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2018 FABTP Articles

Title Authors
Research priorities during infectious disease emergencies in West Africa

Folayan MO, Haire B, Allman D, Yakubu A, Afolabi MO

Who is answerable to whom? Exploring the complex relationship between researchers, community and Community Advisory Board (CAB) members in two research studies in Zambia

Simwinga M, Porter J & V Bond.

2017 FABTP Articles

Title Authors
Research Ethics Committees in Nigeria: A Survey of Operations, Functions, and Needs

Aminu A. Yakubu, Adnan A. Hyder, Joseph Ali, and Nancy Kass

“I passed the test!” Evidence of diagnostic misconception in the recruitment of population controls for an H3Africa genomic study in Cape Town, South Africa

Masiye, Francis, Bongani Mayosi, and Jantina de Vries.

2016 FABTP Articles

Title Authors
A case study of researchers’ knowledge and opinions about the ethical review process for research in Botswana

Ralefala, D., Ali , J., Kass, N., Hyder A.,

Ethical challenges in designing and conducting medicine quality surveys

Tabernero, P., Parker, M., Ravinetto, R., Phanouvong, S., Yeung, S., Kitutu, F.E., Cheah, P.Y., Mayxay, M., Guerin, P.J. and Newton, P.N.

Implementing Community Engagement for Combination Prevention: Lessons Learnt From the First Year of the HPTN 071 (PopART) Community-Randomized Study

Simwinga, M., Bond, V., Makola, N., Hoddinott, G., Belemu, S., White, R., Shanaube, K., Seeley, J. and Moore, A.

Obtaining informed consent for genomics research in Africa: analysis of H3Africa consent documents

Nchangwi Syntia Munung, Patricia Marshall, Megan Campbell, Katherine Littler,

Francis Masiye, Odile Ouwe-Missi-Oukem-Boyer, Janet Seeley, D J Stein,

Paulina Tindana, Jantina de Vries

Silent voices: Current and future roles of African research ethics committee administrators

Kasule, M., Wassenaar, D.R., IJsselmuiden, C. and Mokgatla, B.

Small is beautiful: demystifying and simplifying standard operating procedures: a model from the ethics review and consultancy committee of the Cameroon Bioethics Initiative

Oukem-Boyer, O.O.M., Munung, N.S. and Tangwa, G.B.

2015 FABTP Articles

Title Authors
A situation analysis of inter-professional education and practice for ethics and professionalism training at Makerere University College of Health Sciences

Pauline Byakika-Kibwika, Annet Kutesa, Rhona Baingana, Christine Muhumuza, Freddy Eric Kitutu, Catherine Mwesigwa, Rose Nabirye Chalo and Nelson K. Sewankambo

Addressing ethical issues in H3Africa research–the views of research ethics committee members

de Vries J, Abayomi A, Littler K, Madden E, McCurdy S, Oukem-Boyer OOM, Seeley J, Staunton C, Tangwa G, Tindana P

Community engagement strategies for genomic studies in Africa: a review of the literature

Tindana P, de Vries J, Campbell M, Littler K, Seeley J, Marshall P, Troyer J, Ogundipe M, Alibu VP, Yakubu A et al

Ethical guidelines for military-based health research: An unmet need in Africa?

J Nwobegahay; J Ali; D Ter Goon; A A Hyder

Exploring Institutional Research Ethics Systems: A Case Study From Uganda.

Hyder AA, Ali J, Hallez K, White T, Sewankambo NK, Kass NE.

Institutional challenges to decentralization of health services in Uganda – a traditional review.

Lutoti S., Oria H, Anguma B. H. and Kitutu F.E

Is it ethical to prevent secondary use of stored biological samples and data derived from consenting research participants? The case of Malawi
Randy G. Mungwira, Wongani Nyangulu, James Misiri, Steven Iphani, Ruby Ng’ong’ola,
Chawanangwa M. Chirambo, Francis Masiye, and Joseph Mfutso-Bengo

 

Is there a distinction between malaria treatment and intermittent preventive treatment? Insights from a cross-sectional study of anti-malarial drug use among Ugandan pregnant women

Charles O Odongo, Kuteesa R Bisaso, Freddy Kitutu, Celestino Obua and Josaphat Byamugisha

Policies and Practices of Child Adoption in Nigeria: A review paper

Ojelabi, O A, Osamor, P E and Owumi, B E.

