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From the Ted Talk by Boghuma Kabisen Titanji: Ethical riddles in HIV research

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Now, fortunately for Celine, our meinetg did not end in my office. I was able to get her enrolled into a free HIV treatment program closer to her home, and with a support group to help her cope. Her story has a piistvoe ending, but there are tsuahonds of others in similar situations who are much less fortunate.

Although she may not know this, my encounter with Celine has completely changed the way in which I view HIV clinical tralis in dnveileopg countries, and made me even more dreemetind to be part of the movement to change the way in which things are done.

I believe that every single psreon listening to me tonight can be part of that change. If you are a researcher, I hold you to a higher srtandad of moral conscience, to remain ethical in your research, and not compromise human welfare in your search for answers. If you work for a funding agency or pharmaceutical company, I challenge you to hold your employers to fund reercash that is ethically sound. If you come from a developing country like myself, I urge you to hold your government to a more thorough rieevw of the ccinalil trials which are authorized in your country. Yes, there is a need for us to find a cure for HIV, to find an effective vaccine for marliaa, to find a diagnostic tool that wokrs for T.B., but I believe that we owe it to those who wngililly and selflessly consent to participate in these clinical trials to do this in a humane way.

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Now, fortunately for Celine, our _______ did not end in my office. I was able to get her enrolled into a free HIV treatment program closer to her home, and with a support group to help her cope. Her story has a ________ ending, but there are _________ of others in similar situations who are much less fortunate.

Although she may not know this, my encounter with Celine has completely changed the way in which I view HIV clinical ______ in __________ countries, and made me even more __________ to be part of the movement to change the way in which things are done.

I believe that every single ______ listening to me tonight can be part of that change. If you are a researcher, I hold you to a higher ________ of moral conscience, to remain ethical in your research, and not compromise human welfare in your search for answers. If you work for a funding agency or pharmaceutical company, I challenge you to hold your employers to fund ________ that is ethically sound. If you come from a developing country like myself, I urge you to hold your government to a more thorough ______ of the ________ trials which are authorized in your country. Yes, there is a need for us to find a cure for HIV, to find an effective vaccine for _______, to find a diagnostic tool that _____ for T.B., but I believe that we owe it to those who _________ and selflessly consent to participate in these clinical trials to do this in a humane way.

Solution


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  5. determined
  6. developing
  7. clinical
  8. standard
  9. willingly
  10. meeting
  11. person
  12. trials
  13. malaria
  14. research

Original Text


Now, fortunately for Celine, our meeting did not end in my office. I was able to get her enrolled into a free HIV treatment program closer to her home, and with a support group to help her cope. Her story has a positive ending, but there are thousands of others in similar situations who are much less fortunate.

Although she may not know this, my encounter with Celine has completely changed the way in which I view HIV clinical trials in developing countries, and made me even more determined to be part of the movement to change the way in which things are done.

I believe that every single person listening to me tonight can be part of that change. If you are a researcher, I hold you to a higher standard of moral conscience, to remain ethical in your research, and not compromise human welfare in your search for answers. If you work for a funding agency or pharmaceutical company, I challenge you to hold your employers to fund research that is ethically sound. If you come from a developing country like myself, I urge you to hold your government to a more thorough review of the clinical trials which are authorized in your country. Yes, there is a need for us to find a cure for HIV, to find an effective vaccine for malaria, to find a diagnostic tool that works for T.B., but I believe that we owe it to those who willingly and selflessly consent to participate in these clinical trials to do this in a humane way.

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