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To address racism, embed accountability across the research cycle

  1. Doreen Tuhebwe

    1. San Diego State University School of Public Health, San Diego, California, USA.

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  2. Rhoda K. Wanyenze

    1. Makerere University School of Public Health, Kampala, Uganda.

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  3. Haruna Lule

    1. United States Agency for International Development, Kampala, Uganda.

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  4. Susan M. Kiene

    1. San Diego State University School of Public Health, San Diego, California, USA.

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To address systemic racism and correct power imbalances in science (M. Nobles et al. Nature 606, 225–227; 2022), deliberate actions are needed around accountability. This is key when researchers from high-income countries work with local communities in lower-income nations — for example, in global public health or conservation. It is also crucial in work involving vulnerable or under-served communities in any nation.

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Nature 612, 631 (2022)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-04474-x

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  • Correction 21 December 2022: The competing interests statement originally identified the wrong author — it is S.M.K. who declared an interest not D.T..

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S.M.K. receives current and past research funding from the National Institutes of Health.

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