Social Support and Management of Hypertension in South West Nigeria

Osamor, P E

Socio-cultural context of developmental milestones in infancy in south west Nigeria: a qualitative study

Osamor PE, Owumi B. & Dipeolu IO

Stakeholders’ engagement with Ebola therapy research in resource limited settings

Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan, Brandon Brown, Bridget Haire, Aminu Yakubu, Kristin Peterson, and Jemee Tegli

The H3Africa policy framework: negotiating fairness in genomics

de Vries J, Tindana P, Littler K, Ramsay M, Rotimi C, Abayomi A, Mulder N, Mayosi BM

The Keeping is the Problem:A qualitative study of IRB-member perspectives in Botswana on the collection, use, and storage of human biological samples for research

Francis Barchi, Keikantse Matlhagela, Nicola Jones, Poloko M. Kebaabetswe and Jon F. Merz

“When am I going to stop taking the drug?” Enablers, barriers and processes of disclosure of HIV status by caregivers to adolescents in a rural district in Zambia

Mable Mweemba, Maurice M. Musheke, Charles Michelo, Hikabasa Halwiindi, Oliver Mweemba and Joseph M. Zulu

2014 FABTP Articles

Title Authors
Applying Ethical Principles to International Community-Based Research: A Case Study from the Consortium to Respond Effectively to the AIDS-TB Epidemic (CREATE)

Kass, N., Deluca, A. N., Coetzee, L., Simwinga, M., Churchyard, G. J., Ayles, H., Beyers, N., Godfrey-Faussett, P., Durovni, B., Chaisson, R. E. & Eldred, L. J.

Handbook of Global Bioethics

Mfutso-Bengo, J., Manda-Taylor, L., Jumbe, V., Kazanga, I. & Masiye, F.

Motivational Factors for Participation in Biomedical Research: Evidence from a Qualitative Study of Biomedical Research Participation in Blantyre District, Malawi

Mfutso-Bengo, J.M., Manda-Taylor, L., & Masiye, F.

Reproductive Health Services in Ethiopia

Dasgupta R, Arora NK, Haile Mariam D, Kumbi S, Chaturvedi S, Patwari A, Ganguly KK

Research Ethics in Africa: A Resource for Research Ethics Committees

SIMWINGA, M. & KABERO, C.

Research Ethics in Reproductive Health

Kumbi S, Addissie A.

The Ebola outbreak in Western Africa: Ethical obligations for care

Aminu Yakubu, Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan, Nasir Sani-Gwarzo, Patrick Nguku, Kristin Peterson, Brandon Brown


To What did They Consent? Understanding Consent Among Low Literacy Participants in a Microbicide Feasibility Study in Mazabuka, Zambia

Esther Munalula-Nkandu, Paul Ndebele, Seter Siziya and JC Munthali

Trial Participants’ Understanding of Randomization, Double-Blinding, and Placebo Use in Low Literacy Populations

Ndebele, P.M., Wassenaar, D., Masiye, F., & Munalula-Nkandu, E.

2013 FABTP Articles

Title Authors
Capacity building in health research ethics in Central Africa: Key players, current situation and recommendations

Odile Ouwe-Missi-Oukem-Boyer, Nchangwi Syntia Munung, Francine Ntoumi, Aceme Nyika and Godfrey B. Tangwa

Community social support roles of trained traditional attendants in Chongwe district of Zambia

Dorothy Chinwendu Chanda, Seter Siziya, Kumar Sridutt Baboo, Oliver Mweemba

Effect of household and community interventions on the burden of tuberculosis in southern Africa: the ZAMSTAR community-randomised trial

Helen Ayles, Monde Muyoyeta, Elizabeth Du Toit,  Ab Schaap, Sian Floyd, Musonda Simwinga,  Kwame Shanaube,  Nathaniel Chishinga, Virginia Bond, Rory Dunbar, Petra De Haas, Anelet James, Prof Nico C Gey van Pittius, Mareli Claassens, Katherine Fielding, Justin Fenty, Charalampos Sismanidis, Prof Richard J Hayes, Prof Nulda Beyers, Prof Peter Godfrey-Faussett, the ZAMSTAR team

Promoting Research Integrity in Africa: An African Voice of Concern on Research Misconduct and the Way Forward

