This is your chance to share your Global Health Clinical Research experiences. Tell others about your studies, your ideas and your research site. What happened with your study today? Have you had any tricky issues, perhaps you solved one? Please tell us...

11 May

Susan

Just launched: Research Ethics in Epidemics and Pandemics: A Casebook

By Susan

Epidemic Ethics is pleased to announce the publication of a free Open Access Casebook. In bringing together real-world cases and ...

21 August

kevinchilds

Collective threats, collective interests, and collective action

By kevinchilds

13 March 2023, 1.00-2.00 PM (London time)   Epidemics and pandemics represent collective threats to humanity's health and well-being. Effective ...

26 July

kevinchilds

The beginnings and endings of epidemics and pandemics: ethical dimensions - reviewing the 30th January 23 webinar

By kevinchilds

Several epidemiological metrics exist to inform determinations of whether an epidemic or pandemic has ended, e.g., when a disease has ...

15 May

kevinchilds

Women’s Rights Crucial in Ebola Outbreak in Uganda

By kevinchilds

Written by Dr. Tom J. Obengo   In September and October 2022, the East Africa region experienced an Ebola outbreak ...

27 March

adrianamolino

La Salud Mental durante la pandemia del COVID-19

By adrianamolino

La prioridad durante el 2020 fue atender la emergencia sanitaria que trajo el COVID-19 a todo el mundo. Muchas personas ...

11 January

kevinchilds

Setting research priorities during epidemics

By kevinchilds

By Tom J. Obengo   Introduction   Setting priorities in research requires we consider which research topics or approaches should ...

14 December

kevinchilds

Ethical priorities for a new international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response: Reviewing the 25th July 2022 Epidemic Ethics webinar

By kevinchilds

In December 2021, the World Health Assembly agreed to establish an intergovernmental negotiating body (INB) to develop a WHO instrument ...

23 August

saenzcar

Wednesday 8/24: PAHO virtual seminar on MEURI framework

By saenzcar

How to ensure that during the emergency unproven interventions are used ethically outside of research? The seminar that will take ...

9 August

kevinchilds

Indigenous communities, 'vulnerability', and the COVID-19 pandemic: Reviewing the 20th June virtual seminar

By kevinchilds

Indigenous populations around the world have historically experienced - and continue to experience - both social and economic marginalization. As ...

8 August

saenzcar

saenzcar CATALYZING ETHICAL RESEARCH IN EMERGENCIES ETHICS GUIDANCE, LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND PENDING AGENDA

By saenzcar

Now available in Portuguese : https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/56222 English and Spanish versions available through the same link, too.

28 July

kevinchilds

Migrant communities and the COVID-19 pandemic: ethical considerations. Reviewing the 6th June 2022 virtual seminar

By kevinchilds

During the COVID-19 pandemic, migrants have often been denied rights and placed in situations which put them at heightened risk ...

kevinchilds

‘Vulnerability’ and ‘othering’ during the COVID-19 pandemic. Reviewing the 16th May 2022 virtual seminar.

By kevinchilds

The COVID-19 pandemic has been marked by discourses of ‘vulnerability,’ in other words, identifying groups at increased risk of infection ...

11 July

saenzcar

Catalyzing Ethical Research in Emergencies. Ethics Guidance, Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic, and Pending Agenda

By saenzcar

Now available in English from https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/56139

21 June

saenzcar

CATALYZING ETHICAL RESEARCH IN EMERGENCIES ETHICS GUIDANCE, LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND PENDING AGENDA

By saenzcar

Available in Spanish from https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/56104  English and Portuguese versions coming soon. Subscribe to PAHO's Ethical research listserv to receive them as ...

16 June

saenzcar

Research ethics systems in Latin America and the Caribbean: a systemic assessment using indicators

By saenzcar

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X22001280 To strengthen research ethics systemically, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) devised a strategy that includes objectives and indicators ...