Presenters:
Affan Shaikh, M.P.H, Senior Epidemiologist, Public Health Practice, LLC
Scott JN McNabb, Ph.D., M.S., Research Professor, Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health | Managing Partner, Public Health Practice, LLC
Hosted by the ISDS Global Outreach Committee
Source: http://communityforum.syndromic.org/
Affan Shaikh, M.P.H, Senior Epidemiologist, Public Health Practice, LLC
Scott JN McNabb, Ph.D., M.S., Research Professor, Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health | Managing Partner, Public Health Practice, LLC
Qanta Ahmed, M.D., Attending Sleep Disorders
Medicine, Winthrop University Hospital | Associate Professor of
Medicine, State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook, New York
Ziad Memish, M.D., Deputy
Minister of Public Health, Ministry of Health, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Date: Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Time: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT
Description: Microbes carry no national passports; neither do they recognize geo-political boundaries or state sovereignty. Yet claims of viral sovereignty brings up unresolved controversies that challenge ethical public health governance and add unnecessary risk of global pandemics. Viral sovereignty refers to a sovereign state's ownership rights over pathogens found within their border. It was first coined to describe tensions rising from the Indonesian government's decision to conditionally withholding samples of H5N1 avian influenza in early 2007.
Description: Microbes carry no national passports; neither do they recognize geo-political boundaries or state sovereignty. Yet claims of viral sovereignty brings up unresolved controversies that challenge ethical public health governance and add unnecessary risk of global pandemics. Viral sovereignty refers to a sovereign state's ownership rights over pathogens found within their border. It was first coined to describe tensions rising from the Indonesian government's decision to conditionally withholding samples of H5N1 avian influenza in early 2007.
While the World Health
Organization's (WHO) 2005 revised International Health Regulations (IHR [2005])
provide a global framework to prevent, protect against, control, and facilitate
a public health response to the international spread of disease, its success
firmly rests on mutual trust and transparency among parties. Claims of
viral sovereignty indicate the critical balance between respecting legitimate
national sovereignty and complying with responsible global transparency is far
from achieved.
This webinar reviews the origins of viral sovereignty as well as
the rights of global health security and responsibilities of transparency
required by the IHR (2005) for successful global public health surveillance
today. It points out the critical, current issues and weighs the pros and
cons of various options to move forward.
Hosted by the ISDS Global Outreach Committee
Source: http://communityforum.syndromic.org/
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