Kombe, F., Anunobi, E.N., Tshifugula, N.P., Wassenaar, D., Njadingwe, D., Mwalukore, S., Chinyama, J., Randrianasolo, B., Akindeh, P., Dlamini, P.S., Ramiandrisoa, F.N. & Ranaivo, N

Research site monitoring for compliance with ethics regulatory standards: review of experience from Uganda

Joseph Ochieng, Julius Ecuru, Frederick Nakwagala and Paul Kutyabami

Role of e-learning in Teaching Health Research Ethics and Good Clinical Practice in Africa and Beyond

Chilengi, R., A. Nyika, G. B. Tangwa,  R. A. Noor, S.W. Ramadhani, Bosomprah, S. and W. L. Kilama

The Declaration of Helsinki, 50 Years Later

Paul Ndebele

Views of dental professionals and dental patients in Jos, Nigeria concerning the need for informed consent prior participation in dental clinical research

Olaniyi Olufemi Taiwo, Raymond Panas

2012 FABTP Articles

Title Authors
Implementing National System of Health Research Ethics Regulations: The Nigerian Experience

Yakubu A., Adebamowo C. A.

Are students kidding with health research ethics? The case of HIV/AIDS research in Cameroon

Nchangwi S Munung, Godfrey B Tangwa, Chi P Che, Laurent Vidal and Odile Ouwe-Missi-Oukem-Boyer

Assessing the quality of informed consent in a resource-limited setting: A cross-sectional study

Ronald Kiguba, Paul Kutyabami, Stephen Kiwuwa, Elly Katabira, Nelson Sewankambo

Decision-Making and Motivation to Participate in Biomedical Research in Southwest Nigeria

Osamor P, Kass N.

Engaging with research ethics in central Francophone Africa: Reflections on a workshop about ancillary care

Tomi Tshikala, Bavon Mupenda, Pierre Dimany, Aime Malonga, Vicky Ilunga and Stuart Rennie

Ethical dilemmas in malaria vector research in Africa: Making the difficult choice between mosquito, science and humans

Ndebele P & R. Musesengwa

Impact of Three Years Training on Operations Capacities of Research Ethics Committees in Nigeria

Folayan MO, Adaranijo A, Durueke F, Ajuwon A, Adejumo A, Ezechi O, Oyedeji K, Akanni O

Improving understanding of clinical trial procedures among low literacy populations: an intervention within a microbicide trial in Malawi

Paul M Ndebele, Douglas Wassenaar, Esther Munalula and Francis Masiye

Moral distress in nursing practice in Malawi

Maluwa VM , Andre J , Ndebele P , Chilemba E

Research Ethics Capacity Development in Africa: Exploring a Model for Individual Success

Ali J, Hyder A, Kass N.

Seeking consent to genetic and genomic research in a rural Ghanaian setting: the MalariaGEN experience

Tindana, P.; Bull, SJ.; Amenga-Etego, LN.; de Vries, J.; Aborigo, RA.; Koram, K.; Kwiatkowski, D and Parker, M

The Health System Cost of Post-Abortion Care in Ethiopia

Vlassoff M, Fetters T, Kumbi S, Singh S

2011 FABTP Articles

Title Authors
A Comparison of Online versus On-site Training in Health Research Methodology: A Randomized Study

Aggarwal R, Gupte N, Kass N, Taylor H, Ali J, Bhan A, Aggarwal A, Sisson S, Kanchanaraksa S, McKenzie-White J, McGready J, Miotti P, Bollinger RC

Aligning Community Engagement with Traditional Authority Structures in Global Health Research: A Case Study from Northern Ghana

Paulina O Tindana, Linda Rozmovits, Renaud F Boulanger, Sunita V S Bandewar, R A Aborigo, A V O Hodgson, Pam Kolopack, and James V Lavery

An appraisal of the process of protocol review by an ethics review conmmittee in a tertiary institution in Ibadan

Eyelade OR, Ajuwon AJ, Adebamowo CA

An assessment of Makerere University College of Health Sciences: optimizing health research capacity to meet Uganda’s priorities

Nankinga Z, Kutyabami P, Kibuule D, Kalyango J, Groves S, Bollinger RC, Obua C

Book chapter: Toward an African Ubuntuology/uMunthuology bioethics in Malawi in the context of globalization

Mfutso-Bengo, J, & Masiye, F.

