Selected OPEN ACCESS publications about the conduct of health/clinical research in South Africa or by South African authors

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Academy of Science in South Africa. Revitalising clinical research in South Africa: A study on clinical research and related training in South Africa

Staunton C, Adams R, Dove ES, Harriman N, Horn L, Labuschaigne M, Mulder N, Olckers A, Pope A, Ramsay M, Swanepoel C, Ni Loideain N, De Vries J. Ethical and practical issues to consider in the governance of genomic and human research data and data sharing in South Africa: a meeting report. AAS Open Res. 2019 May 22;2:15.

Sibanda M, Summers R, Meyer JC. A comparison of five international clinical trial registers with the South African register for access to information and usability. Pan Afr Med J. 2018 Apr 24;29:224. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2018.29.224.12683. eCollection 2018.

Allen EN, Chandler CI, Mandimika N, Leisegang C, Barnes K. Eliciting adverse effects data from participants in clinical trials. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2018 Jan 16;1:MR000039. doi: 10.1002/14651858.MR000039.pub2.

Krishnan N, Gittelsohn J, Ross A, Elf J, Chon S, Niaura R, Martinson N, Golub JE. Qualitative exploration of a smoking cessation trial for people living with HIV in South Africa. Nicotine Tob Res. 2017 Jun 16

Jeong S, Sohn M, Kim JH, Ko M, Seo HW, Song YK, Choi B, Han N, Na HS, Lee JG, Kim IW, Oh JM, Lee E. Current globalization of drug interventional clinical trials: characteristics and associated factor 2011-2013. Trials. 2017 Jun 21;18(1):288

Montgomery ET, van der Straten A, Chitukuta M, Reddy K, Woeber K, Atujuna M, Bekker LG, Etima J, Nakyanzi T, Mayo AJ, Katz A, Laborde N, Grossman CI, Soto-Torres L, Palanee-Phillips T, Baeten JM; MTN-020/ASPIRE Study. Acceptability and use of a dapivirine vaginal ring in a phase III trial. AIDS. 2017 May 15;31(8):1159-1167

Williamson V, Coetzee B, Kagee A, Tomlinson M. Factors influencing mothers' decision to enroll their HIV-negative children in a hypothetical HIV vaccine trial. Future Virol. 2017 Jan;12(1):19-28

Stadler J, Scorgie F, van der Straten A, Saethre E. Adherence and the Lie in a HIV Prevention Clinical Trial. Med Anthropol. 2016 Nov-Dec;35(6):503-516

MacQueen KM, Dlamini S, Perry B, Okumu E, Sortijas S, Singh C, Pillay D, Majors A, Jerome S, Watson S, Karim SA, Karim QA, Mansoor LE.
Social Context of Adherence in an Open-Label 1 % Tenofovir Gel Trial: Gender Dynamics and Disclosure in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. AIDS Behav. 2016 Nov;20(11):2682-2691

Barnett W, Brittain K, Sorsdahl K, Zar HJ, Stein DJ. Maternal participant experience in a South African birth cohort study enrolling healthy pregnant women and their infants. Philos Ethics Humanit Med. 2016 Jul 19;11(1):3

Wand H, Ramjee G. Identifying Factors Associated with Low-Adherence and Subsequent HIV Seroconversions Among South African Women Enrolled in a Biomedical Intervention Trial. AIDS Behav. 2016 Jul 12

Schmidt BM, Abrams A, Tameris M. Engaging adolescents in tuberculosis and clinical trial research through drama. Trials. 2016 Apr 6;17(1):177

Barth DD, Engel ME, Whitelaw A, Alemseged A, Sadoh WE, Ali SK, Sow SO, Dale J, Mayosi BM. Rationale and design of the African group A streptococcal infection registry: the AFRO Strep study. BMJ Open. 2016 Feb 25;6(2):e010248

Cutland CL, Cunnington M, Olugbosi M, Jones SA, Hugo A, Maharaj K, Slobod K, Madhi SA. Lessons learnt from enrolment and follow up of pregnant women and their infants in clinical trials in South Africa, a low-middle income country. Vaccine. 2015 Nov 25;33(47):6406-12

Chirwa T, Kramer B, Libhaber E. Developing a biostatistical support system in a resource-restricted academic institution in Africa: making it happen. BMC Med Educ. 2015 Nov 25;15:209. doi: 10.1186/s12909-015-0493-0

Macdonald H, Abney K, Abrams A, Truyts C. Challenges in Exploratory Methods for Tuberculosis Research in South Africa. Qual Health Res. 2015 Oct 5

Morrow BM, Argent AC, Kling S. Informed consent in paediatric critical care research--a South African perspective. BMC Med Ethics. 2015 Sep 9;16:62.

Limaye D, Langer JM, Rühling T, Fortwengel G. A critical appraisal of clinical trials conducted and subsequent drug approvals in India and South Africa. BMJ Open. 2015 Aug 31;5(8):e007304

Campbell MM, Susser E, de Vries J, Baldinger A, Sibeko G, Mndini MM, Mqulwana SG, Ntola OA, Ramesar RS, Stein DJ. Exploring researchers' experiences of working with a researcher-driven, population-specific community advisory board in a South African schizophrenia genomics study. BMC Med Ethics. 2015 Jul 2;16:45