As a network, Epidemic Ethics produces high-quality contextually relevant publications to support ethical decision-making capabilities in affected settings, as listed below.
Ambrogi, I., Brito, L., & Rego, S. (2022). Reflections on research ethics in a public health emergency: Experiences of Brazilian women affected by Zika. Developing World Bioethics, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1111/dewb.12361
Atuire, C. A., & Bull, S. (2022). COVID-19 Heightens the Imperative to Decolonize Global Health Research. Global Justice : Theory Practice Rhetoric, 13(02), Article 02. https://doi.org/10.21248/gjn.13.02.257
Bhattarai, S., Adhikari, A., Rayamajhee, B., Dhungana, J., Singh, M., Koirala, S., & Shakya, D. R. (2022). Participatory Approach to Develop Evidence-Based Clinical Ethics Guidelines for the Care of COVID-19 Patients: A Mixed Method Study From Nepal. Frontiers in Public Health, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.873881
Brito, L., Santos, R. L. dos, & Rego, S. (2022). Solidariedade, cidadania e justiça social: Percepções de atores sociais sobre as respostas públicas à COVID-19. Ciência & Saúde Coletiva, 27, 4117–4124. https://doi.org/10.1590/1413-812320222711.19062021
Brolan, C. E., Körver, S., Phillips, G., Sharma, D., Herron, L.-M., O’Reilly, G., Mitchell, R., Kendino, M., Poloniati, P., Kafoa, B., & Cox, M. (2022). Lessons from the frontline: The COVID-19 pandemic emergency care experience from a human resource perspective in the Pacific region. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, 25, 100514. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2022.100514
Bull, S., Jamrozik, E., Binik, A., & Parker, M. J. (2021). SARS-CoV-2 challenge studies: Ethics and risk minimisation. Journal of Medical Ethics, 47(12), e79–e79. https://doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2020-106504
Cabieses, B., Obach, A., Blukacz, A., Carreño, A., Larenas, D., & Mompoint, E. (2021). Migrantes internacionales en residencias sanitarias en Chile durante la pandemia COVID-19: Hacia una respuesta ética en emergencias sanitarias. Informe final. Medwave. https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Migrantes-internacionales-en-residencias-sanitarias-Cabieses-Obach/0fd20a6c7b07097005c4ef171de6e41865e2f7b6
Cabieses, B., Obach, A., Blukacz, A., Carreño Calderón, A., Larenas, D., Rada, I., & Mompoint, E. (2021). Alternativas de estrategias para una respuesta ética dirigida a personas migrantes internacionales en residencias sanitarias durante emergencias sanitarias. Policy Brief. Alternativas de estrategias para una respuesta ética dirigida a personas migrantes internacionales en residencias sanitarias durante emergencias sanitarias. Policy Brief (udd.cl)
Canada, P. H. A. of. (2022, July 4). Archived:Considerations for the use of nirmatrelvir/ritonavir to treat COVID-19 in the context of limited supply [2022-02-24] [Guidance]. https://repositorio.udd.cl/items/8ae882d0-48d9-445b-bd70-fc92310f3a39
Canario Guzmán, J. A., Orlich, J., Mendizábal-Cabrera, R., Ying, A., Vergès, C., Espinoza, E., Soriano, M., Cárcamo, E., Beltrán, B., Mendoza Marrero, E. R., Sepulveda, R., Nieto Anderson, C., Feune de Colombi, N., Lescano, R., Pérez-Then, E., Lang, T., & Alger, J. (2022). Strengthening research ethics governance and regulatory oversight in Central America and the Dominican Republic in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study. Health Research Policy and Systems, 20(1), 138. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-022-00933-z
Chuan Voo, T., Savulescu, J., Schaefer, O., Ho Zhi Ling, A., & Tam, C. C. (2022). COVID-19 differentiated measures for unvaccinated individuals: The need for clear goals and strong justifications. Vaccine, 40(36), 5333–5337. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.06.051
