Although the incidence of polio acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) has decreased in India, the nonpolio AFP (NPAFP) rate has increased. Nationwide, the NPAFP rate is 11.82 per 100 000 population, whereas the expected rate is 1 to 2 per 100 000 population.
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A few questions:
Assuming for the sake of argument that the apparent increase in non-polio acute flaccid paralysis is in fact due to the version of polio vaccine being used in India being the cheaper of vaccines available (this assumption is by no means a clear conclusion from the available evidence), do you think this outcome is worse than the outcome would have been from not vaccinating and letting polio run rampant?
What does it mean to be human?
How legal systems answer and should answer this profoundly important question is addressed by O. Carter Snead in
Professor Snead is well qualified to undertake this project. He is a professor of law at the University of Notre Dame and previously served on the US President’s Council on Bioethics, the Council of Europe’s Steering Committee on Bioethics and the International Bioethics Committee. He led the US government delegation to UNESCO serving as its chief negotiator in drafting the
Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights and is a member of the Pontifical Academy for Life, the principal bioethics advisory body to the Pope.
New benchmark set to deliver optimal osteoporosis care throughout Asia Pacific
- Launch of first pan-Asia Pacific minimum clinical standards for the screening, diagnosis & management of osteoporosis -
The Asia Pacific Consortium on Osteoporosis (APCO) has today (Thursday, January 28, 2021) launched the first pan-Asia Pacific clinical practice standards for the screening, diagnosis, and management of osteoporosis, targeting a broad range of high-risk groups.
Published in Osteoporosis International today, The APCO Framework comprises 16 minimum clinical standards set to serve as a benchmark for the provision of optimal osteoporosis care in the region.
Developed by APCO members representing key osteoporosis stakeholders, and multiple medical and surgical specialities, this set of clear, concise, relevant and pragmatic clinical standards aims to support national societies, guidelines development authorities, and health care policy makers with the development of new guidelines, an
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Notre Dame University joins discussion of business and ethics
At the University of Notre Dame Australia, the focus is on more than providing an excellent education – the aim is to prepare students to become well rounded citizens with a strong ethical compass. This approach to education is part of the reason why Notre Dame’s School of Business was delighted to host this year’s Australasian Business Ethics Network (ABEN) Conference, featuring keynote speaker Professor Edward Freeman and an opening address by Notre Dame Vice Chancellor Professor Francis Campbell.
In recent years, the demand for corporations to be more transparent, ethical and socially responsible has increased exponentially. Adding to that, the COVID-19 pandemic has raised serious ethical questions around the provision of healthcare and highlighted inequalities that exist in societies around the world, making this year’s ABEN conference theme, ‘Not Business as Usual: Ethics, Sustainability and Inn