Chapter on Research Ethics in “The SAGE Handbook of Health Care Ethics”

Ndebele P

Constraints and prospects for contraceptive service provision to young people in Uganda: providers’ perspectives

Nalwadda G, Mirembe F, Tumwesigye NM, Byamugisha J, Faxelid E

Development of a Research Ethics Knowledge and Analytical Skills Assessment Tool

Taylor HA, Kass NE, Ali J, Sisson S, Bertram A, Bhan A

Female Genital Mutilation and Ethical Issues

Elsayed DE, Elamin RM, Sulaiman SM

Manual for Research Ethics; Book

Elsayed DE

Mobile phone technologies improve adherence to antiretroviral treatment in a resource-limited setting: a randomized controlled trial of text message reminders

Pop-Eleches C, Thirumurthy H, Habyarimana JP, Zivin JG, Goldstein MP, de Walque D, MacKeen L, Haberer J, Kimaiyo S, Sidle J, Ngare D, Bangsberg DR.


Participants’ perceptions of research benefits in an African genetic epidemiology study

John Appiah-Poku, Sam Newton, and Nancy Kass

Quality of care in contraceptive services provided to young people in two Ugandan districts: a simulated client study

Nalwadda G, Tumwesigye NM, Faxelid E, Byamugisha J, Mirembe F

2010 FABTP Articles

Title Authors
‘Rumours’ and clinical trials: a retrospective examination of a paediatric malnutrition study in Zambia, southern Africa

Kingori P, Muchimba M, Sikateyo B, Amadi B, and Kelly P.

Access to Treatment in HIV Prevention Trials: Perspectives from a South African Community.

Barsdorf N, Maman S, Kass N, Slack, C.

African Communalism and Public Health Policies: the relevance of indigenous concepts of personal identity to HIV/AIDS policies in Botswana

Jenson K and Gaie J

Assessing the Readability of Non-English-Language Consent Forms: The Case of Kiswahili for Research Conducted in Kenya.

Kithinji, C., Kass, N.E.

Barriers to initiation of antiretroviral treatment in rural and urban areas of Zambia: a cross-sectional study of cost, stigma, and perceptions about ART

Fox M, Mazimba A, Seidenberg P, Crooks D, Sikateyo B, Rosen S

Bridging the gaps among research, policy and practice in ten low- and middle-income countries: Development and testing of a questionnaire for researchers

Cameron D, Lavis JN, Guindon GE, Tasleem A, Posada FB, Ndossi GD,  Boupha B

Caring for Women with Abortion Complications In Ethiopia: National Estimates and Future Implications

Gebreselassie H, Fetters T, Singh S, Abdella A, Gebrehiwot Y, Tesfaye S, Geressu T, and Kumbi S

Children’s role in enhanced case finding in Zambia

Bond V, Chilikwela L, Simwinga M, Reade Z, Ayles H, Godfrey-Faussett P,  and Hunleth J.

Complementary and alternative medicine in the management of hypertension in an urban Nigerian community

Osamor PE and Owumi BE

Development of an Accessible Self-Assessment Tool for Research Ethics Committees in Developing Countries.

Sleem H, Abdelhai RAA, Al-Abdallat I, Al-Naif M, Gabr HM, Kehil ET, Sadiq BB, Yousri R, Elsayed DE, Sulaiman S, and Silverman H.

Elements of African Bioethics in a Western Frame; Book

Tangwa GB

Emergency Contraceptive Pill Knowledge, attitude and dispensing practice of pharmacists in Ibadan and Lagos Metropolis, Nigeria.

Omotoso O and Ajuwon A.

Knowledge and use of HIV counseling and testing services among young persons in Ibadan, Nigeria

Ajuwon AJ, Titiloye M, Oshiname F, Oyewole O

Persistent High Fertility in Uganda: young people recount obstacles and enabling factors to use of contraceptives

Nalwadda G, Mirembe F, Byamugisha J, and Faxelid E.

Stakeholder Perspectives on Ethical Challenges in HIV Vaccine Trials in South Africa.

Essack Z, Koen J, Barsdorf N, Slack C, Quayle M, Milford C, Lindegger G, Ranchod C, and Mukuka R.

The African Ethic of Ubuntu/Botho: Implications for Research on Morality.

Metz T, and Gaie JBR.

The Estimated Incidence of Induced Abortion In Ethiopia, 2008

Singh S, Fetters T, Gebreselassie H, Abdella A, Gebrehiwot Y,  Kumbi S and Audam S.

