Research Capacity Strengthening in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Ethical Explorations
Adnan A Hyder1, Abbas Rattani1, Bridget Pratt1
1Adnan A. Hyder, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., is a professor in the Department of International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Associate Director of the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics. He obtained his M.P.H. and Ph.D. degrees from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, and his M.D. from Aga Khan University in Karachi, Pakistan. Abbas Rattani, M.Be., is a second year M.D. student at Meharry Medical College. He received his Masters in Bioethics from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Bridget Pratt, Ph.D., is a research fellow at the Nossal Institute for Global Health and Centre for Health Equity in the School of Population and Global Health at the University of Melbourne. She is Associate Faculty in the Department of International Health at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Abstract:
With developed country governments and high resource institutions engaging in research in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC), we argue that these entities have a moral obligation to help build and strengthen research infrastructure and capacity so local scientists and institutions can adequately conduct studies to understand and resolve the health burdens in low and middle income countries. We explore the moral justifications and motivations behind engaging in research capacity strengthening in the health sector in LMIC at multiple levels. In highlighting these issues, this paper aims to initiate a global discourse around why capacity development in LMIC has a moral basis at the individual, institutional and system levels.
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