Closing the door on parachutes and parasites
Theme:
No one likes a parachute researcher: the one who drops into a country, makes use of the local infrastructure, personnel, and patients, and then goes home and writes an academic paper for a prestigious journal. This Lancet article suggests some ways in which this can be avoided and some of the ethical issues associated with this style of research practice.
The Lancet (2018) Closing the door on parachutes and parasites, The Lancet, Vol 6, June 2018