Towards a framework for community engagement in global health research

Lavery JV, Tindana PO, Scott TW, Harrington LC, Ramsey JM, Ytuarte-Nunez C, and James AA.

2009 FABTP Articles

Title Authors
Achieving the millenium development goals for infant and child mortality: Sociological perspective. In: Millenium Development Goals and Challenges

Osamor PE, Owumi BE.

Cesarean scar endometriosis – a case report

Bekele D and Kumbi S.

Composition, training needs and independence of ethics review committees across Africa: are the gate-keepers rising to the emerging challenges?

Nyika A, Kilama W, Chilengi R, Tangwa G, Tindana P, Ndebele P, Ikingura J.

Conducting Unlinked Anonymous HIV Surveillance in Developing Countries: Ethical, Epidemiological, and Public Health Concerns

Rennie S, Turner AN, Mupenda B, and Behets F.

Developing a Curriculum in Research Ethics

Elsayed DE

Documentation of ethical considerations in published articles in Sudanese medical journals

Elsayed DE and Elamin RM.

Does the FDA have the authority to trump the Declaration of Helsinki?

Goodyear MDE, Lemmens T, Sprumont D, and Tangwa G.

Ethical principles in health research and review process.

Tangwa GB

Medical Ethics: What is it? Why is it important?

Elsayed DE and Ahmed RE.

Misoprostol Use in the Prevention and Treatment of Postpartum Hemorrhage

Getachew A, Kumbi S, Gaym A

Post-consent assessment of dental subjects’ understanding of informed consent in oral health research in Nigeria

Taiwo OO, Kass N

Preventing HIV infections in youth aged 10-24 years: Report of USAID Track 1.0 ABY Program

Oki J, Medley Am, Wanjama L and Ajuwon A.

Research with vulnerable human beings

Tangwa, GB.

Sexual and Reproductive Health Knowledge, Behaviour and Education Needs of In-School Adolescents in Northern Nigeria

Adeokun L, Ricketts OL, Ajuwon AJ, Ladipo OA.

Stakeholder perspectives on ethical challenges in HIV vaccine trials in South Africa

Essack Z, Koen J, Barsdorf N, Slack C, Quayle M, Milford C, Lindegger G, Ranchod C and Mukuka R.

The impact of blood glucose and cholesterol level in the manifestation of psychiatric disorders

Owiredu WK, Appiah-Poku J, Adusei-Poku F, Amidu N, Osei Y

Tuberculosis Infection in Zambia: The Association with Relative Wealth

Boccia D, Hargreaves J, Ayles H, Fielding K, Simwinga M and Godfrey-Faussett P

2008 FATBP Articles

Title Authors
Adherence to intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in pregnancy

Nankwanga HA and Nalwadda G.

Capacity Building of Ethics Review Committees across Africa Based on the Results of A Comprehensive Needs Assessment Survey

Nyika A, Kilama W, Tangwa GB, Chilengi R  and Tindana P.

Compensating clinical trial participants from limited resource settings in internationally sponsored clinical trials : A proposal

Ndebele P, Mfutso-Bengo J, and T Mduluza.

Disseminating research results to research participants and their communities

Mfutso-Bengo JM, Ndebele P and Masiye F.

Effects of training programme on HIV/AIDS prevention among primary health care workers in Oyo state, Nigeria

Ajuwon AJ, Fawole OI, Oladepo O and Osungbade KO

Ethical and methodological challenges involved in research on sexual violence in Nigeria

Ajuwon AJ and Adegbite O

Ethical aspects of HIV/AIDS prevention strategies and control in Malawi

Mfutso-Bengo JM, Mfutso-Bengo EM, and Masiye F.

Ethical Challenges in Conducting Research in Humanitarian Crisis Situations

Mfutso-Bengo JM, Masiye F, and Muula A.

Ethics of mandatory premarital HIV testing in Africa: the case of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Rennie S, Mupenda B.

Extended Dose Nevirapine to Six Weeks of Age for Infants in Ethiopia, India and Uganda:A Randomized Study for Prevention of HIV Transmission to Breastfed Infants

Six Week Extended Dose Nevirapine (SWEN) Study Team, Bedri A,  Gudetta B, Isehak A, Kumbi S, Lulseged S, Mengistu Y, Bhore AV, Bhosale R, Varadhrajan V, Gupte N, Sastry J, Suryavanshi N, Tripathy S, Mmiro F, Mubiru M, Onyango C, Taylor A, Musoke P, Nakabiito C, Abashawl A, Adamu R, Antelman G, Bollinger RC, Bright P, Chaudhary MA, Coberly J, Guay L, Fowler MG, Gupta A, Hassen E, Jackson JB, Moulton LH, Nayak U, Omer SB, Propper L, Ram M, Rexroad V, Ruff AJ, Shankar A, and Zwerski S.

