Ethical challenges for international collaborative research partnerships in the context of the Zika outbreak in the Dominican Republic: a qualitative case study

• Main Authors: Julio Arturo Canario Guzmán (Author), Roberto Espinal (Author), Jeannette Báez (Author), Ricardo Elias Melgen (Author), Patricia Antonia Pérez Rosario (Author), Eddys Rafael Mendoza (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The establishment of international collaborative research partnerships in times of infectious disease outbreaks of international importance has been considered an ethical imperative. Frail health research systems in low- and middle-income countries can be an obstacle to achieve t...