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Regional/Multinational
             
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Ethical issues surrounding the provider initiated opt - Out prenatal HIV screening practice in Sub - Saharan Africa: a literature review.
Bain LE, Dierickx K, Hens K.
BMC Med Ethics. 2015 Oct 24;16(1):73.
 Abstract

When the science fails and the ethics works: 'Fail-safe' ethics in the FEM-PrEP study.
Kingori P.
Anthropol Med. 2015 Oct 20:1-17
 Abstract

Ethical Challenges Posed by the Ebola Virus Epidemic in West Africa.
Omonzejele PF.
J Bioeth Inq. 2014 Nov 12.
 Abstract

The ethics of HIV research with people who inject drugs in Africa: a desk review.
 Mamotte N.
 Afr J AIDS Res. 2012 Mar;11(1):1-8. 
Abstract

Infant feeding modes and determinants among HIV-1-infected African women in the Kesho Bora study.
 Bork K, Cames C, Cournil A,  et al
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2012 Oct 15. [
Abstract

Science and ethics of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome controversies in Africa.
Brewster D.
J Paediatr Child Health. 2011 Sep;47(9):646-55.
Abstract

Elective cesarean birth: issues and ethics of an informed decision.
 McFarlin BL.
J Midwifery Womens Health. 2004 Sep-Oct;49(5):421-9.
Abstract

Convergent ethical issues in HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria vaccine trials in Africa:Report from the WHO/UNAIDS African AIDS Vaccine Programme's Ethics, Law and Human Rights Collaborating Centre consultation, 10-11 February 2009, Durban, South Africa.
Mamotte N, Wassenaar D, Koen J, Essack Z.
 BMC Med Ethics. 2010 Mar 9;11(1):3
 Abstract

AIDS care and treatment in Sub-Saharan Africa: implementation ethics.
Rennie S, Behets F.  
Hastings Cent Rep. 2006 May-Jun;36(3):23-31.
 Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 Virtual Pathways in Africa's Fight Against HIV/AIDS
Carmen Urdaneta C 
Human Rights Magazine Fall 2004
 Paper
Benin
             
    Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
  Ethics in experimentation of neo-traditional treatments for HIV/AIDS in Benin, Burkina Faso and Senegalrelativism vs. universalism
 E. Simon, M. Egro A. Traore, E. Sambieni
 (XVII International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
Botswana
             
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 Repeated Assessments of Informed Consent Comprehension among HIV-Infected Participants of a Three-Year Clinical Trial in Botswana.
Chaisson LH, Kass NE, Chengeta B,  et al
PLoS One. 2011;6(10):e22696.
 Paper
Burkino Faso
             
    Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
  Ethics in experimentation of neo-traditional treatments for HIV/AIDS in Benin, Burkina Faso and Senegalrelativism vs. universalism
 E. Simon, M. Egro A. Traore, E. Sambieni
 (XVII International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
Cameroon
             
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
"If the patients decide not to tell what can we do?"- TB/HIV counsellors' dilemma on partner notification for HIV.
 Njozing BN, Edin KE, Sebastián MS, Hurtig AK.
BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2011 Jun 3;11:6.
 Paper

    Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

  Ethics considerations in recruiting women with multiple sexual partners into HIV prevention trials in three West African cities
KM MacQueen, E Brelsford, B Akumatey, et al
 (15IAC)
Abstract
DR Congo
             
    Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
  Community attitudes towards rationing antiretroviral treatment in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo: a qualitative study of justice and equity
S. Rennie, A. Nsitu, E. Birindwa, et al
 (16IAC)
Abstract
Ghana
             

    Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

  Ethics considerations in recruiting women with multiple sexual partners into HIV prevention trials in three West African cities
KM MacQueen, E Brelsford, B Akumatey, et al
 (15IAC)
Abstract
Kenya
             

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Equitable treatment for HIV/AIDS clinical trial participants: a focus group study of patients, clinician researchers, and administrators in western Kenya.
 Shaffer DN, Yebei VN, Ballidawa JB, et al 
J Med Ethics. 2006 Jan;32(1):55-60.
 Abstracts

    Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

  Ethics and benefits of HIV clinical research for study participants in Kericho, Kenya
S Adega, G Foglia, L Langat, et al
 (15IAC)
Abstract
Malawi
             
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Improving Participant Understanding of Informed Consent in an HIV-Prevention Clinical Trial: A Comparison of Methods.
Corneli AL, Sorenson JR, Bentley ME, et al 
AIDS Behav. 2011 Jun 9
 Abstract

Important but neglected ethical and cultural considerations in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Malawi.
Muula AS, Mfutso-Bengo JM. 
Nurs Ethics. 2004 Sep;11(5):479-88
 Abstract
 
    Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
  POSTER
 Saying 'no' to clinical research: Malawi's denial to study tenofovir PrEP
E. Chigwedere, M. Mkunthi, M. Ukpong, et al
(XVIII International AIDS Conference)
PDF Poster     Abstract
Mozambique
             
    Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
  A clinic-community collaboration to facilitate antiretroviral therapy (ART) defaulter tracing in
Quelimane, Mozambique
A. Cipriano, A. Marcus, A. Almeida, et al
(XVIII International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
Nigeria
             

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Achieving Gold Standards in Ethics and Human Rights in Medical Practice.
Benatar SR
PLOS Medicine Vol2 Issue 9 Sep 2005
 Paper
 

    Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

 
Knowledge of ethics and HIV/AIDS- related apprehensions among final year medical students in a Nigerian university
O.A. Ogundele, A.O. Sabageh, M.Y. Ijadunola, I, et al
 (XVIII International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract

Ethics considerations in recruiting women with multiple sexual partners into HIV prevention trials in three West African cities
KM MacQueen, E Brelsford, B Akumatey, et al
 (15IAC)
Abstract

Senegal
             
    Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
  Ethics in experimentation of neo-traditional treatments for HIV/AIDS in Benin, Burkina Faso and Senegal relativism vs. universalism
 E. Simon, M. Egro A. Traore, E. Sambieni
 (XVII International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
South Africa
             
     Internet Dpcuments
 
  FULL-TEXT PERSPECTIVE
 J’accuse:  A matter of infanticide
 Nary G
 Medadvocates.org  December 25, 2000
Editorial
 
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Are we allowed to disclose?': a healthcare team's experiences of talking with children and adolescents about their HIV status.
 Watermeyer J .
Health Expect. 2013 Oct 1.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
 Convergent ethical issues in HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria vaccine trials in Africa:Report from the WHO/UNAIDS African AIDS Vaccine Programme's Ethics, Law and Human Rights Collaborating Centre consultation, 10-11 February 2009, Durban, South Africa.
Mamotte N, Wassenaar D, Koen J, Essack Z.
 BMC Med Ethics. 2010 Mar 9;11(1):3
 Paper

Colonialism, Biko and AIDS: Reflections on the principle of beneficence in South African medical ethics.
Braude HD.
 Soc Sci Med. 2009 Apr 8.
 Abstract

Ethics of mandatory premarital HIV testing in Africa: the case of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Rennie S, Mupenda B.
 Dev World Bioeth. 2008 Aug;8(2):126-37.
 Abstract
 
Culture and voluntary informed consent in African health care systems.
Frimpong-Mansoh A.
 Dev World Bioeth. 2008 Aug;8(2):104-14.
 Abstract
 
Respect for persons permits prioritizing treatment for HIV/AIDS.
Metz T.
 Dev World Bioeth. 2008 Aug;8(2):89-103.
 Abstract

Estimating the Lost Benefits of Antiretroviral Drug Use in South Africa.
Chigwedere P, Seage GR 3rd, Gruskin S, et al  
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2008 Oct 16.
 Abstract
 Also refer to
 FULL-TEXT PERSPECTIVE
 J’accuse:  A matter of infanticide
 Nary G
 Medadvocates.org  December 25, 2000
Editorial

 
Swaziland
             
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  How Informed are Clients Who Consent? A Mixed-Method Evaluation of Comprehension Among Clients of Male Circumcision Services in Zambia and Swaziland.
Friedland BA, Apicella L, Schenk KD,  et al
AIDS Behav. 2013 Feb 8
 Abstract
Tanzania
             
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Exploring the Ethics of Observational Research: The Case of an HIV Study in Tanzania.
Norris A, Jackson A, Khoshnood K.
AJOB Prim Res. 2012;3(4):30-39.
 Abstract

Health research ethics review and needs of institutional ethics committees in Tanzania.
Ikingura JK, Kruger M, Zeleke W
Tanzan Health Res Bull. 2007 Sep;9(3):154-8
 Abstract
Togo
 
             
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Allocation of antiretroviral drugs to HIV-infected patients in Togo: perspectives of people living with HIV and healthcare providers.
Kpanake L, Sorum PC, Mullet E.
J Med Ethics. 2017 May 15.
 Abstract
Zimbabwe
             
    Conference Reports, (XVIII International AIDS Conference)s, and Posters
 
  POSTER
 Role of the medical research council of Zimbabwe (MRCZ) in protection of research participants in Zimbabwe
R. Gunda, R. Musesengwa, S. Ruzario, et al
 (XVIII International AIDS Conference)
PDF Poster     Abstract
 
Monitoring HIV clinical trials and HIV prevention studies for ICH-GCP compliance, protocol adherence and adherence to professional research ethics: Medical Research Council of Zimbabwe
R. Zinyama-Gutsire, R. Chekera, S. Ruzario, S. Munyati
 (XVIII International AIDS Conference)
 (XVIII International AIDS Conference)

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