Cox, M., Phillips, G., Mitchell, R., Herron, L.-M., Körver, S., Sharma, D., Brolan, C. E., Kendino, M., Masilaca, O. K., O’Reilly, G., Poloniati, P., & Kafoa, B. (2022). Lessons from the frontline: Documenting the experiences of Pacific emergency care clinicians responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, 25, 100517. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2022.100517
Cox, M., Sharma, D., Phillips, G., Mitchell, R., Herron, L.-M., Brolan, C. E., O’Reilly, G., Körver, S., Kendino, M., Poloniati, P., & Kafoa, B. (2022). Lessons from the frontline: Documenting the pandemic emergency care experience from the Pacific region – Infrastructure and equipment. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, 25, 100516. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2022.100516
Dal-Ré, R., Caplan, A. L., & Voo, T. C. (2023). Informed consent process in the I-SPY COVID trial is questionable. European Journal of Internal Medicine, 107, 98–99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejim.2022.10.011
De Vries, J., Burgess, T., Blockman, M., & Ntusi, N. a. B. (2020). Research on COVID-19 in South Africa: Guiding principles for informed consent. South African Medical Journal = Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif Vir Geneeskunde, 110(7), 635–639. https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC-1ea79058eb
Diniz, D., Brito, L., Carino, G., & Ambrogi, I. (2022). The need for an intersectional lens in health emergencies. The Lancet Global Health, 10(1), e37. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(21)00514-3
Diniz, D., Brito, L., & Rondon, G. (2022). Maternal mortality and the lack of women-centered care in Brazil during COVID-19: Preliminary findings of a qualitative study. The Lancet Regional Health - Americas, 10, 100239. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lana.2022.100239
Dobie, S. (2022, January 3). Children at Risk in Brazil – Pulse. https://pulsevoices.org/index.php/pulse-more-voices/more-voices-2022/omicron/children-at-risk-in-brazil
Downar, J., Smith, M. J., Godkin, D., Frolic, A., Bean, S., Bensimon, C., Bernard, C., Huska, M., Kekewich, M., Ondrusek, N., Upshur, R., Zlotnik-Shaul, R., & Gibson, J. (2022). A framework for critical care triage during a major surge in critical illness. Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia = Journal Canadien D’anesthesie, 69(6), 774–781. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12630-022-02231-2
Emanuel, E. J., Upshur, R. E. G., & Smith, M. J. (2022). What Covid Has Taught the World about Ethics. New England Journal of Medicine, 387(17), 1542–1545. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMp2210173
Forman, L., & Habibi, R. (2022). Revisiting the Legality of Travel Restrictions Under International Law During COVID-19. International & Comparative Law Quarterly, 71(3), 743–760. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0020589322000240
Getzzg. (2022, August 9). Solidarity, Afro-communitarianism, and COVID-19 vaccination. JOGH. https://jogh.org/2022/jogh-12-03046/
Godinho, I. F. (2021). Direito Penal e COVID-19 no espaço lusófono. Cadernos Ibero-Americanos de Direito Sanitário, 10(2), Article 2. https://doi.org/10.17566/ciads.v10i2.797
Herron, L.-M., Phillips, G., Brolan, C. E., Mitchell, R., O’Reilly, G., Sharma, D., Körver, S., Kendino, M., Poloniati, P., Kafoa, B., & Cox, M. (2022). “When all else fails you have to come to the emergency department”: Overarching lessons about emergency care resilience from frontline clinicians in Pacific Island countries and territories during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, 25, 100519. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2022.100519
Jackson, C., Habibi, R., Forman, L., Silva, D. S., & Smith, M. J. (2022). Between rules and resistance: Moving public health emergency responses beyond fear, racism and greed. BMJ Global Health, 7(12), e009945. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2022-009945
