Genomics and Health Data Governance in Africa: Democratize the Use of Big Data and Popularize Public Engagement

Effectively addressing ethical issues in precision medicine research in Africa requires a holistic social contract that integrates biomedical knowledge with local cultural values and Indigenous knowledge systems. Drawing on African epistemologies such as ubuntu and ujamaa and on our collective exper...

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Authors: Munung, Nchangwi Syntia (Author) ; Royal, Charmaine D. (Author) ; De Kock, Carmen (Author) ; Awandare, Gordon (Author) ; Nembaware, Victoria (Author) ; Nguefack, Seraphin (Author) ; Treadwell, Marsha (Author) ; Wonkam, Ambroise (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2024
In: The Hastings Center report
Year: 2024, Volume: 54, Pages: S84-S92
Further subjects:B PUBGEM-Africa
B Justice
B Public engagement
B health data
B Genomics
B Africa
B Bioethics
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