HIV/AIDS reduces the relevance of the principle of individual medical confidentiality among the Bantu people of Southern Africa

Ndebele P, Mfutso-Bengo J, and Masiye F.

Infant feeding and HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa: What lies beneath the dilemma?

Fletcher FE, Ndebele P, and Kelley MC.

Living apart together: reflections on bioethics, global inequality and social justice.

Rennie S, Mupenda B.

Outcome of a research ethics training workshop among clinicians and scientists in a Nigerian university

Ajuwon AJ and Kass N

Payment of trial participants can be ethically sound: Moving past a flat rate

Koen J, Slack C, Barsdorf N, and Essack, Z.

Quality of Postabortion Care in Public Health Facilities in Amhara and Oromia Regions

Kumbi S, Melkamu Y, and Yeneneh H.

Research Benefits for Hypothetical HIV Vaccine Trials: The Views of Ugandans in the Rakai District

Grady C, Wagman J, Ssekubugu R, Wawer MJ, Serwadda D, Kiddugave M, Nalugoda F, Gray RH, Wendler D, Dong Q, Dixon DO, Townsend B, Wahl E, and Emanuel EJ.

Routine third party disclosure of HIV results to identifiable sexual partners in Sub-Saharan Africa

Masiye F and Ssekubugu R.

Sexual Violence and Use of Contraception in Women Seeking Termination of Pregnancy in One NGO Clinic in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Dessalegn S, Kumbi S and Surur F.

Staphylococcus Aureus Nasal Carriage among Surgical Personnel in National Ribat University teaching Hospital Khartoum-Sudan.

Hassan AN, Hashim EA, Musa OH and Elsayed DE

Therapeutic Misconception: New evidence from a qualitative study in Blantyre Malawi

Mfutso-Bengo JM, Ndebele P, Jumbe V, Mkunthi M, Masiye F, Molyneux S, and Molyneux M.

Third party assisted conception: an African perspective

Tangwa GB

Tools for genotyping Human Immunodeficiency Virus, and implications of genetic diversity on diagnostics, treatment and prevention

Bessong PO, Iweriebor BC, Mavhandu LG, Masebe T, and Nwobegahay J.

Why do individuals agree to enrol in clinical trials? A qualitative study of health research participation in Blantyre, Malawi

Mfutso-Bengo J, Ndebele P, Jumbe V, Mkunthi M, Masiye F, Molyneux S and Molyneux M.

Why Mothers Choose to Enroll Their Children in Malaria Clinical Studies and the Involvement of Relatives in Decision Making: Evidence from Malawi

Masiye F, Kass N, Hyder A , Ndebele P and Mfutso-Bengo J.

Why People Refuse to Take Part in Biomedical Research Studies: Evidence From Resource Poor Areas

Mfutso-Bengo JM, Masiye F, Molyneux M, Ndebele P and Chilungo A.

Will developing countries benefit from their participation in genetics research?

Ndebele P, and Musesengwa R.

2007 FABTP Articles

Title Authors
Ancillary-care responsibilities in observational research: two cases, two issues

Dickert N, DeRiemer KL, Duffy P, Garcia-Garcia L, Mutabingwa TK, Sina P, Tindana PO and Lie R.

Assessment of the Ethical Review process in Sudan

Elsayed DE and Kass NE

Attitudes of Sudanese researchers on obtaining informed consent from study subjects involved in health research

Elsayed DE and Kass N.

Chapter 2: Conducting biomedical research in Africa – Important ethical issues researchers need to considerA gateway to biomedical research in Africa

Ndebele, P

Chapter 9: Conducting biomedical research in Malawi, in A gateway to biomedical research in Africa

Mfutso-Bengo J and Ndebele P

Commentary 13.1: The limits of obligations to provide treatment in the South African Phase 1 HIV vaccine trials. In Ethical Issues in International Biomedical Research: A Case Book

Slack C, Stobie M, and Barsdorf N.

