In settings with high level of poverty and over-stretched health services, researchers have even greater responsibilities to the communities and study participants.
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SOCIAL AND BEHAVIOURAL RESEARCH
A social scientist and public health researcher based in Kenya, Professor Vicki Marsh aims to understand and strenghten policies based on social and ethical aspects of international collaborations. Improving communications between researchers and the patients and local communities is not only ethically important; it can also lead to better research.
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