Tangwa Godfrey B
University of Yaounde 1, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Cameroon Bioethics Initiative (CAMBIN), Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Theor Med Bioeth. 2017 Apr;38(2):101-110. doi: 10.1007/s11017-017-9402-3.
In this article, I consider the virtual absence of an African voice and perspective in global discourses of medical research ethics against the backdrop of the high burden of diseases and epidemics on the continent and the fact that the continent is actually the scene of numerous and sundry medical research studies. I consider some reasons for this state of affairs as well as how the situation might be redressed. Using examples from the HIV/AIDS and Ebola epidemics, I attempt to show that the marginalization of Africa in medical research and medical research ethics is deliberate rather than accidental. It is causally related, in general terms, to a Eurocentric hegemony derived from colonialism and colonial indoctrination cum proselytization. I end by proposing seven theses for the critical reflection and appraisal of the reader.
在本文中，我发现在全球医学研究伦理话语中，非洲的声音和观点几乎缺失。这一现象发生在非洲大陆疾病负担沉重、流行病肆虐，且实际上是众多各类医学研究开展之地的背景下。我思考了造成这种状况的一些原因以及如何纠正这种情况。通过艾滋病病毒/艾滋病和埃博拉疫情的实例，我试图表明非洲在医学研究及医学研究伦理中被边缘化是蓄意的，而非偶然。总体而言，这与源于殖民主义、殖民灌输及传教的欧洲中心主义霸权存在因果关系。最后，我提出七个论点供读者批判性思考和评估。
