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Human Rights Principles in Public Health Emergencies: From the Siracusa Principles to COVID-19 and Beyond

Bill of Health

Yet when COVID-19 – the greatest health emergency in a century – devastated the world, the Siracusa Principles seemed unequal to the task – too narrow, including with their remit limited to civil and political rights, not sufficiently specific, and above all, without sufficient accountability.

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Waking Up a Health Consumer in the COVID-19 Era

Health Populi

consumer in the COVID-19 moment…a moment that may last most of the rest of the months of 2020. First, foremost, Americans are concerned about the impact of a disease outbreak on their health, personal finances and the U.S. 43% of Americans are concerned they will contract COVID-19. 20-21 and Feb.

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What the New York City Marathon Can Teach Us About Equitable Access to Vaccines

Bill of Health

I explore this analogy in a recently published article in the Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics ( JLME ), Increasing Equity in the Transnational Allocation of Vaccines Against Emerging Pathogens: A Multi-Modal Approach. Vaccines are pharmaceutical products, a critical tool in public and global health.

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Data Lights the Path Toward Ethical COVID-19 Vaccination Distribution

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Kurt Waltenbaugh, CEO at Carrot Health.

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Using Contracts to Lessen Inequities in Access to Medicines in Pandemics and Epidemics

Bill of Health

During large transnational public health crises, global demand soars for diagnostics, drugs, and vaccines. At the research and development (R&D) stage, government funders can bind producers to equity goals through targeted contractual provisions, as we explain in a recently-published Nature Biotechnology article.

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Better Health Care Tests, Faster

Healthcare IT Today

The previous articles in this series laid out some of the issues in health care affecting testing , and the value of data. This article looks at some specific problems and solutions. Virax Biolabs uses data from the World Health Organization and others to develop tests quickly.

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Making Explicit a Rights-Based Approach to Infodemic in a Public Health Emergency

Bill of Health

By Calvin Wai-Loon Ho With the mainstreaming of digital technology across many spheres of social life, infodemic management must be an integral part of public health emergency prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery.