title: Do aid agencies have an ethical duty to comply with researchers? A response to Rennie.
abstract: Medical AID organisations such as Médecins Sans Frontières receive several requests from individuals and international academic institutions to conduct research at their implementation sites in Africa. Do AID agencies have an ethical duty to comply with research requests? In this paper we respond to the views and constructed theories (albeit unfounded) of one such researcher, whose request to conduct research at one of our sites in the Democratic Republic of Congo was turned down.
authors.affiliation: Médecins sans Frontières, 68 Rue de Gasperich, L-1617, Gasperich, Luxembourg. rony.zachariah@brussels.msf.org
authors.forename: Rony
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zachariah
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Janssens
authors.forename: Nathan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ford
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D015023:Democratic Republic of the Congo; D003906:Developing Countries; D014943:Global Health; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000941:ethics*; D006801:Humans; D009938:Organizations / Q000941:ethics*; D010820:Physicians; D011050:Policy Making; D045808:Refusal to Participate / Q000941:ethics*; D012066:Relief Work / Q000941:ethics*; D040841:Resource Allocation / Q000941:ethics*; D012941:Social Responsibility