Jamrozik, E., Heriot, G., Bull, S., Parker, M., & Oxford-Johns Hopkins Global Infectious Disease Ethics (GLIDE). (2021). Vaccine-enhanced disease: Case studies and ethical implications for research and public health. Wellcome Open Research, 6, 154. https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16849.1
Jamrozik, E., Littler, K., Bull, S., Emerson, C., Kang, G., Kapulu, M., Rey, E., Saenz, C., Shah, S., Smith, P. G., Upshur, R., Weijer, C., Selgelid, M. J., & WHO Working Group for Guidance on Human Challenge Studies in COVID-19. (2021). Key criteria for the ethical acceptability of COVID-19 human challenge studies: Report of a WHO Working Group. Vaccine, 39(4), 633–640. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.10.075
Jecker, N. S., Atuire, C. A., & Bull, S. J. (2022). Towards a new model of global health justice: The case of COVID-19 vaccines. Journal of Medical Ethics. https://doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2022-108165
Johnson, T., Jamrozik, E., Hurst, T., Cheah, P. Y., & Parker, M. J. (2023). Ethical issues in Nipah virus control and research: Addressing a neglected disease. Journal of Medical Ethics, jme-2023-109469. https://doi.org/10.1136/jme-2023-109469
Katz, R. A., Salamanca-Buentello, F., Silva, D. S., Upshur, R. E., & Smith, M. J. (2022). R&D during public health emergencies: The value(s) of trust, governance and collaboration. BMJ Global Health, 7(3), e007873. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2021-007873
Lowe, A. E., Voo, T. C., Lee, L. M., Dineen Gillespie, K. K., Feig, C., Ferdinand, A. O., Mohapatra, S., Brett-Major, D. M., & Wynia, M. K. (2022). Uncertainty, scarcity and transparency: Public health ethics and risk communication in a pandemic. The Lancet Regional Health - Americas, 16, 100374. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lana.2022.100374
Luna, F., & Holzer, F. (2021). International cooperation in a non-ideal world: The example of COVAX. Cadernos Ibero-Americanos de Direito Sanitário, 10(3), Article 3. https://doi.org/10.17566/ciads.v10i3.789
Luna, Florencia, F., Holzer. (2021). Cooperação internacional num mundo não ideal: O exemplo do COVAX | Cadernos Ibero-Americanos de Direito Sanitário, 10(3)Article 3. Retrieved March 7, 2023, from https://www.cadernos.prodisa.fiocruz.br/index.php/cadernos/article/view/789
Maketa, V., Luzolo, F., Muhindo Mavoko, H., Claeys, Y., Munday, F., Yemesi Benge, R., Bongo Pasi, W., Mankindu, D., Mampunza, S., Lukanu, P., Kasongo, M., Ntabe Namegabe, E., Kambale Karafuli, L., Phanzu Mavinga, D., Milandu Massamba, E., Muaka Khoso, C.-A., & Ravinetto, R. (2022). Boosting ethics review capacity in public health emergency situations: Co-creation of a training model for French-speaking research ethics committees. Tropical Medicine & International Health, 27(10), 934–940. https://doi.org/10.1111/tmi.13815
Manriquez Roa, T., Holzer, F., Luna, F., & Biller-Andorno, N. (2021). Expert Views on COVAX and Equitable Global Access to COVID-19 Vaccines. International Journal of Public Health, 0. https://doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2021.1604236
Marteau, T. M., Parker, M. J., & Edmunds, W. J. (2022). Science in the time of COVID-19: Reflections on the UK Events Research Programme. Nature Communications, 13(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32366-1
Mitchell, R., O’Reilly, G., Herron, L.-M., Phillips, G., Sharma, D., Brolan, C. E., Körver, S., Kendino, M., Poloniati, P., Kafoa, B., & Cox, M. (2022). Lessons from the frontline: The value of emergency care processes and data to pandemic responses across the Pacific region. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, 25, 100515. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2022.100515
Moniz, A. R. G. (2021). Promoção da saúde pública e proteção dos direitos fundamentais: A COVID-19 à luz das repercussões jurídico-constitucionais e jurídico-administrativas em Portugal. Cadernos Ibero-Americanos de Direito Sanitário, 10(2), 183–210. https://doi.org/10.17566/ciads.v10i2.766
