Taking Stock of the Ethical Foundations of International Health Research: Pragmatic Lessons from the IU–Moi Academic Research Ethics Partnership

Meslin, Eric M.; Were, Edwin; Ayuku, David

doi:10.1007/s11606-013-2456-7

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“…In 2004, three additional awards were made to support SSA trainees at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, and both Michigan State University and University of Malawi. In 2008, a new award was made to Indiana University in partnership with Moi University, Kenya (Meslin, Were, & Ayuku, 2013). Six of these nine programs remain funded beyond 2012.…”

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Research Ethics Capacity Building in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Review of NIH Fogarty-Funded Programs 2000–2012

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Wassenaar

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Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics

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The last fifteen years have witnessed a significant increase in investment in research ethics capacity development throughout the world. We examine nine research ethics training programs that are focused on Sub-Saharan Africa and supported by the US National Institutes of Health. We collected data from grants awards’ documents and annual reports supplemented by questionnaires completed by the training program directors. Together, these programs provided long-term training in research ethics to 275 African professionals, strengthened research ethics committees in 19 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, and created research ethics curricula at many institutions and bioethics centers within Africa. Trainees’ leadership resulted in new national systems and policies on research ethics, human tissue storage and export, and methods of monitoring compliance with research ethics guidelines. Training programs adapted to challenges that arose due to varied trainees’ background knowledge in ethics, duration of time available for training, spoken and written English language skills, administrative obstacles, and the need to sustain post-training research ethics activities. Our report showcases the development of awareness of research ethics and building/strengthening of basic research ethics infrastructure in Sub-Saharan Africa. Nevertheless, the increasing amount and complexity of health research being conducted in Sub-Saharan Africa suggests the need for continued investment in research ethics capacity development in this region. This paper is part of a collection of papers analyzing the Fogarty International Center’s International Research Ethics Education and Curriculum Development program.

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“…Some programs have also published papers that describe their specific accomplishments and challenges (Ali et al, 2012; Hyder et al, 2007; Upshur, 2008; Meslin, Were, & Ayuku, 2013). Faculty and trainees from one program published a paper on research ethics committees in Africa that has been widely cited (Kass et al, 2007).…”

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Research Ethics Capacity Building in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Review of NIH Fogarty-Funded Programs 2000–2012

Ndebele

Wassenaar

Benatar

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Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics

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“…As to the political dynamics of adequacy, concerns of autonomy and sovereignty may rise to the surface and prevent cooperation. An attempt to establish a joint USA-Kenya IRB, for example, was frustrated because Kenyan officials saw such an endeavor as an impingement on the ability of Kenyan institutions to review research on their own [40,41] Admittedly, the stakes are slightly lower in the context of health research as opposed to global data flows, with the emphasis being more on scientific advancement rather than commercial gain.…”

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International Coordination of Research Ethics Review: An Adequacy Model

Thorogood

Beauvais

2021

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International direct-to-participant (DTP) genomics research involves the use of mobile technology to recruit, consent, and study participants remotely. This model can facilitate research across broad geographies and many countries, but must also comply with the norms of multiple recruitment jurisdictions, with each jurisdiction typically requiring at least one local research ethics review. Each additional research ethics review increases bureaucratic hurdles without necessarily strengthening the protection of participants’ rights and interests. For DTP genomic research, obtaining a review may in fact be impossible in the absence of a local research partner. This paper proposes an “adequacy” approach, inspired by data protection law, to coordinate the regulation and oversight of international DTP genomics research. This involves one country voluntarily assessing whether another country’s research ethics reviews are equivalent to its own, in terms of objectives and effectiveness. Ethics-approved projects led by researchers from countries recognized as adequate are deemed to comply with local norms, eliminating the need for a duplicative local review. Adequacy preserves the sovereignty of countries to determine their own regulatory aims and which other countries to trust. It therefore provides a voluntary, incremental path towards greater global coordination of health research oversight.

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“…As In addition, the Iu-Moi AREP initiated a series of annual research ethics capacity strengthening workshops targeting various stakeholders in health research in Kenya and North America. The workshop series popularly known as Teaching Skills in International Research Ethics (TaSkR) is an annual three-day teaching workshop on pedagogical skills in research ethics that would rotate between Indiana and Kenya (10). There are also short courses in health research ethics customised for researchers, ethics reviewers, and students.…”

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The Aristotelian model of friendship and the IU-Kenya Partnership

Nderitu

Kamaara

2020

IJME

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Disparity in economic development between high-income countries (HICs) and low-and medium-income countries (LMICs) has necessitated collaborations, some in health-related activities. Globalisation frameworks indicate that, in fair collaborations, the ultimate aim should be to improve the situation in LMICs. In this paper we present the findings of a research study in which we used Aristotle's concept of friendship among unequal parties as an analytic framework to engage with the issue of inequality in an existing international partnership in health, the Indiana University-Kenya Partnership (IU-Kenya Partnership). This is a collaborative health programme involving a consortium of North American universities and schools of the Moi University College of Health Sciences in Kenya. We carried out in-depth oral interviews and focus group discussions with a sample of 41 partners of various IU-Kenya Partnership programmes. We did a comparison of obtained themes to the Aristotelian pointers of aspects of friendship among unequal parties. We eventually identified good and bad aspects of North-South partnerships as perceived in the IU-Kenya Partnership restricted to the Aristotelian model.

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Taking Stock of the Ethical Foundations of International Health Research: Pragmatic Lessons from the IU–Moi Academic Research Ethics Partnership

Cited by 8 publications

References 32 publications

Research Ethics Capacity Building in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Review of NIH Fogarty-Funded Programs 2000–2012

Research Ethics Capacity Building in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Review of NIH Fogarty-Funded Programs 2000–2012

International Coordination of Research Ethics Review: An Adequacy Model

The Aristotelian model of friendship and the IU-Kenya Partnership

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