Improving Global Sharing of Biomedical Research Data - Health IT - Hospimedica.com

"A special issue of the Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics (JERHRE) presents guidelines, protocols, models, and new resources to improve data sharing across the globe. The new issue outlines the views of researchers and gatekeepers of biomedical research in five developing countries— India, Kenya, South Africa, Thailand, and Vietnam— on the possibility of expanding the sharing of their individual-level biomedical research data, with a focus on ethical implications of sharing health research data in these low and middle income settings. In contrast with Western countries, the majority of researchers questioned were wary of sharing individual-level health research data due to very limited experience of sharing with secondary researchers ..."