Workshop: Ethics, Governance & Responsibility in Global Health Research Collaborations
A one day workshop was held on the 5th of January 2019 at the Medical Research Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka. This workshop is being organised as a part of capacity building component of the Medical Research Council, UK (MRC) funded South Asian Early Development and Research Capacity Building Project (SEARCH project).The workshop was mainly focused towards Ethical Review Committee (ERC) members of Universities and Hospitals in Sri Lanka with the key theme of the workshop being on ethics, governance and responsibility in global health research collaborations. The workshop provided the opportunity to network as well as learn about and discuss the growing ethical challenges that arise in global health research and collaborations from a local and international perspective.
The resource persons who spoke at the workshop included Prof. Athula Sumathipala, Dr. Sunil de Alwis, Dr. Jonathan Ives, Dr. Buddhika Fernando, Dr. Anna Chiumento, Prof. Ajith Nagahawatta and Prof. Chandani Wanigatunga. A similar workshop was conducted in UK on December 11th at the Keele University. The programme incorporates reflections of the 13th Global Forum of Bioethics held in South Africa on 13th and 14th November 2018.