in South Africa
(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 2018)Background. Euthanasia/physician-assisted suicide have been a controversial and sometimes taboo topic for a long time, not only in South Africa (SA) but also internationally. A recent (SA) judicial case has seen the topic ... -
The psychology of “cure” - unique challenges to consent processes in HIV cure research in South Africa
(BMC (part of Springer Nature), 2019-01-24)Background: Consent processes for clinical trials involving HIV prevention research have generated considerable debate globally over the past three decades. HIV cure/eradication research is scientifically more complex ... -
Exploring the ethics of global health research priority-setting
(BMC (part of Springer Nature), 2018-12-06)Background: Thus far, little work in bioethics has specifically focused on global health research priority-setting. Yet features of global health research priority-setting raise ethical considerations and concerns related ... -
Rules of engagement : perspectives on stakeholder engagement for genomic biobanking research in South Africa
(BioMed Central, 2018-02-27)Background: Genomic biobanking research is undergoing exponential growth in Africa raising a host of legal, ethical and social issues. Given the scientific complexity associated with genomics, there is a growing recognition ... -
Defining “sufficient maturity”: providing clarity on Section 129 of the Children’s Act
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY: It becomes increasingly clear that when one deals with a child that one is not only dealing with the child but the entities that are responsible for the child as well. One, however, becomes aware that the ... -
Disparate compensation policies for research related injury in an era of multinational trials : a case study of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa
(BioMed Central, 2018-02-17)Background: Compensation for research related injuries is a subject that is increasingly gaining traction in developing countries which are burgeoning destinations of multi center research. However, the existence of disparate ...
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