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A survey of researchers' ethics, law and human rights dilemmas, resources and needs in HIV vaccine trials (HVTs) in Africa.

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dc.contributor.advisorWassenaar, Douglas Richard.
dc.contributor.authorPhalane, Tshegofatso Precious.
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-27T10:03:47Z
dc.date.available2012-03-27T10:03:47Z
dc.date.created2011
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractThis study investigated the Ethic, Law, and Human rights (ELH) dilemmas of researchers involved in preparing for and/or conducting HVTs in African countries. Furthermore it investigated availability of ELH material resources and infrastructure necessary for the successful conduct of HVTs. The study employed both qualitative and quantitative research methods. The main ethical challenges that researchers face when conducting HVTs include; high seroconversion rates, determining social value, working collaboratively with participants and communities, and paying trial participants. Legal challenges faced by researchers included; termination of participants who meet study inclusion criteria due to demands to do so from their parents and/or male partners, and in some countries lack of support from health care service providers when it comes to caring form trial participants. Understanding of consent age in African countries by communities was reported as a human right concern for researchers. The study concludes that researchers conducting or preparing to conduct HVTs in African countries face different ethics, law and human rights challenges when conducting HVTs at their sites and these challenges need to be addressed in order to improve the conduct of HVTs in Africa.
dc.description.notesThesis (M.A.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2011.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10413/5162
dc.language.isoen_ZA
dc.subjectAIDS (Disease)--Africa.
dc.subjectClinical trials--Moral and ethical aspects.
dc.subjectAIDS vaccines.
dc.subjectTheses--Psychology.
dc.titleA survey of researchers' ethics, law and human rights dilemmas, resources and needs in HIV vaccine trials (HVTs) in Africa.
dc.typeThesis

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