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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...

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...

Facts are appalling: depending on her country of birth, the life expectancy of a human being could range from 83.6 years in Japan or to around 51.4 years in Sierra Leone or Central African Republic (World Mortality Report, 2017). While...

                    Thursday, February 6th, 2020   09h00: Carter David, Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney, Senior Lecturer, Law  Healthcare Harm, Bioethics and Criminal Law   09h20: Fumanti Mattia, University of...

Il est urgent de sensibiliser le monde politique et la société au fait que les enfants et adolescents (E&A) sont affectés par la pandémie covid de façon plus insidieuse et silencieuse que d’autres franges de la population, phénomène en grande...

    Aim 2:  To determine how those definitions will be applied in practice and what will their consequences be To clarify who, in practice, would or should apply these concepts to the individuals

During three days of the workshop, experts on the topic will discuss opportunities, obstacles, as well as ethical and social limits of smart home appliances in caregiving for older persons. Experts from both academia and the private sector will share...

Humanitarian organizations increasingly implement innovative technologies as they respond to the needs of communities affected by war, disaster or public health emergencies. However, technological innovation intersects with moral values, norms and commitments, and may challenge humanitarian imperatives. Therefore, an analysis...

Main purpose: Digitalisation and “datafication” are both a great challenge and a great opportunity for healthcare and biomedical research all over the world, as the current Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted. In this respect, every country faces – with some common...

Telemedicine —the delivery of healthcare services at distance using information and communication technologies— offers a safe and cost-effective way to address the healthcare needs of patients no matter where they are. This technical possibility is particularly promising in the current...

Gray areas remain on our scientific knowledge of COVID-19 which continues to afflict a significant portion of the world’s population. The acute impact is clear. Risks of infection and deaths are highest in the more disadvantaged and vulnerable sectors of...

Tuesday, August 17th, 2021   10h30: Chamberlin Christopher, University of California, Berkeley, President’s Postdoctoral Fellow, Fellow ICI Berlin, Bioethics – History of Medicine Toward a Subject of Racism: Case Histories from the Psychiatric Clinic (1930-1970)   10h50: Horstman Klasien, Maastricht...

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...