Tuberculosis Elimination in the Asia-Pacific Region and the WHO Ethics Guidance

The World Health Organization has produced ethical guidance on implementation of the End TB strategy, which must be considered in local context. The Asia-Pacific Region has important distinctive characteristics relevant to tuberculosis, and engagement with the ethical implications raised is essentia...

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Autores principales: Denholm, Justin T., Silva, Diego S., Burhan, Erlina, Chaisson, Richard E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6306794/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30384409
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed3040115
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author Denholm, Justin T.
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description The World Health Organization has produced ethical guidance on implementation of the End TB strategy, which must be considered in local context. The Asia-Pacific Region has important distinctive characteristics relevant to tuberculosis, and engagement with the ethical implications raised is essential. This paper highlights key ethical considerations for the tuberculosis elimination agenda in the Asia-Pacific Regions and suggests that further programmatic work is required to ensure such challenges are addressed in clinical and public health programs.
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spelling pubmed-63067942019-01-02 Tuberculosis Elimination in the Asia-Pacific Region and the WHO Ethics Guidance Denholm, Justin T. Silva, Diego S. Burhan, Erlina Chaisson, Richard E. Trop Med Infect Dis Commentary The World Health Organization has produced ethical guidance on implementation of the End TB strategy, which must be considered in local context. The Asia-Pacific Region has important distinctive characteristics relevant to tuberculosis, and engagement with the ethical implications raised is essential. This paper highlights key ethical considerations for the tuberculosis elimination agenda in the Asia-Pacific Regions and suggests that further programmatic work is required to ensure such challenges are addressed in clinical and public health programs. MDPI 2018-10-31 /pmc/articles/PMC6306794/ /pubmed/30384409 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed3040115 Text en © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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