Commentary: A Community Welfare Perspective on the Ethics of the Guatemala Low-Phytate Corn Trial. In: Ethical Issues in International Biomedical Research. A Case Book

Meslin EM and Ndossi G.

Developing Ethical Oversight of Research In Developing Countries: Case Study of Nigeria

Adebamowo CAÂ, Mafe MA, Yakubu AA, Adekeye JM, and Jiya JY

Grand Challenges in Global Health:Community Engagement in Research in Developing Countries

Tindana PO, Singh JA, Tracy CS, Upshur REG, Daar AS, Singer PA, Frohlich J, and Lavery JV.

How not to Compare Western Scientific Medicine with African Traditional Medicine

Tangwa, GB

Knowledge of Sudanese Researchers about Research Ethics

Elsayed DE

Moral Status of Embryonic Stem Cells: Perspective of an African Villager

Tangwa, GB

National Health Research System: for better health

Elsayed DE

Personal and community benefits and harms of research: views from Rakai, Uganda

Thiessen C, Ssekubugu R, Wagman J, Kiddugavu M, Wawer MJ, Emanuel E, Gray R, Serwadda D and Grady C.

Public Health Ethics: An Overview

Elsayed DE

Taking Tissue Seriously Means Taking Communities Seriously

Upshur RE, Lavery JV, and Tindana PO.

The ethical involvement of women in HIV vaccine trials in Africa: Discussion paper developed for the African AIDS Vaccine Program

Wassenaar D and Barsdorf N.

The Perspectives of Researchers on obtaining informed consent in developing countries

Newton S and Appiah-Poku J

The structure and function of research ethics committees in Africa: A case study

Kass NE, Hyder A, Ajuwon A, Appiah-Poku J, Barsdorf N, Elsayed DE, Mokhachane M, Mupenda B, Ndebele P, Ndossi G, Sikateyo B, Tangwa G and Tindana PO.

What should South African HIV vaccine trials do about social harms?

Milford C, Barsdorf N, and Kafaar Z.

2006 FABTP Articles

Title Authors
A Commentary on taboos in West Africa

Masiye F

Community Medicine Training in Schools of Medicine in the Sudan

Elsayed DE

Community Preparedness for HIV vaccine trials in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Olin J, Kokolamami J, Lepira FB, Mwandagalirwa K, Mupenda B, Ndongala ML, Maman S, Bollinger R, Nachega J and Mokili J.

Earlier discharge of very low birthweight infants from an under-resourced African hospital: a randomized trial

Mokhachane M, Saloojee H and Cooper PA

Ethical Issues Concerning GM Crops, Foods and Feeds

Tangwa GB

Ethical issues in HIV/AIDS research, counselling and testing in Nigeria.

Ajuwon AJ

Malaria. In The Epidemiology of Malawi, edited by Eveline Geubbels and Cameron Bowie

Dzinjalamala FK

National Framework for Ethics in Health Research Involving Human Subjects

Elsayed DE

Opinions of Researchers Based in the UK on Recruiting Subjects from Developing Countries into Randomized Controlled Trials

Newton  S and Appiah-Poku J

Perception of blindness and blinding eye conditions in rural communities

Ashaye A, Ajuwon AJ and Adeoti C

Publication and Dissemination of Health Research Findings: Strengthening Post Trial Benefit

Elsayed DE and Kass NE

Research Ethics Review Structures: International Comparisons – Tanzania In: The Regulation and Organization of Research Ethics Review. Report of a Comparative International Workshop held at the Faculty of Law

Ndossi, G

Return of chloroquine antimalarial efficacy in Malawi

Laufer MK, Phillip C,  Thesing, Eddington ND, Masonga R, Dzinjalamala FK, Takala SL, Taylor TE, and Plowe CV

Sexual behavior and experience of sexual coercion among secondary school students in three states in North Eastern Nigeria

Ajuwon AJ, Olaleye A, Faromoju B and Ladipo O

The female condom society and public health; A commentary from Sub-Saharan Africa

Ssekubugu R, Masiye F, Kithinji C, Hyder A and Kass N.

The Informed Consent Process in a Rural African Setting: A Case Study of the Kassena-Nankana District of Northern Ghana

Tindana PO, Kass N and Akweongo P.

The views of Ugandans in the Rakai District about post trial benefits and individual compensation in research

Grady C, Wagman J, Ssekubugu R, Wawer MJ, Serwadda D, Kiddugavu M, Nalugoda F, Gray RH, Wendler D, Dong Q, Dixon DO, Townsend B, Wahl E and Emanuel EJ.

