title: Ethical issues in genomic research on the African continent: experiences and challenges to ethics review committees.
abstract: This is a report on a workshop titled 'Ethics for genomic research across five African countries: Guidelines, experiences and challenges', University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, 10 and 11 December 2012. The workshop was hosted by the Wits-INDEPTH partnership, AWI-Gen, as part of the H3Africa Consortium.
authors.affiliation: Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. michele.ramsay@wits.ac.za.|Division of Human Genetics, National Health Laboratory Service and School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. michele.ramsay@wits.ac.za.
authors.forename: Michèle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ramsay
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, UCT Centre for Clinical Research, Old Main Building, Groote Schuur Hospital, Observatory, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. jantina.devries@uct.ac.za.
authors.forename: Jantina
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: de Vries
authors.affiliation: Division of Human Genetics, National Health Laboratory Service and School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. hxsood@global.co.za.
authors.forename: Himla
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Soodyall
authors.affiliation: MRC/Wits Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, Department of Paediatrics, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. shane.norris@wits.ac.za.
authors.forename: Shane A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Norris
authors.affiliation: International Network for the Demographic Evaluation of Populations and Their Health in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (INDEPTH), Accra, Ghana. osman.sankoh@indepth-network.org.|School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. osman.sankoh@indepth-network.org.|Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam. osman.sankoh@indepth-network.org.
authors.forename: Osman
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sankoh
mesh_terms: D026683:Advisory Committees / Q000941:ethics*; D000349:Africa; D044383:Black People / Q000235:genetics; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D023281:Genomics / Q000941:ethics* / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans