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Ethical considerations in developing a public health response to pandemic influenza
Conclusions and recommendations of a technical meeting and an international consultation to examine the ethical issues raised by a potential influenza pandemic.
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More publications on ethics and health

:: French [pdf 355kb]
:: Spanish [pdf 330kb]

Addressing ethical issues in pandemic influenza planning
This volume is intended to complement the WHO guidance document "Ethical considerations in developing a public health response to pandemic influenza”, by providing a more comprehensive analysis of the ethical and policy issues which WHO considered in its deliberations.
:: Discussion Papers [pdf 797kb]

Ethics and Health Newsletter
:: Issue N°3 Spring 2010 [pdf 1.25Mb]
:: Issue N°2 Spring 2009 [pdf 526kb]
:: Issue N°1 Autumn 2008 [pdf 541kb]

Research ethics committees: basic concepts for capacity-building
This manual describes basic concepts, including ethical analysis, risk/benefit evaluation, confidentiality and the informed-consent process, along with the role of the research ethics committee, the organization of a training programme and the issue of financial conflicts of interest.
:: English [pdf 4.24Mb]
:: French [pdf 4.26Mb]


UPCOMING EVENTS

26-27 July 2010
Singapore City, Singapore.
8th Global Summit of National Bioethics Advisory Bodies

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ABOUT ETHICS AND HEALTH

Our mission
The Ethics and Health Initiative was launched in October 2002 to provide a focal point for the examination of the ethical issues raised by activities throughout the organization.

Our activities
The Ethics and health team is involved in a wide range of ethics activities, both on its own initiative and in response to the needs of other parts of WHO, at HQ as well as in WHO's country and regional offices.

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CONTACT INFORMATION

Ethics and Health Department of Ethics, Equity,
Trade and Human Rights
World Health Organization
WHO/IER/ETH
20, Avenue Appia
CH-1211 Genève 27
Switzerland

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