Antonel Olckers

The Sydney Declaration – An unique opportunity for Africa

Antonel Olckers, Mehdi Ben Khelil

Kenya (code pays fourni par la source)

Science Serving Justice: Opportunities for Enhancing Integrity in Forensic Science in Africa

Antonel Olckers, Zoë Hammatt

If the law has made you a witness, remain a man [practitioner1] of science. You have no victim to avenge, no guilty or innocent person to convict or save—you must bear testimony within the limits o...

us (code pays fourni par la source)

Data Commercialisation in the South African Health Care Context

Marietjie Botes, Melodie Nöthling Slabbert, Antonel Olckers

Realisation of the value and the commercialisation potential of data is gaining exponential momentum. The combination of historical data exploitations and the use of technologies that allow for the triangulation of data results in the collection, storage, and processing of massive amounts …

Afrique du Sud, th (code pays fourni par la source)

Corrigendum: POPIA Code of Conduct for Research

Rachel Adams, Fola Adeleke, Dominique Anderson, Ahmed C. Bawa et autres

Jerome Amir Singh's affiliation was erroneously given as: Centre for Medical Ethics and Law, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa. Thecorrect affiliation is: School of Law, Howard College, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa. The error appears in the Discussion Document by Adams …

Afrique du Sud (code pays fourni par la source)

POPIA Code of Conduct for Research (with corrigendum)

Rachel Adams, Fola Adeleke, Dominique Anderson, Ahmed C. Bawa et autres

The POPIA Code of Conduct for Research, as it is currently being considered, pertains to research conducted in South Africa, which, as part of the research process, uses personal information as defined under POPIA. This Discussion Document outlines the main areas relating …

Afrique du Sud (code pays fourni par la source)

Letter to the editor: Privacy rights of human research participants in South Africa must be taken seriously

Ciara Staunton, Rachel Adams, Marietjie Botes, Edward S. Dove et autres

Privacy rights of human research participants in South Africa must be taken seriously

Donrich Thaldar, Beverley Townsend, Ciara Staunton, Rachel Adams et autres

Letter by Thaldar and Townsend, following an article by the same authors (Thaldar D, Townsend B. Genomic research and privacy: A response to Staunton et al. S Afr Med J 2020;110(3):172-174. https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2020.v110i3.14431) and both commenting on an article by Staunton et al. …

Afrique du Sud, it, gb (code pays fourni par la source)

An optimistic vision for biosciences in South Africa: Reply to Thaldar et al. (2019)

Michael S. Pepper, Collet Dandara, Jantina de Vries, Amaboo Dhai et autres

Our reply to Thaldar et al.’s response to the ASSAf report on human genetics and genomics focuses on two elements of the Report which they highlight, namely ubuntu and sovereignty. The lack of engagement with other issues raised by Thaldar et al. …

Afrique du Sud, us, pl, gb, it (code pays fourni par la source)

Safeguarding the future of genomic research in South Africa: Broad consent and the Protection of Personal Information Act No. 4 of 2013

Ciara Staunton, Rachel Adams, Marietjie Botes, Edward S. Dove et autres

Genomic research has been identified in South Africa (SA) as important in developing a strong bio-economy that has the potential to improve human health, drive job creation and offer potential solutions to the disease burden harboured by low- and middle-income countries. Central …

mt, gb, Afrique du Sud, Kenya (code pays fourni par la source)

Ethical and practical issues to consider in the governance of genomic and human research data and data sharing in South Africa: a meeting report

Ciara Staunton, Rachel Adams, Edward S. Dove, Natalie Harriman et autres

Genomic research and biobanking has undergone exponential growth in Africa and at the heart of this research is the sharing of biospecimens and associated clinical data amongst researchers in Africa and across the world. While this move towards open science is progressing, …

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Protecting participants in health research: The South African Material Transfer Agreement

Melodie Labuschaigne, Ames Dhai, S Mahomed, Kevin Behrens et autres

The need to transfer human biological materials (HBMs) across national boundaries has become increasingly important in view of increased biobank and commercial activities globally. In light of South Africa (SA)'s history of colonisation and racial discrimination, coupled with well-known instances of exploitation …

Afrique du Sud (code pays fourni par la source)

SAAFS: the establishment of a representative body for forensic science in South Africa

Marise Heyns, Antonel Olckers, Gert Saayman

Forensic Science practitioners in South Africa did not have a representative or a regulatory body and for many years some individuals have vocalized the need for such a representative body. In 2016, a small working group came together to take the first …

Afrique du Sud (code pays fourni par la source)