Proceedings of an International Workshop in collaboration with the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) of the World Health Organisation, with the support of the Federal Ministry of Health, Abuja, Nigeria, April 21-23, 2008

Section A: Historical and Conceptual Overview 1. Introduction - Olayiwola Erinosho 1 2. Developing Ethical Oversight of Research in Developing Countries: Case Study of Nigeria - Clement Adebamowo, Margaret A. Mafe, Aminu A. Yakubu, Julie M. Adekeye, and Jonathan Y. Jiya 13 3. Ethical Issues in Scientific Research - Adebayo O. Adejumo 31 Section B: Consent Seeking in Socio-Behavioural and Clinical Studies 4. Consent Seeking and Principles of Distributive Justice in Field Labortory Health Projects in Non-Literate Societies - Adeyinka Falusi 41 5. Consent Seeking in Social and Behavioural Research in Non-Literate Communities - Ayodele Samuel Jegede 51 6. Ethical Challenges and Code in Study Design in Social and Behavioural Research in Vaccine Testing in Non-Literate Communities - Abraham Alabi 61 7. Ethical Issues and Research Code in Social Science Methodology in the Context of Africa - Olayiwola Erinosho 68 8. Ethical Issues in Qualitative Research in Public Health in Africa - Paul Nchoji Nkwi 80 Section D: Case Reports on Ethics in Public Health Research 9. HIV/AIDS in Nigeria and Its Ethical Challenges - Babatunde Osotimehin 89 Section C: Ethics and Research Code in Social and Behavioural Research in Africa Contents v 10. Ethical Issues in USAID Applied Health Research in Nigeria - Stalin E. Ewoigbokhan 100 Section E: Ethical Pitfalls in Social and Behavioural Science Research Protocols 11. Perspective of the WHO Research Ethics Review Committee on Socio-Behavioural Research Projects in Public Health- Abha Saxena

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