Viral Sovereignty and Technology Transfer Book contents
- Viral Sovereignty and Technology Transfer
- Viral Sovereignty and Technology Transfer
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Maps
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction Viral Sovereignty, Technology Transfer, and the Changing Global System for Sharing Pathogens for Public Health Research
- Part I The Geopolitical, Historical, and Scientific Context
- Part II Health Security, Research Ethics, and Human Rights Implications
- 4 The Ethics of Conducting Genomic Research in Low-Resource Settings
- 5 The Ethics of Human Pathogen Research during Public Health Emergencies in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
- 6 Biosecurity, Biosafety, and the Management of Dangerous Pathogens for Public Health Research
- 7 Human Rights Implications of Pathogen Sharing and Technology Transfer
- Part III Solutions: Standard Material Transfer Agreements, Repositories, and Specialized International Instruments
- Index
5 - The Ethics of Human Pathogen Research during Public Health Emergencies in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean
from Part II - Health Security, Research Ethics, and Human Rights Implications
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 May 2020
- Viral Sovereignty and Technology Transfer
- Viral Sovereignty and Technology Transfer
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Maps
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction Viral Sovereignty, Technology Transfer, and the Changing Global System for Sharing Pathogens for Public Health Research
- Part I The Geopolitical, Historical, and Scientific Context
- Part II Health Security, Research Ethics, and Human Rights Implications
- 4 The Ethics of Conducting Genomic Research in Low-Resource Settings
- 5 The Ethics of Human Pathogen Research during Public Health Emergencies in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
- 6 Biosecurity, Biosafety, and the Management of Dangerous Pathogens for Public Health Research
- 7 Human Rights Implications of Pathogen Sharing and Technology Transfer
- Part III Solutions: Standard Material Transfer Agreements, Repositories, and Specialized International Instruments
- Index
Summary
Chapter 5 analyzes the ethical criteria that governments should apply when transferring samples or related information about biological samples during public health emergencies. What are the ethical rules that should govern biomedical research conducted during a public health emergency, especially when that emergency occurs in a low-resource setting? This chapter analyzes these questions from the perspective of efforts in the Latin American and Caribbean regions, drawing on the relevant statements released by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). PAHO has one of the longest-running regional bioethical programs in the world, and has played an important advisory role on the ethics of research during public health emergencies, including the Zika virus in 2015-16.
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- Viral Sovereignty and Technology TransferThe Changing Global System for Sharing Pathogens for Public Health Research, pp. 91 - 99Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020