Events

Outline of the Symposium: Present discussions on the implications of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for medical practice and health research mostly target the passive collection of health data. This workshop proposal shifts the lens of analysis to the...

Échange à l’occasion de la présentation de l’ouvrage collectif de Sébastien Farré, Bertrand Taithe et Jean-François Fayet (éd.) L’Humanitaire s’exhibe-Humanitarian exhibition (1867-2016) publié aux éditions Georg. Laboratoires de la complexité politique, diplomatique et sociale du projet humanitaire, les expositions et...

Thursday, April 7th, 2022   09h30: welcome and introduction   09h45: Yarborough Mark, University of California Davis, Dean’s Professor, Bioethics – Medical ethics   Deserving the Public’s Trust   10h05: Mitchell Veronica, University of Cape-Town, Cape-Town, Facilitator & Researcher, Medicine ...

1)  To focus on the goals and roles of host country stakeholders in improving the quality and impact of global health partnerships. 3) To develop a roadmap to align global guidelines (embodied in the Brocher Declaration, www.ghpartnerships.org/brocher) and enforcement efforts...

LiFE-S (Liquid Fetal Extracorporeal Support) – more popularly known as “artificial womb” technology – has made ectogestation a realistic possibility. This means that we soon may be able to keep alive, outside the maternal body, third (and perhaps late-second) trimester...

ELSI in epigenetics: Indigenous, national and global perspectives. This symposium considers fundamental issues of health justice as they pertain to genetic and epigenetic research, testing and treatment, with a particular focus on pursuing equitable distribution of the burdens and benefits of...

Human animals are made by, through, and for touch. Biological research demonstrates that humans, like most mammals, enter the world as relational, interdependent beings, entirely reliant on touch for survival and communication. Touch is the first sense to develop in...

Government agencies and donors face significant challenges in determining how best to allocate available resources to improve population health, whether through regulations, new programs, or existing programs. Conventional methods of economic assessment, such as benefit-cost analysis (BCA) and cost-effectiveness analysis...

Le premier Prix Brocher a récompensé 3 travaux de Maturité. Il fut décerné le vendredi 1er juillet 2022.   Afin d’encourager la réflexion sur l’impact du développement médical sur la société et contribuer à de nouvelles vocations, la Fondation propose...

  REGARDS D’ECRIVAIN·E·S ET PARCOURS-DECOUVERTE  “25 FEMMES ENGAGEES DANS LA GENEVE HUMANITAIRE  Programme :  Portraits contemporains       Rugby club d’Hermance | Stade Marius Berthet, 170 Chem. des Fernes, 74140 Chens-sur-Léman, France Tennis club d’Hermance | 200 m sur...

Friday, August 5th, 2022   09h30: welcome and introduction   09h40: Hanganu-Bresch Cristina, St. Joseph’s University, United States, Associate Professor, Science and technology studies Food biopolitics: healthism and orthorexia   10h00: Staunton Ciara, Middlesex University, United Kingdom, Senior Lecturer in...

Every child has a unique identity, including birth, name, nationality and family relations (Arts. 7-8 CRC). Without all the information relevant to forming a cohesive identity, children systematically face a range of challenges, which can be of a legal, medical...