According to the first Wellcome Trust Global Monitor survey, just half of people in eastern Europe think vaccines are safe, compared with 79% worldwide
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…(I)n 17 countries at least one in five health-care facilities has no clean water service on site. That’s just one of many disturbing findings in a new report by UNICEF and the World Health Organization
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New Ethical Framework Released for Global Health ResearchAugust 23, 2018 |
Bridget Pratt, author of a new ethical framework for global health research aims to support researchers and their partners to better engage disadvantaged and marginalised communities when setting research priorities
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The Johns Hopkins-Fogarty African Bioethics Training Program (FABTP) aims to improve bioethics capacity development for institutions within Africa
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Poor quality health services are holding back progress on improving health in countries at all income levels, according to a new joint report by the OECD, World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Bank
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China is making a bid to use its Ebola vaccine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It’s a move that could further complicate efforts to test a crowded field of vaccines and therapies in the context of a waning outbreak
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Celebrating 50 years of Fogarty: Impact and MentoringApril 13, 2018 |
This tri-school event hosted by the Johns Hopkins schools of Medicine, Nursing, and Public Health celebrates 50 years of JHU collaboration with the Fogarty International Center. Keynote by Roger Glass, director of the Fogarty International Center. Participants also include our Nancy Kass. April 16, 2:30-5:30pm. Livestreaming will be available
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Ethical Guidance for Volunteer Medical Trips Issued by ACPMarch 27, 2018 |
Matthew De Camp, MD, PhD, from Johns Hopkins University, Berman Institute of Bioethics, and colleagues authored a position paper from the American College of Physicians published the Annals of Internal Medicine which says volunteer medical trips and other short-term experiences in global health come with specific ethical responsibilities for physicians regarding the people and communities they serve
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