Last month we published our latest report, Research in global health emergencies: ethical issues – the result of an in-depth two-year inquiry by an international working group with input from researchers, policy makers, practitioners and research participants in more than 30 countries across the globe. In response to the urgent need for a rigorous evidence base to support effective emergency response, the inquiry aimed to identify ways in which research could be conducted ethically even in these most difficult and distressing circumstances.
A call for action, published alongside the report and supported by leading research institutions, funders and humanitarian organisations in Europe, Africa, and Latin and North America, highlights key recommendations and responsibilities. These include the need for:
So what relevance has our report to the enormous challenges being posed to health systems and governments the world over by COVID-19? Unsurprisingly, quite a lot. Indeed the sudden emergence of a new disease might be considered to illustrate some of the central tenets of the report – that new health threats can at any time develop into emergencies; that no country, rich or poor, is exempt; that research has a key role to play in effective response; and that all countries have an ethical obligation, founded in solidarity, to prepare themselves for such eventualities, and to support others in so doing.
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