Ne’eman, A., Bell, E., Schneider, M. C., & Strolovitch, D. (2022). Identifying And Exploring Bias In Public Opinion On Scarce Resource Allocation During The COVID-19 Pandemic. Health Affairs, 41(10), 1513–1522. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2022.00504
Ngwenya, N., Ilo Van Nuil, J., Nyirenda, D., Chambers, M., Cheah, P., Seeley, J., Chi, P., Mafuleka, L., Nkosi, B., Kamuya, D., Davies, A., Schneiders, M., Mumba, N., Dlamini, S., Desmond, N., Marsh, V., Rippon, D., Parker, M., & Molyneux, S. (2023). A network of empirical ethics teams embedded in research programmes across multiple sites: Opportunities and challenges in contributing to COVID-19 research and responses [version 2; peer review: 1 approved]. Wellcome Open Research, 7(48). https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.17548.2
Obengo, T. (2022). Medical debt during epidemics: A case for resolving the situation in low- and middle-income countries such as Kenya [version 1; peer review: 1 approved with reservations]. Wellcome Open Research, 7(245). https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.18403.1
Palmero, A., Carracedo, S., Cabrera, N., & Bianchini, A. (2021). Governance frameworks for COVID-19 research ethics review and oversight in Latin America: An exploratory study. BMC Medical Ethics, 22(1), 147. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12910-021-00715-2
Pereira, A. D. (2021a, March). Responsabilidade em Saúde Pública no Mundo Lusófono: Fazendo Justiça Durante e Além da Emergência da COVID. Responsabilidade em Saúde Pública no Mundo Lusófono: Fazendo Justiça Durante e Além da Emergência da COVID. Responsabilidade em Saúde Pública no Mundo Lusófono: Fazendo Justiça Durante e Além da Emergência da COVID. https://doi.org/10.47907/livro2021_01pt
Pereira, A. D. (2021b, March). Responsibility for Public Health in the Lusophone World: Doing Justice In and Beyond the COVID Emergency. https://doi.org/10.47907/livro2021_01en
Phillips, G., Kendino, M., Brolan, C. E., Mitchell, R., Herron, L.-M., Kὃrver, S., Sharma, D., O’Reilly, G., Poloniati, P., Kafoa, B., & Cox, M. (2022). Lessons from the frontline: Leadership and governance experiences in the COVID-19 pandemic response across the Pacific region. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, 25, 100518. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2022.100518
Pratt, B., & Bull, S. (2021). Equitable data sharing in epidemics and pandemics. BMC Medical Ethics, 22(1), 136. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12910-021-00701-8
Pratt, B., Parker, M., & Bull, S. (2022). Equitable Design and Use of Digital Surveillance Technologies During COVID-19: Norms and Concerns. Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics: JERHRE, 17(5), 573–586. https://doi.org/10.1177/15562646221118127
Santana, Juliana, Lustosa, Raquel, Brito, Luciana, Ambrogi, Ilana, Ysis, Martha, & Simas, Aissa. (2022). Renda básica do zika à covid-19: Amparando as trabalhadoras do cuidado em emergências humanitárias. Áltera Revista de Antropologia, 14, 1–28. https://periodicos.ufpb.br/index.php/altera/article/view/64984
Schaefer GO, Atuire CA, Kaur S, Parker M, Persad G, Smith MJ, et al. (2023) The importance of getting the ethics right in a pandemic treaty. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 0(0), 1-8, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(23)00364-X
Sheather, J., Apunyo, R., DuBois, M., Khondaker, R., Noman, A., Sadique, S., & McGowan, C. R. (2022). Ethical guidance or epistemological injustice? The quality and usefulness of ethical guidance for humanitarian workers and agencies. BMJ Global Health, 7(3), e007707. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2021-007707
Silva, D. S., Jackson, C., & Smith, M. J. (2021). Mere rhetoric? Using solidarity as a moral guide for deliberations on border closures, border reopenings and travel restrictions in the age of COVID-19. BMJ Global Health, 6(7), e006701. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2021-006701
