The following authors supported the conceptualisation of and sentiments expressed in a recent correspondence submission to the Lancet:
Pr Carel IJsselmuiden
Executive Director
Council on Health Research for Development
Geneva
Switzerland
Pr Marcel Tanner
President Swiss Academy of Sciences
Professor emeritus of Epidemiology and Medical Parasitology, University of Basel
Director emeritus and President R. Geigy Foundation
Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH)
Basel
Switzerland
Dr Harry van Schooten
Executive Director
Euvadis
The Hague
The Netherlands
Dr Jon-Andri Lys
Previous Secretary for the KFPE
Basel
Switzerland
Pr Charles Mgone
Hubert Kairuki Memorial University
Dar es Salaam
Tanzania
Pr James V. Lavery
Hubert Department of Global Health
Rollins School of Public Health, and Center for Ethics
Emory University
Atlanta
Georgia
USA
Dr Mohammed AlKhaldi
Scientific collaborator and postdoctoral fellow
Council on Health Research for Development, Geneva
Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Switzerland
Department of Public Health, Health systems unit, health policy and research systems
An-Najah National University, Palestine
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Pr Hassen Ghannem
Professor of Preventive & Community Medicine
Head of Dept of Epidemiology, University Hospital Farhat Hached,
University of Sousse, Tunisia
Currently Visiting Professor, Dept of Social & Preventive Medicine
School of Public Heath, University of Montreal, Canada
Dr Marieme Ba
Managing Director
PharmaLys
Pr Douglas Wassenaar
South African Research Ethics Training Initiative (SARETI)
School of Applied Human Sciences
University of KwaZulu-Natal
South Africa
