North-South research partnerships: the ethics of carrying out research in developing countries

• Published in: BMJ Vol. 319; no. 7207; pp. 438 - 441
• Main Author: Edejer, Tessa Tan-Torres
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London British Medical Journal Publishing Group 14.08.1999; British Medical Association; BMJ Publishing Group Ltd; BMJ Publishing Group LTD; BMJ Publishing Group; British Medical Journal
• Edition: International edition
• Subjects: AIDS; Biological and medical sciences; Clinical trials; Collaboration; Developing Countries; Education and Debate; Ethical aspects; Ethics; Ethics, Medical; Ethics, Research; Funding; HIV; Humans; International relations; Internationality; LDCs; Medical research; Medical sciences; Parasitic diseases; Placebos; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Research ethics; Research Subjects; Research Support as Topic; Teaching. Deontology. Ethics. Legislation; Testing; Tropical medicine; Zidovudine; Human; Ethics; Scientific research; Developing countries; Review; Industrialized country; International relation; Public health; Biomedical and Behavioral Research
• ISSN: 0959-8138; 0959-8146; 1468-5833; 1756-1833
• DOI: 10.1136/bmj.319.7207.438

North-South research collaboration is currently plagued by differing interpretations of ethical standards of doing research in developing countries. Only 10% of global research funding goes to diseases which comprise 90% of the global burden.