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Global Bioethics Blog

Promoting reflection on bioethics and research ethics issues in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Let us compare epidemics

Nov 2, 2009
There is always something a bit distasteful about comparing human tragedies, but it is also inevitable. The tsunami in 2004 was terrible, but was it as bad as the ongoing HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa, which has taken millions of lives over the last...

I pay thy poverty, and not thy will

Oct 25, 2009
In Romeo and Juliet, there is the scene where Romeo goes to an Apothecary to obtain a poison. Juliet is presumed dead; Romeo wishes to go to the Capulet's family tomb, take the poison and join her in a deadly embrace. The Apothecary hesitates:...

HIV treatment: the good news and the bad

Oct 20, 2009
First, the good news: more people worldwide living with HIV/AIDS are receiving treatment than ever before. Over the last 5 years, there seems to have been a 10-fold increase, and now some four million people are taking antiretroviral drugs....

Ethics and the global registry of clinical trials

Sep 30, 2009
We do not really know how many clinical trials are taking place in Africa. In fact, we don't know -- and have not known ever -- how many clinical trials are taking place around the globe. And, a fortiori, we don't have much of a grip on what kinds of...

Research data from developing countries as 'the new gold'

Sep 24, 2009
The ethical complexities involved in outsourcing of clinical trials in developing countries have been discussed over the last few years, and by the looks of things, this discussion will continue. For different reasons. First, and probably foremost,...


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