Part of the goal of this blog is to serve as a vessel through which to highlight the brilliant minds in bioethics and public health in the developing world. Some of these scholars converge at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. The West African Bioethics Training Program (WABTP) is a dynamic program under the leadership of Dr. Temidayo Ogundiran, professor and consultant in the Department of Surgery at the University College Hospital Ibadan, and Dr. Clement Adebamowo of the University of Maryland. You can learn more about this program here: http://www.westafricanbioethics.net/wabcms/index.php .
I had the pleasure of participating in the Research Integrity and Ethical Oversight module in August of 2010. What a great experience. The program boasts engaging and dynamic lectures, lending a voice to the bioethical issues of the developing world which might otherwise be swallowed up by the discourse in the developed world. I encourage everyone in the field to explore bioethics from this side of the world.
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