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View article: The Problem (and the Value) of Radical Moral Disagreement
The Problem (and the Value) of Radical Moral Disagreement Open
Background Contemporary societies increasingly face deep, persistent moral conflicts that resist resolution through conventional dialogue and democratic processes. While the conceptual features of moral disagreement have been extensively a…
View article: States, law, and the regulation of controversial health-related claims: consolidating a research agenda between disciplines and contexts
States, law, and the regulation of controversial health-related claims: consolidating a research agenda between disciplines and contexts Open
Stories of unproven, disproven, or misleading health-related claims, and their impact on individual and public health, are commonplace around the world. Disquiet about such claims is ubiquitous and growing within public, clinical, scientif…
View article: Creating different global health futures: mapping the health research ecosystem and taking decolonial action
Creating different global health futures: mapping the health research ecosystem and taking decolonial action Open
This paper promotes reflexive consideration of health research practices using a decolonisation lens. We propose both incremental and more radical action in five domains: knowledge production, funding and programmes, dissemination, uptake,…
View article: A Just Transition for Antimicrobial Resistance: The Need for More Forms and a Broader Scope of Justice
A Just Transition for Antimicrobial Resistance: The Need for More Forms and a Broader Scope of Justice Open
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global public health challenge that, like climate change, demands urgent, coordinated, multi-sectoral action. Yet, responses to AMR may be ill-suited to local contexts, overlook historical inequalities, …
View article: Religion Welcome Here: A Pluriversal Approach to Religion and Global Bioethics
Religion Welcome Here: A Pluriversal Approach to Religion and Global Bioethics Open
This paper sets forth and defends a pluriversal approach to religion in the context of an increasingly global bioethics. Section I introduces a pluriversal view as a normative technique for engaging across difference. A normative plurivers…
View article: Personhood: An emergent view from Africa and the West
Personhood: An emergent view from Africa and the West Open
African understandings of personhood are complex, with different accounts emphasizing distinct aspects of what it means to be a person. Some accounts stress excellence of character and performing well in social roles and relationships, whi…
View article: War, Bioethics, and Public Health
War, Bioethics, and Public Health Open
This paper argues that bioethics as a field should broaden its scope to include the ethics of war, focusing on war's public health effects. The "Introduction" section describes the bioethics literature on war, which emphasizes clinical and…
View article: Decolonising global health: why the new Pandemic Agreement should have included the principle of subsidiarity
Decolonising global health: why the new Pandemic Agreement should have included the principle of subsidiarity Open
The negotiations for the WHO Pandemic Agreement have brought attention to issues of racism and colonialism in global health. Although the agreement aims to promote global solidarity, it fails to address these deeply embedded problems. This…
View article: Research ethics and artificial intelligence for global health: perspectives from the global forum on bioethics in research
Research ethics and artificial intelligence for global health: perspectives from the global forum on bioethics in research Open
Background The ethical governance of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in health care and public health continues to be an urgent issue for attention in policy, research, and practice. In this paper we report on central themes related to challe…
View article: Digital tools for youth health promotion: principles, policies and practices in sub-Saharan Africa
Digital tools for youth health promotion: principles, policies and practices in sub-Saharan Africa Open
Although digital health promotion (DHP) technologies for young people are increasingly available in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), there has been insufficient research investigating whether existing ethical and policy frameworks…
View article: The Ethics of International Bioethics Conferencing: Continuing the Conversation
The Ethics of International Bioethics Conferencing: Continuing the Conversation Open
Our article, “Proposed Principles for International Bioethics Conferencing: Anti-Discriminatory, Global, and Inclusive,” urged a critical conversation with bioethicists around the globe on the ethics of international bioethics conferencing…
View article: Preparing ethical review systems for emergencies: next steps
Preparing ethical review systems for emergencies: next steps Open
Ethical review systems need to build on their experiences of COVID-19 research to enhance their preparedness for future pandemics. Recommendations from representatives from over twenty countries include: improving relationships across the …
View article: Proposed Principles for International Bioethics Conferencing: Anti-Discriminatory, Global, and Inclusive
Proposed Principles for International Bioethics Conferencing: Anti-Discriminatory, Global, and Inclusive Open
This paper opens a critical conversation about the ethics of international bioethics conferencing and proposes principles that commit to being anti-discriminatory, global, and inclusive. We launch this conversation in the Section, Case Stu…
View article: Equitable global allocation of monkeypox vaccines
Equitable global allocation of monkeypox vaccines Open
With the world grappling with continued spread of monkeypox internationally, vaccines play a crucial role in mitigating the harms from infection and preventing spread. However, countries with the greatest need - particularly historically e…
View article: Public health research using cell phone derived mobility data in sub-Saharan Africa: Ethical issues
Public health research using cell phone derived mobility data in sub-Saharan Africa: Ethical issues Open
The movements of humans have a significant impact on population health. While studies of such movements are as old as public health itself, the COVID-19 pandemic has raised the profile of mobility research using digital technologies to tra…
View article: Pandemic preparedness and response: beyond the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator
Pandemic preparedness and response: beyond the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator Open
Nationalism has trumped solidarity, resulting in unnecessary loss of life and inequitable access to vaccines and therapeutics. Existing intellectual property (IP) regimens, trade secrets and data rights, under which pharmaceutical firms op…
View article: Realizing <i>Ubuntu</i> in Global Health: An African Approach to Global Health Justice
Realizing <i>Ubuntu</i> in Global Health: An African Approach to Global Health Justice Open
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the question, ‘What do we owe each other as members of a global community during a global health crisis?’ In tandem, it has raised underlying concerns about how we should prepare for the next infectiou…
View article: Solidarity, Afro-communitarianism, and COVID-19 vaccination
Solidarity, Afro-communitarianism, and COVID-19 vaccination Open
Some scholars have suggested that COVID-19 vaccine mandates may be justified based on the principle of solidarity.Yet, they are hardly clear about the formulation(s) of solidarity (in global or African bioethics literature) that supports t…
View article: Towards a new model of global health justice: the case of COVID-19 vaccines
Towards a new model of global health justice: the case of COVID-19 vaccines Open
This paper questions an exclusively state-centred framing of global health justice and proposes a multilateral alternative. Using the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines to illustrate, we bring to light a broad range of global actors up and …