Challenges in Research Practices during COVID – 19 Pandemic
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The current emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic brought global disruption to every aspect of society including health, supply chain, the economy, social interaction and research practice. Conducting research in epidemic situations is challenging to researchers because they must respond to the needs and trust of the public so a knowledge base must be built quickly. The appropriate role of research during the outbreak involves allocating limited healthcare resources appropriately, and remains based on the relevant ethical principles of respect for person, beneficence, justice, utility, liberty, reciprocity and solidarity. All researchers, research institutions, research ethics committees, national regulators, international organizations and commercial sponsors, have an obligation to ensure that the challenge studies are carefully designed and ethically conducted in outbreak situations.
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