Can a bold ‘social contract’ make data sharing more palatable?

Nchangwi Syntia Munung; Cornelius Ewuoso; Francis E. Agamah; Emile R. Chimusa

doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02817-y

Can a bold ‘social contract’ make data sharing more palatable?

Nchangwi Syntia Munung^*, Cornelius Ewuoso^*, Francis E. Agamah, Emile R. Chimusa^*

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School of Geography and Natural Sciences

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Abstract

Hoarding of health data is common across Africa, owing to well-founded concerns about exploitation and misuse of biomedical information. A charter that guarantees responsible data stewardship would help to allay such fears.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	309-312
Number of pages	4
Journal	Nature
Volume	645
Issue number	8080
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-02817-y
Publication status	Published - 11 Sept 2025

Keywords

Databases
Developing world
Ethics
Scientific community

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