Ethical considerations for vaccination programmes in acute humanitarian emergencies;Considérations éthiques des programmes de vaccination dans les situations d'urgence humanitaire graves

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 290-297

  Moodley, Keymanthri ^a   Hardie, Kate ^b   Selgelid, Michael J ^c   Waldman, Ronald J ^d   Strebel, Peter ^e   Rees, Helen ^f   Durrheim, David N ^g  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b HUNTER NEW ENGLAND POPULATION HEALTH   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^g HUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE; MENINGITIS VACCINE;

DISEASE SPREAD; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; PUBLIC HEALTH; VACCINATION; VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BENEFICENCE; CATERING SERVICE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY SHELTER; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; FOOD INSECURITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALNUTRITION; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MEASLES; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PATIENT AUTONOMY; POVERTY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; TREATMENT REFUSAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84877072549     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.12.113480     Document Type: Article

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