Abstract

THALDAR, Donrich et al. Response to Brand et al. (2022) 'Data sharing governance in sub-Saharan Africa during public health emergencies'. S. Afr. j. sci. [online]. 2023, vol.119, n.11-12, pp.1-3. ISSN 1996-7489.  http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2023/15722.

SIGNIFICANCE: Various aspects of Brand et al.'s (S Afr J Sci. 2022;118(11/12), Art. #13892) overview of Africa's data protection legislation require clarification. Most pertinently, we provide the following clarifications: • Ghanaian law does provide for cross-border data transfers; statements about the law being "inadequate" ought to be well substantiated. • Nigerian law provides for adequacy decisions - not authorisations - in respect of cross-border data transfers. • Kenyan law provides for an important exception relevant to public health emergencies. • South African law currently requires, amongst others, prior authorisation from the Information Regulator for cross-border transfers of health data. • South Africa does not yet have a code of conduct for research.

Keywords : data; data sharing; governance; sub-Saharan Africa; public health emergencies.

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