Ethics and health - World Health Organization (WHO)
2023年10月19日 · The Global Health Ethics Unit provides a focal point for the examination of ethical issues raised by activities throughout the Organization. The unit also supports Member States in addressing ethical issues that arise in their own countries. This includes a range of global bioethics topics; from public health surveillance to developments in genomics, and from …
Global health ethics - World Health Organization (WHO)
2023年2月10日 · Scholars and health care professionals have debated ethical questions related to health and health care since the earliest days of medicine. Recent formal efforts to articulate international standards of ethics applicable to health and health care can be traced to the Nuremberg trials of 1947, during which the horrors of Nazi medical ...
Global health ethics: key issues - World Health Organization (WHO)
2015年7月16日 · This document aims to assist policy‑makers, health care providers and researchers to understand key concepts in health ethics and to identify basic ethical questions surrounding health and health care. It illustrates the challenges of applying ethical principles to global public health and outlines practical strategies for dealing with those challenges.
Code of Ethics - World Health Organization (WHO)
2023年9月13日 · The WHO Code of Ethics (“Code”) describes the ethical standards of conduct expected from all WHO personnel at all times. The Code aims to promote, enhance, and sustain an enabling and ethical environment leading to trust, transparency, and respect across...
from the Ethics team in the Office of Compliance, Risk and Ethics on a confidential basis. Or staff may consult their supervisor as applicable concerning the appropriate action, including possible recusal. Refrain from seeking or obtaining, under any circumstance, instructions or undue assistance from any government official or from any other
Health Law and Ethics - World Health Organization (WHO)
2017年1月9日 · The Health Law and Ethics (HLE) unit supports Member States to develop, implement and evaluate legal and ethical frameworks. This is accomplished by collaborating across a broad range of programme areas, such as health governance, health and rights, health services, communicable diseases, noncommunicable diseases and health through the life ...
Health Ethics & Governance - World Health Organization (WHO)
These in turn are complicated by the diverse health systems and unique cultural and socio-economic contexts of countries. Consequently, there is a great need for guidance to ensure ethical conduct of research, decision making in clinical care, and public health policymaking at every level of the global COVID-19 response.
Governance and ethics - World Health Organization (WHO)
Ethical governance is central to accountability, strategic planning, and effective health programmes, but many aspects of global health present challenges in oversight. Particular areas of concern are the ethical oversight of health research and innovative technologies.
Harnessing Artificial Intelligence for Health
The overall goal is to help Member States take AI to the people to enable enhanced, sustainable, and smarter health care. Bridging Gaps To harness a culture of innovation and ethics in healthcare, WHO partnered with UN specialized agencies to establish the Global Initiative on Artificial Intelligence for Health, a collaborative effort that is ...
Human rights - World Health Organization (WHO)
2023年12月1日 · The right to health is indivisible from other human rights, including the rights to education, participation, food, housing, work and information. Universal health coverage (UHC) grounded in primary health care helps countries realize the right to health by ensuring all people have affordable, equitable access to health services.