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Articles
Complex realities: community engagement for a paediatric randomized controlled malaria vaccine trial in Kilifi, Kenya (Trials Article)
Background Community engagement (CE) is increasingly promoted for biomedical research conducted in resource poor settings for both intrinsic and instrumental purposes. Given the potential importance of CE, but also complexities ...
Cognitive Mapping: using local knowledge for planning health research
Cognitive mapping is a participatory research methodology that documents, in visual form, a construct of the local environment in which people live and work. We adapted this method to provide ...
Preparing for HIV Vaccine Trials in Nigeria: Building the Capacity of the Community and National Coordinating, Regulatory and Ethical Bodies
Abstract Background: There is paucity of high-level clinical trials in Nigeria for several reasons, which include: lack of trained investigators and mentorship in the implementation of Clinical trials at international ...
Uniting to Combat NTDs - 2013 Report
(From the report) In January 2012, the World Health Organization (WHO) released a plan to control, eliminate, or eradicate 17 NTDs by 2020, and the global NTD community—including pharmaceutical companies, ...
Why Most Published Research Findings Are False
There is increasing concern that most current published research findings are false. The probability that a research claim is true may depend on study power and bias, the number of ...
Effect of gravity on volume of placental transfusion: a multicentre, randomised, non-inferiority trial
Delayed cord clamping allows for the passage of blood from the placenta to the baby and reduces the risk of iron deficiency in infancy. To hold the infant for more ...
Discussions
Cultural issues in obtaining informed consent
Binh Nguyen Thi Cam, an Oxford University Public Health DPHil student has just posted a blog on the Ethox website about cultural issues in obtaining ...
copyright Vs right to learn and right to live: issues related to an ongoing court case in India
Though not directly related to public health ethics, this issue need a debate I think. Can we, or cannot make copies of publications for learning ...
Discussion Framework for Clinical Trial Data Sharing: Guiding Principles, Elements, and Activities
Data sharing is one of the most important current issues in clinical trials. If conducted in the right way, sharing data could help facilitate faster and better generation of evidence to bring new interventions and improve disease management.
Have your say about this key issue by reading this blog.
E-Learning
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Global Health Trials
Research Ethics Introduction & Course Overview
Research ethics online training is adapted from an eLearning course and resource package designed and produced by the World Health Organisation (WHO) who have kindly granted permission for the adaptation of this resource in a format and on a platform that is accessible to all.
