About Global Health Bioethics
We also hope that the resources available on Global Health Bioethics will be of use to others interested in the ethics of global health research, including medical researchers, health professionals, policy-makers and members of research ethics committees..
This web resource is being developed by the Ethox Centre (http://www.ethox.org.uk/) and its collaborators, in close partnership with the Global Health Clinical Trials Programme (http:// www.globalhealthtrials.org/). Both websites are open access and free, and our aims are highly aligned. The global health clinical trials platform provides resources, guidance, training and professional development for researchers working on clinical trials in the field of global health. This website aims to add value to the numerous resources available on GlobalHealthTrials.org by providing complementary resources focusing on ethics.
It is our intention that Global Health Bioethics be fully open access and participatory. We would like to encourage users to write articles and share their expertise in identifying and addressing ethical issues relating to global health research. All articles and materials contributed to the site will recognise the author and their institution. In order to ensure that the material made available, in terms of tools and resources as well as the guidance that is provided, is reliable, credible and high quality, all the content placed on this site will be reviewed and approved by the editorial team (details below). As the site develops, expert panels will be established to answer queries and review tools, comments and guidance put forward by users, and a steering committee will be established for the site by the end of the pilot period (July 2011). We invite people to come forward if they are interested in being a member of these panels or oversight committees.
In addition to articles on particular topics, areas of this site are devoted to providing resources for those seeking information or answers to a specific problem. We hope that the discussion groups on areas such as consent, community engagement, benefit-sharing, data-storing, etc., will both identify examples of good ethical practice that others can benefit from, and highlight problem areas where there is a need to develop new tools or for additional research.
Currently this site is in a ‘pilot’ phase based on funding provided by the Wellcome Trust to the Ethox Centre in the form of an Enhancement Award to establish an international research network on the ethics of collaborative global health research.
Any questions, comments or concerns, or if you would like to get involved as a collaborator, please get in touch with dinnah.rippon@ethox.ox.ac.uk
The Editorial Management Team
Michael Parker, Dinnah Rippon, Susan Bull, Paulina Tindana