Events

Previous groundbreaking technologies, such as imaging, prosthetics, and telehealth, have improved healthcare around the globe. Over the past several decades, another new and promising technology has emerged-artificial intelligence (AI). AI is being adopted in healthcare to support patient diagnosis, improve...

The impact of population ageing, one of the most defining demographic transformations of this century, is an extraordinary global governance challenge. According to the United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights, in the twenty-first century we will arrive at a place...

Dr René Prêtre  Responsable chirurgical du centre universitaire Romand de cardiologie et chirurgie cardiaque pédiatrique Chef du service de chirurgie cardiaque au CHUV Professeur de médecine à l’UNIL et UniGE ” Et au centre bat le coeur “ Chirurgie cardiaque...

An empirically-informed exploration of reproductive technologies, broadly conceived, which brings scholarship on sexual and reproductive health into dialogue with that on assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) to test the proposition that taking a longitudinal view over the life-course to reproductive technologies...

  Jacqueline Bhabha Professeure à la Harvard School of Public Health   en conférence sur: La santé de l’enfant migrant / Regards américain et européen” Stéphanie Dagron, Professeure rattachée au Global Studies Institute

As a leading organization for health norms and standards, WHO has the mandate to convene relevant stakeholders to establish digital content to accompany and facilitate operational deployment of evidence-based clinical and public health guidelines. To date, WHO has yet to...

The combination of big data and advanced machine learning—often referred to as a form of artificial intelligence (AI) or “intelligent systems”—may increase the efficiency and accuracy of automated systems and of economic processes and is therefore of great interest to...

Acknowledging the need to adapt or revise ways to measure the value of health and medical care. As precision medicine advances within an already complex healthcare system, it is imperative to recognise the need to change the way value of...

Historically shrouded in shame and silence, menstrual health is finally capturing the attention of policy makers, journalists, researchers, and entrepreneurs. This shift is crucial because efforts to support menstruators across the lifespan not only confer health benefits but are also...

Diagnostics are essential to quality Universal Health Coverage. Without accurate diagnosis, inappropriate treatments may be provided, wasting scarce economic resources, and leading to worse health outcomes. Diagnostics have been a neglected component of the health system in low and middle...

In late 2018, a Chinese scientist shocked the world by announcing the birth of twin babies, on whom he had used the CRISPR Cas9 technique to alter their genomes as early embryos. This was the first time in the world...

The workshop will bring together an international and diverse group of bioethics scholars to discuss the practical ethical issues related to the translation of genomic technology into routine clinical practice. In particular the workshop will focus on increased international collaboration...