Chapitre 5. Asymétrie de pouvoir dans la recherche en santé mondiale, quels enjeux éthiques ? Une étude pilote auprès de chercheurs au Bénin

Abstract

Global health research constitutes a driving force to achieve health justice and health equity in several countries around the world and more specifically in global South. However, these research raise significant ethical challenges. We have conducted a pilot study with researchers from Benin to better understand challenges associated with power asymmetry in global health research. The study highlights the complexity of the social context in which power asymmetry arises and the way it evolves. Moreover, it reveals the vulnerability of researchers who are working in such environments, where they are exposed to critical conditions that could affect the research process and jeopardize their moral values. Finally, these results suggest that there are innovative approaches coming from researchers facing these constraints.