Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, History and Religious Studies, Egerton University, PO Box 536-20115, Egerton, KENYA.
Professor, Department of Philosophy, Religion and Theology, Moi University, PO Box 3900-30100, Eldoret, KENYA.
Indian J Med Ethics. 2020 Apr-Jun;V(2):107-116. doi: 10.20529/IJME.2020.001.
Disparity in economic development between high-income countries (HICs) and low- and medium-income countries (LMICs) has necessitated collaborations, some in health-related activities. Globalisation frameworks indicate that, in fair collaborations, the ultimate aim should be to improve the situation in LMICs. In this paper we present the findings of a research study in which we used Aristotle's concept of friendship among unequal parties as an analytic framework to engage with the issue of inequality in an existing international partnership in health, the Indiana University-Kenya Partnership (IU-Kenya Partnership). This is a collaborative health programme involving a consortium of North American universities and schools of the Moi University College of Health Sciences in Kenya. We carried out in-depth oral interviews and focus group discussions with a sample of 41 partners of various IU-Kenya Partnership programmes. We did a comparison of obtained themes to the Aristotelian pointers of aspects of friendship among unequal parties. We eventually identified good and bad aspects of North-South partnerships as perceived in the IU-Kenya Partnership restricted to the Aristotelian model. Key terms: health research collaborations, HICs-LMICs Partnerships, IU-Kenya Partnership, inequality, good and bad partnership, Aristotelian model.
高收入国家（HICs）和中低收入国家（LMICs）之间经济发展的差距使得合作成为必要，其中一些合作涉及与健康相关的活动。全球化框架表明，在公平的合作中，最终目的应该是改善 LMICs 的状况。在本文中，我们提出了一项研究的结果，我们使用亚里士多德关于不平等方之间友谊的概念作为分析框架，来探讨现有的国际健康伙伴关系——印第安纳大学-肯尼亚伙伴关系（IU-Kenya Partnership）中的不平等问题。这是一个涉及北美的大学和肯尼亚莫伊大学健康科学学院的联盟的健康项目。我们对 IU-Kenya Partnership 计划的各种合作伙伴的 41 名样本进行了深入的口头访谈和焦点小组讨论。我们将获得的主题与亚里士多德关于不平等方之间友谊的观点进行了比较。最终，我们根据亚里士多德模式确定了 IU-Kenya Partnership 中所感知到的南北伙伴关系的好坏方面。关键词：健康研究合作、HICs-LMICs 伙伴关系、IU-Kenya 伙伴关系、不平等、良好和不良伙伴关系、亚里士多德模式。