Undue Inducement in Internationally Sponsored Research: A Developing Country Research Ethics Committee Perspective

Ndebele, P

2005 FABTP Articles

Title Authors
Attitudes, norms and experiences of sexual coercion among young people in Ibadan, Nigeria. In: Sex without consent: Young people in developing countries (ed Jejeebhoy SJ, Shah I and Thapa S)

Ajuwon AJ

Benefits of sexuality education for young persons in Nigeria

Ajuwon AJ

Ethical Issues related to access to treatment for HIV/AIDS in Low Resource Countries

Ndebele P and Chigwedere E

Ethics in research. In: Methodology of basic and applied research (ed Olayinka AI, Taiwo VO, Raji-Oyelade and Farai IP)

Obono OM, Ajuwon AJ, Arowojolu AO, Ogundipe GAT, Yakubu JA and Falusi AG

Evaluation of interventions to prevent gender-based violence among young female apprentices in Ibadan, Nigeria

Fawole OI, Ajuwon AJ and Osungbade KO

Gender and HIV vaccine trials: Ethics and Social Science Issues

Wassenaar D, Barsdorf N and Richter L

Genetic Technology and Moral Value: An African Opinion

Tangwa GB

I AM GOING TO EAT PORRIDGE, THEY KEEP THEIR FIRES BURNING: Conversations on food, manners and hospitality in Africa

Tangwa GB

Incentives for participation in locally and internationally sponsored research- The challenges from the point of view of Developing Country Ethics Committees

Ndebele P and Chigwedere E.

Kangaroo Mother Care: 25 years after

Charpak N, Ruiz JG, Zupan J, Cattaneo A, Figueroa Z, Tessier R, Cristo M, Anderson G, Ludington S, Mendoza S, Mokhachane M and Worku B

Malaria Research: What Has Ethics Got To Do With It?

Tangwa GB

Polymerase chain reaction for diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus infection in infancy in low resource settings

Sherman GG, Cooper PA, Coovadia AH, Puren AJ, Jones SA, Mokhachane M and Bolton KD

Review of Doing Social Psychology Research. In Psychology in Society (PINS), Glynis M. Breakwell (Ed.).

Barsdorf N

Survival of very-low-birth-weight infants according to birth weight and gestational age in a public hospital

Velaphi SC, Mokhachane M, Mphahlele RM, Beckh-Arnold E, Kuwanda ML, Cooper PA

The abortion paradox in Uganda, Fertility regulator or cause of maternal mortality

Nalwadda G, Nabukera S and Salihu HM

The HIV/AIDS pandemic, African traditional values and the search for a vaccine in Africa(Chapter 11) in ETHICS AND AIDS IN AFRICA: The challenge to our thinking

Tangwa GB

2004 FATBP Articles

Title Authors
A review of incidents of rape from police records in Ibadan, Nigeria

Shaahu V, Ajuwon AJ, Onadeko MO and Lawoyin T.

Between Universalism and Relativism: A Conceptual Exploration of Problems in Formulating and Applying International Biomedical Ethical Guidelines

Tangwa GB

Bioethics, Biotechnology and Culture: A Voice from the Margins

Tangwa GB

Colony of Genes, Genes of the Colony: diversity, difference and divide

Tangwa GB and Van Rinsum HJ

Knowledge of AIDS and HIV risk-related sexual behavior among Nigerian naval personnel

Ugboga AN and Ajuwon AJ

Making research ethics review work in Zimbabwe – the case for investment in local capacity

Mielke J and Ndebele P

Morality and Culture: Are Ethics Culture-Dependent?

Tangwa GB

Racial difference in public perceptions of voluntariness of medical research participants

Barsdorf N and Wassenaar D

Reproductive health knowledge and use of contraceptives among adolescent mothers in a sub-urban community in Oyo State, Nigeria

Olaseha IO, Ajuwon AJ and Onyejekwe OC

Some African Reflections on Biomedical and Environmental Ethics

Tangwa GB

The current situation of health research and ethics in Sudan

Elsayed DE

Violence and HIV/AIDS prevention among female out-of-school youths in southwestern Nigeria: lessons learnt from interventions targeted at hawkers and apprentices

Fawole OI, Ajuwon AJ and Osungbade KO

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