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Regional Program on Bioethics
Bioethics Publications
Bioethics Publications
Publications and technical documents of PAHO's Regional Program on Bioethics.
Featured Publications
Catalyzing ethical research in emergencies. Ethics guidance, lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, and pending agenda (PAHO, Jul. 2022)
Ética de la salud pública: Casos de todo el mundo. PAHO's translation of Public Health Ethics: Cases Spanning the Globe (PAHO, Sep. 2022)
Indicators for strengthening national research ethics systems (PAHO, Sep. 2021)
International ethical guidelines for health-related research involving humans (CIOMS, PAHO, 2017)
WHO guidelines on ethical issues in public health surveillance (WHO, 2017).
Ethics Guidance for COVID-19
Catalyzing Ethical Research in Emergencies: Recommendations for research ethics committees
(2023) /Available in
Spanish
Catalyzing Ethical Research in Emergencies: Recommendations for health authorities
(2023) /Available in
Spanish
Catalyzing ethical research in emergencies. Ethics guidance, lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, and pending agenda. Summary (2022)
/Available in
Spanish
|
French
|
Portuguese
Catalyzing ethical research in emergencies. Ethics guidance, lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, and pending agenda
(2022) /Available in
Spanish
|
French
|
Portuguese
COVID-19 and mandatory vaccination: ethical considerations: policy brief
(2022) / Available in
Spanish
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French
|
Portuguese
Guidance and strategies to streamline ethics review and oversight of COVID-19 related research
(2020)
Operational guidance and template for the ethics review and oversight of COVID-19-related research
(2020)
Ethics guidance on issues raised by the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic
(2020)
Ethics guidance for the use of scarce resources in the delivery of critical health care during the COVID-19 pandemic
(2020)
Key criteria for the ethical acceptability of COVID-19 human challenge studies
(2020)
Emergency use of unproven interventions outside of research: Ethics guidance for the COVID-19 pandemic
(2020)
How can research transparency be promoted? actions for national health authorities during the COVID-19 pandemic
(2020)
Guidance for ethics oversight of COVID-19 research in response to emerging evidence
(2020)
Research Ethics
Tool for the accreditation of research ethics committees
(PAHO, 2023) / Available in
Spanish
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Portuguese
|
French
Final report of the regional workshop: Strengthening clinical trials to provide high-quality evidence on health interventions, and to improve research quality and coordination
(PAHO, 2023)
Strengthening national research ethics systems in the Americas to improve its ethics preparedness and response to emergencies
(
Kaleidoscope of Global Bioethics
, Conselho Nacional de Ética para as Ciências da Vida, 2023)
Research ethics systems in Latin America and the Caribbean: a systemic assessment using indicators
(The Lancet Global Health, 2022)
Indicators for strengthening national research ethics systems
(PAHO, 2021) /Available in
Spanish
|
French
|
Portuguese
The landscape of COVID-19 clinical trials in Latin America and the Caribbean: assessment and challenges
(
Pan American Journal of Public Health, 2020)
Advancing research ethics systems in Latin America and the Caribbean: a path for other LMICs?
(The Lancet Global Health, 2019)
Pregnant women & vaccines against emerging epidemic threats. Ethics guidance for preparedness, research, and response
(PREVENT - Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics, 2018)
International ethical guidelines for health-related research involving humans
(CIOMS and PAHO, 2017)
An ethics call for the inclusion of pregnant women in research (
Pan American Journal of Public Health, 2016)
Zika ethics consultation: ethics guidance on key issues raised by the outbreak
(PAHO, 2016)
Standards and operational guidance for ethics review of health-related research with human participants
(2011 / Published by PAHO in Spanish)
Casebook on ethical issues in international health research
(2009 / Published by PAHO in Spanish)
Public Health Ethics
Recommendations for ethical monkeypox (mpox) surveillance
(PAHO, 2022) / Available in
Spanish
|
French
|
Portuguese
Ética de la salud pública: Casos de todo el mundo
(2022, PAHO's translation of
Public Health Ethics: Cases Spanning the Globe
)
Ethics and vector-borne diseases: WHO guidance (2020)
WHO guidelines on ethical issues in public health surveillance
(2017) / Available in
Spanish
|
Portuguese
|
French
Zika ethics consultation: Ethics guidance on key issues raised by the outbreak
(PAHO, 2016)
Guidance for managing ethical issues in infectious disease outbreaks
(WHO, 2016)
Making fair choices on the path to universal health coverage. Final report-WHO Consultative Group on Equity and Universal Health Coverage
(2014/Published by PAHO in Spanish)
Guidance on ethics of tuberculosis prevention, care and control
(2010/Published by PAHO in Spanish)
Ethical considerations in developing a public health response to pandemic influenza
(WHO, 2007)
Governing Bodies Documents on Bioethics (Mandates)
CD56/1NF/21 - Bioethics: Towards the Integration of Ethics in Health: Final Report
(2018)
CSP28/14, Rev. 1 (Eng.) Bioethics: Towards the Integration of Ethics in Health. Concept paper
(Sept. 2012)
CSP28/R18 - Bioethics: Towards the Integration of Ethics in Health. Resolution
(Sept. 2012)
PAHOERC
Pan American Health Organization Ethics Review Committee: Standard operating procedures
(2019)
For PAHOERC reports visit:
https://www.paho.org/en/paho-ethics-review-committee-pahoerc
Other Resources on Ethics
International compilation of human research standards 2021 edition
(Compiled by OHRP; OASH; and HHS)
WHO global health ethics