Ethical considerations for vaccination programmes in acute humanitarian emergencies

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dc.contributor.authorMoodley, Keymanthrien_ZA
dc.contributor.authorHardie, Kateen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorSelgelid, Michael J.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorWaldman, Ronald J.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorStrebel, Peteren_ZA
dc.contributor.authorRees, Helenen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorDurrheim, David N.en_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-08T13:05:30Z
dc.date.available2016-06-08T13:05:30Z
dc.date.issued2013-02-07
dc.descriptionCITATION: Moodley, K., et al. 2013. Ethical considerations for vaccination programmes in acute humanitarian emergencies. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 91: 290-297, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.12.113480.
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at http://www.who.int/bulletin/en/
dc.description.abstractHumanitarian emergencies result in a breakdown of critical health-care services and often make vulnerable communities dependent on external agencies for care. In resource-constrained settings, this may occur against a backdrop of extreme poverty, malnutrition, insecurity, low literacy and poor infrastructure. Under these circumstances, providing food, water and shelter and limiting communicable disease outbreaks become primary concerns. Where effective and safe vaccines are available to mitigate the risk of disease outbreaks, their potential deployment is a key consideration in meeting emergency health needs. Ethical considerations are crucial when deciding on vaccine deployment. Allocation of vaccines in short supply, target groups, delivery strategies, surveillance and research during acute humanitarian emergencies all involve ethical considerations that often arise from the tension between individual and common good. The authors lay out the ethical issues that policy-makers need to bear in mind when considering the deployment of mass vaccination during humanitarian emergencies, including beneficence (duty of care and the rule of rescue), non-maleficence, autonomy and consent, and distributive and procedural justice.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/91/4/12-113480/en/
dc.format.extent8 pages
dc.identifier.citationMoodley, K., et al. 2013. Ethical considerations for vaccination programmes in acute humanitarian emergencies. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 91: 290-297, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.12.113480
dc.identifier.issn1564-0604 (online)
dc.identifier.issn0042-9686 (print)
dc.identifier.otherdoi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.12.113480
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/99022
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherWorld Health Organization
dc.rights.holderBMJ Publishing Group
dc.subjectvaccination programmesen_ZA
dc.subjectAcute humanitarian crisesen_ZA
dc.subjectEthicsen_ZA
dc.titleEthical considerations for vaccination programmes in acute humanitarian emergenciesen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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