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Recognising Mental Health Vulnerabilities in Conflict for Asylum Seekers: The Case of AS [Safety of Kabul] Afghanistan [2018] UKUT 118 (IAC) – by Ayesha Ahmad

30th July 2020 Rebecca Richards
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Ayesha Ahmad, drawing on her experience as an expert witness in asylum seeker cases, discusses the conflict between the trauma that asylum seekers embody, live, and express and the way that such stories are received by the paradigms of psychiatry and law.

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Webinar: Pregnant Women & Vaccines Against Emerging Epidemic Threats – by Carleigh Krubiner

31st March 2020 Rebecca Richards
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Watch Dr. Carleigh Krubiner’s fascinating webinar where she discusses the ethics of including pregnant women’s health needs in the global health emergency research agenda.

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Interview: Global Health Emergencies and the Capabilities Approach

18th November 2019 Rebecca Richards
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Sridhar Venkatapuram situations Global Health Emergencies in the broader context of global health justice, and various ethical responses to global health inequalities, and in particular, the capabilities approach and freedoms.

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Which deaths (should) count in a Global Health Epidemic? – by Laura Sochas

1st October 2019 Rebecca Richards
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Laura Sochas discusses the ‘indirect deaths’ that follow epidemics such as the Ebola crisis, and how more attention and resources should be directed towards reducing them.

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The impact of Zika on women’s access to medical abortion – by Clare Wenham

18th July 2019 Rebecca Richards
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Dr Clare Wenham talks about her research around Zika, Health Emergencies, and abortion.

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The Inequality of the Tuberculosis health crisis in South Africa – by Justine Fargher

4th July 2019 Rebecca Richards
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Dr. Justine Fargher talks about how her work with Medicine Sans Frontiers highlighted the harsh realities and inequalities of the TB epidemic in South Africa.

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Improved Ebola Response: Inclusive learning & the DRC – by Joshua Moon

12th June 2019 Rebecca Richards
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Dr. Joshua Moon (Hutton) reflects on whether lessons learnt from the 2013-2016 West African Ebola outbreak have been effectively applied to the subsequent Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Wellcome Trust

Global Health Emergencies (GHEs) are crises that affect health, and that are, or should be, of international concern. These might include infectious outbreaks, humanitarian crises and disasters, conflicts, and forced displacements. GHEs are characterised by various forms of urgency and uncertainty, and are known to exacerbate existing inequalities, injustices and vulnerabilities in individuals and communities.

This is a blog of the Wellcome Trust Seed Award Project entitled, ‘Vulnerability and justice in global health emergency regulation: developing future ethical models’.

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Latest posts

  • Just Emergencies Episode 15: Covid-19 and the Migrant Crisis
  • Just Emergencies Episode 14: Vulnerability as Layers – Vulnerability Part 6
  • Just Emergencies Episode 13: Moral Experiences of Healthcare Providers in Covid-19 Research
  • AJoB Commentary: To What Extent Are Calls for Greater Minority Representation in COVID Vaccine Research Ethically Justified? – by Angela Ballantyne & Agomoni Ganguli-Mitra
  • Just Emergencies Episode 12: Vulnerability Part 5 with Prof. Samia Hurst

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