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Table 3 Distribution of the identified categories in the post-epidemic research literature (2016-2020)

From: Identifying the scope of ethical challenges caused by the Ebola epidemic 2014-2016 in West Africa: a qualitative study

 

Categories

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

1.

Responsibility and Accountability

21

4

2

-

-

2.

Spillover Effects

-

-

-

-

-

3.

Research and Development

24

9

10

6

4

4.

Health Communication

1

2

-

-

1

5.

Resource Allocation

1

-

-

-

-

 

total categories

47

15

12

6

5

 

total articlesa

38

14

13

6

5

  1. Results of the literature search on PubMed database for the years 2016-2020, ordered by number of articles (n)
  2. aThe total number listed indicates the articles considered minus those that were not accessible or that had no ethical or Ebola-specific content despite indexing