African genomic data sharing and the struggle for equitable benefit

Michèle Ramsay

doi:10.1016/j.patter.2021.100412

African genomic data sharing and the struggle for equitable benefit

Patterns (N Y). 2022 Jan 14;3(1):100412. doi: 10.1016/j.patter.2021.100412.

Author

Michèle Ramsay¹

Affiliation

¹ Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Abstract

Genomic and related health data from Africa remain scarce and are extremely valuable, due to an abundance of variants often rare or absent in the rest of the world. Insights from such data will benefit global populations, but will Africa be neglected by limited access to affordable benefits resulting from research that uses their data?

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