Silva D. S., Smith M. J. (2023). Data Sharing During Pandemics: Reciprocity, Solidarity, and Limits to Obligations. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry https://doi.org/10.1007/s11673-023-10251-w
Singh, J. A. (2021). COVID-19 vaccines: How Structural Factors Can Vitiate Patient Autonomy and Dictate Vaccine Choice. Verfassungsblog: On Matters Constitutional. https://doi.org/10.17176/20210510-181550-0
Singh, J., Bandewar, S., Palmero, A., & Bhan, A. (2021). Acquiescence and submission to COVID-19 vaccination: Ethics considerations [version 1; peer review: Awaiting peer review]. Wellcome Open Research, 6(91). https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16745.1
Smith, M. J. (2022). Evaluating potential unintended consequences of COVID-19 vaccine mandates and passports. BMJ Global Health, 7(7), e009759. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2022-009759
Smith, Maxwell, D. S. (2022, November 16). Vaccine risk vs. Vaccine mandates. Healthy Debate. https://healthydebate.ca/2022/11/topic/vaccine-risk-vs-vaccine-mandates/
Steytler, M., & Thaldar, D. W. (2022). Public health emergency preparedness and response in South Africa: A review of recommendations for legal reform relating to data and biological sample sharing. South African Journal of Bioethics and Law, 14(3), Article 3. https://doi.org/10.7196/SAJBL.2021.v14i3.772
Suwalowska, H., Amara, F., Roberts, N., & Kingori, P. (2021). Ethical and sociocultural challenges in managing dead bodies during epidemics and natural disasters. BMJ Global Health, 6(11), e006345. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2021-006345
Torreele, E., Boum, Y., Adjaho, I., Alé, F. G. B., Issoufou, S. H., Harczi, G., Okonta, C., & Olliaro, P. (2023). Breakthrough treatments for Ebola virus disease, but no access—What went wrong, and how can we do better? The Lancet Infectious Diseases. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(22)00810-6
Voo, T. C., Ballantyne, A., Ng, C. J., Cowling, B. J., Xiao, J., Phang, K. C., Kaur, S., Jenarun, G., Kumar, V., Lim, J. M., Tun, Z. M., Wong, N. C. B., & Tam, C. C. (2022). Public acceptability of COVID-19 control measures in Singapore, Hong Kong, and Malaysia: A cross-sectional survey. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 120, 51–58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2022.04.021
Voo, T. C., Smith, M. J., Mastroleo, I., Dawson, A., & WHO Ethics & COVID-19 Working Group. (2022). COVID-19 vaccination certificates and lifting public health and social measures: Ethical considerations. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 28(6), 454–458. https://doi.org/10.26719/emhj.22.023
WHO COVID-19 ethics and governance working group. (n.d.). COVID-19 and mandatory vaccination: Ethical considerations. Retrieved March 7, 2023, from https://www.who.int/publications-detail-redirect/WHO-2019-nCoV-Policy-brief-Mandatory-vaccination-2022.1
World Health Organization. (2022). Bridging the gap between ethics and decision-making in pandemics: Report of the WHO Pandemic Ethics and Policy Summit, 6 December 2021. World Health Organization. https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/365374
Wright, K., Aagaard, N., Ali, A. Y., Atuire, C., Campbell, M., Littler, K., Mandil, A., Mathur, R., Okeibunor, J., Reis, A., Ribeiro, M. A., Saenz, C., Sekhoacha, M., Gooshki, E. S., Singh, J. A., & Upshur, R. (2023). Preparing ethical review systems for emergencies: Next steps. BMC Medical Ethics, 24(1), 92. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12910-023-00957-2
Wright K, Ali J, Davies A, Glasziou P, Gobat N, Kuchenmuller T, et al. (2023) Ethical priorities for international collaborative adaptive platform trials for public health emergencies. BMJ Global Health, 8(7). http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2023-012930
Zohny, H., Davies, B., & Wilkinson, D. (2022). Affirmative action in healthcare resource allocation: Vaccines, ventilators and race. Bioethics, 36(9), 970–977. https://doi.org/10.1111/bioe.13067