Call for Papers: African Health Research Ethics Symposium, 10/06

SARETI: African Health Research Ethics Symposium 2006

The South African Research Ethics Training Initiative (SARETI) is an Africa-based research ethics training programme funded by the Fogarty International Center of the US National Institutes of Health.

SARETI is currently in its fourth year of programme activity, with several Masters-level and fellowship students close to completing their degrees and training.

In October this year, SARETI plans to host the first African Health Research Ethics Symposium (AHRES). The meeting will be held from Wed 11th to Fri 13th October 2006 at the Meridien Hotel in Dakar, Senegal. The medium of the meeting will be in English.

We invite expressions of interest for the submission of papers and presentations at this SARETI symposium. The focus of AHRES will be the presentation of new research and scholarship on ethical issues in research in Africa, or by African researchers and scholars. Preference will be given to scholars or fellows of Fogarty International bioethics programmes. We will have several distinguished keynote speakers, each of whom will have expertise in African research ethics and developing country issues more generally.

The remainder of the programme will be scholarly and research papers on aspects of research ethics in Africa.

Although the focus will be on Africa, interested delegates from other countries will be welcome to apply to contribute.

Interested colleagues are invited to Email Ms Debbie Marais maraisd@ukzn.ac.za
to be kept on the mailing list as the programme develops. You may also indicate whether you would be interested in delivering a paper, and provide a 20-line abstract of your intended topic.

SARETI: South African Research Ethics Training Initiative
http://shsph.up.ac.za/sareti/sareti.htm

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