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Conclusion to the Symposium: From Principles to Practice: Human Rights and Public Health Emergencies

Bill of Health

While receiving significant global traction and acceptance since their publication in 1985, the Siracusa Principles, the authors argue, proved to be simply “unequal to the task” of guiding States’ conduct in the context of COVID-19 because they are “unable to speak in any significant detail to the particular concerns of public health crises.”

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Trying and Sentencing Youth As Adults: Key Takeaways from Recent Petrie-Flom Center Event

Bill of Health

There are expert and health organizations like the World Health Organization, NIH, United Nations who all acknowledge that there’s continued maturity and development that extends into the 20s and even our laws in this country recognize extended maturation in the early 20s with the extended age for drinking and foster care,” Casey said.

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

Bill of Health

Vaccines are pharmaceutical products, a critical tool in public and global health. At the same time, they are regularly treated as commodities , often in ways that are completely divorced from their public health value. Yes, the analogy has an apples-and-oranges quality to it. working a fluid station at a race).

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Several EU nations set to mandate vaccination for COVID passes

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Sweden also brought in new legislation in December requiring citizens to have a COVID passport at all events with more than 100 people. Europe has been recording record numbers of COVID infections with 5,676,048 new cases and 41,525 deaths reported over the last seven days, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) (5 Jan).

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News from the Consumer Technology Association and Withings Further Demonstrates Private Sector’s Role in the Pandemic and Public Health

Health Populi

This week, announcements from the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) and Withings further bolster the case for the private sector bolstering public health in this pandemic…and future ones to come beyond the Age of the Coronavirus. On 27th July, CTA announced the Association’s launch of the Public Health Tech Initiative.

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DHAGE identifies digital inclusion as key goal in building a resilient society

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DHAGE called upon organisations such as the European Union, the World Health Organisation and the OECD to set up and fund an initiative for promoting digital inclusion. An upskilling of the workforce could assist in the rolling out and implementation of new digital tools and technology. This would create a greater knowledge database.

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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. R&D funded prior to the onset of a large public health crisis is governed by contracts negotiated before problems of product scarcity and inequitable allocation become mainstream problems.