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Fair and Equitable Access to COVID-19 Treatments and Vaccines
From the Introduction: "A global research effort is underway to develop effective treatments and vaccines for COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019]. The world hopefully awaits a safe and effective vaccine to end the pandemic and enable a revival of social and economic activity. People within and across countries will have different levels of access to these products. This will not be a new problem. Structural, political, and power imbalances mean lack of access to medicines and vaccines already has a devastating effect on people throughout the world."
Nuffield Council on Bioethics
2020-05-29
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COVID-19 Antibody Testing and 'Immunity Certification'
From the Document: "SARS-CoV-2 [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2], the virus that causes COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] disease, is a novel pathogen against which human populations have no specific, pre-existing immunity. The virus may be passed on before symptoms appear and many infected people clear the infection without showing any symptoms. Certain groups, particularly older people, are statistically more likely to experience severe forms of the disease. Until effective vaccines or treatments become widely available most states have sought to protect public health through non-pharmaceutical interventions, such as use of personal protective equipment, the closure of businesses, restrictions on public movement and so-called 'social distancing'. This has required exceptional state action and has had significant impacts on businesses, livelihoods and relationships."
Nuffield Council on Bioethics
2020-06-18
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Guide to the Ethics of Surveillance and Quarantine for Novel Coronavirus
From the Document: "The UK Government has declared the spread of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) to be a serious and imminent threat to public health. [...] This step gives government authorities additional legal powers to control the disease, such as restricting people's movement. The Department of Health and Social Care has said that people infected with novel coronavirus could now be forcibly quarantined and not allowed to leave, and could be forcibly sent into isolation if they posed a threat to public health."
Nuffield Council on Bioethics
2020?
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Ethical Considerations in Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic
From the Document: "The Government has indicated a number of further public health measures may be needed in order to manage the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease] pandemic in the UK. The current situation (as of 17 March 2020) is summarised in the annex, including an overview of the Government's action plan of 'contain, delay, research and mitigate'. The following review of ethical considerations draws on the findings of a number of in-depth inquiries conducted by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, including those concerned with public health, solidarity, and research in global health emergencies."
Nuffield Council on Bioethics
2020-03-17
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Beyond the Exit Strategy: Ethical Uses of Data-Driven Technology in the Fight Against COVID-19 [webinar]
From the Website: "In their first joint webinar, with 492 participants from 39 countries, the Nuffield Council on Bioethics and Ada Lovelace Institute brought together international expertise to discuss how we can achieve the ethical use of data-driven technologies to combat COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019]. [...] There are three most prominent technologies under consideration that will be repeated themes in the conversation: [1] Digital contact tracing applications; [2] Symptom tracking applications; and [3] Immunity certification and, in particular, digital immunity certification technologies."
Nuffield Council on Bioethics
2020-04-17
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Tackling the Challenges of Conducting COVID-19 Research Ethically in Lower Income Settings [webinar]
From the Website: "Nearly 200 people from 37 different countries attended this webinar, the third in the series of COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019]-related webinars being hosted by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics. Building on the discussion at the first seminar in this series, three speakers explored issues that may be particularly challenging and important in COVID-19 research in low and middle income settings. The webinar was chaired by Hugh Whittall, Director of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics."
Nuffield Council on Bioethics
2020-05-01
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Sharing the Benefits of Research: Facilitating Fair and Equitable Access to COVID-19 Treatments and Vaccines [webinar]
From the Website: "A global research effort is underway to develop effective treatments and vaccines for COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019]. With hundreds of research projects and trials in development worldwide, the race is on to find a safe and effective vaccine to end the pandemic and enable a revival of social and economic activity. The COVID-19 pandemic has already disproportionately affected disadvantaged populations, both within and between countries. Without ethical leadership and changes to current systems, the effects will widen inequality, hitting disadvantaged populations and low-income countries hardest. On Friday 29 May the Nuffield Council on Bioethics published a rapid policy briefing highlighting some of the most pressing challenges for policy makers, regulatory bodies, industry, and research institutions to consider to ensure that vaccines and treatments are developed in ways that will make them accessible to all who need them. Join us for a discussion on the key factors to be considered in informing an ethical response to the challenges that lay ahead in ensuring fair and equitable access, including: [1] Research prioritisation and funding; [2] The distribution of the burden and benefits of research efforts between high and low-income countries; [3] Prevailing structural and health inequalities which will further limit access; and [4] Public trust and engagement with the development and roll-out of any treatment or vaccine."
Nuffield Council on Bioethics
2020-06-05
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Ethical Implications of COVID-19 Antibody Testing and 'Immunity Certification' [webinar]
From the Website: "Governments around the world have started to modify restrictions introduced to slow the spread of COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019]. In the absence of an effective treatment or vaccine, attention has turned to other ways of monitoring and managing the spread of the disease. One of the options being widely discussed is a system of antibody testing to assess an individual's risk of being infected and transmitting the virus to others - which could subsequently be used as the basis for an 'immunity certification' scheme. On 18 June, the Nuffield Council on Bioethics published a rapid policy briefing which highlights a number of ethical considerations that need urgent attention before any further development of technology or services based on antibody testing. We have also subsequently published a discussion paper which expands on many of the issues covered in the briefing paper. Join us for a discussion on the ethical questions raised by COVID-19 antibody testing and immunity certification including: [1] the ethical implications of immunity certification for respect for individual rights and interests; [2] the relationship between individual rights and public interests; [3] the impact of such a measure on already socially marginalised and disadvantaged groups; and [4] how this issue is being approached and addressed internationally."
Nuffield Council on Bioethics
2020-07-02
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COVID-19 and Policy Making: The Role of Public Engagement and Deliberation [webinar]
From the Website: "This webinar, the fourth in the Nuffield Council's current series of COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019]-related webinars, will explore issues around transparency, governance, and public involvement and deliberation in the development of policy. In a statement published on 24 April, the Council set out its concerns about obscurity and lack of engagement in recent policy-making, and called on the Government to: [1] Show the public what it is doing and thinking across the range of issues of concern; [2] Set out the ethical considerations that are informing its judgements; [3] Explain how it arrived at decisions including what advice it has sought and received; [4] Invite a broad range of perspectives into the discussion, including wider cross public representation; and [5] Consult and engage other civic interests through genuinely open for a and deliberative processes such as citizens' assemblies."
Nuffield Council on Bioethics
2020-05-15
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Ethics in the Research Response to COVID-19 [webinar]
From the Website: "This webinar was held on Friday 3 April 2020. [...] Participants tuned in to hear three international experts discuss how research can be undertaken ethically during the emergency response to COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019]. The webinar was chaired by Hugh Whittall, Director of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics. Take home messages from speakers: [1] We should have hope that we will get past this. [2] Collaboration will be vital in the research effort. [3] Technology can be used to bring people together and create hope."
Nuffield Council on Bioethics
2020-04-03
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