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Bioethics Experts vs Ordinary South Africans on the Governance of Human Genome Editing

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In the same year that the deliberative public engagement study on heritable HGE was conducted in South Africa, an expert advisory committee of the World Health Organization (WHO) published its policy proposals for a global governance framework for HGE.

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

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One of us (LG) was involved in the drafting of the Siracusa Principles, which have become the chief international instrument governing permissible human rights limitations during national emergencies. States must use the least restrictive means available when putting in place rights-restricting measures.

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Climate Change and Neglected Tropical Diseases: Key Takeaways from the WHO-WIPO-WTO Trilateral Symposium

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By Aparajita Lath* The World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the World Trade Organization (WTO), hosted the 10 th Trilateral Symposium on Human Health and Climate Change in Geneva this November.

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Disability-Inclusive Climate Action in Bangladesh: Gaps and Opportunities

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Other researchers have found that “ many persons with disabilities do not receive any humanitarian support from NGOs or the Government ” following natural disasters. Many have wheelchair access ramps, and are heralded as accessible by the Bangladesh government and international funders, yet they lack accessible toilets.

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

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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. Quite a lot, it turns out.

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

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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. This is a contractual framework negotiated when the government funds research related to a specific pandemic or epidemic.

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Psychedelic Inequities and Unexplored Risk: Colonization, Commercialization, and Regulation

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Both Robert and Valentina Wasson published sensational magazine articles in Life! federal government remained unresponsive to the wealth of evidence supporting the therapeutic use of psychedelics. and This Week, respectively, along with subsequent texts that exposed María Sabina without consent, credit, or compensation.