It was on the last day in 2019 that the news about the novel Coronavirus outbreak was first reported from Wuhan, China. On 31 December 2019, a cluster of pneumonia of unknown etiology was reported in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China (precisely from Wuhan seafood market). It was not until 9 January 2020, that the [...]
I am thankful to have had the chance to attend the summer school in Bangkok organized by the Global Bioethics Initiative (GBI), in collaboration with the Department of Bioethics & Engagement, Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU), University of Oxford. I was also the beneficiary of a partial scholarship. In my opinion, one of the [...]
Cultural factors play an important role in moulding the ethical perceptions of an individual. Daft et al. (2010) define culture as a “set of common values, norms, beliefs, and ideas shared by members of the same group and not written”. The eleven-day GBI 2019 summer school program in Manhattan was conceived to convey an understanding [...]
In view of the rapid breakthroughs being made in the realm of science, medicine and pharmacy, coupled together with the innovations in the health technology arena, it has become imperative to view these developments through an ethical prism in order to deliver healthcare that is safe, accessible, efficient and equitable to all segments of the [...]
The United Nations Headquarters On July 11, 2019, members of the Global Bioethics Summer Program visited the United Nations. The visit included a stop at the Permanent Memorial to Honour the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade located on the United Nations Visitors Plaza in New York which was unveiled on March [...]
As science and technology continue their quest to improve the health of mankind, the application of ethics in healthcare has become more crucial than ever before. I have had the wonderful opportunity to attend the Global Bioethics Initiative summer school in Manhattan, New York, on a partial scholarship. The course deeply struck a chord with [...]
Infertility, or the inability to conceive children after 12 months of sexual intercourse without birth control or the inability to carry a pregnancy to full term, affects around 10 percent of women aged 15 to 44 in the United States and around 8 to 10 percent worldwide. This infertility combined with the social pressure to have children and spread [...]
MORU (Mahidol Oxford Tropical Research Unit) , SMRU (Shoklo Malaria Research Unit) and FilmAid Foundation invite you to the Bangkok Premiere of Under the Mask on the 17th June. This drama film is based on real testimonies of TB patients. The story follows the lives of our characters as they journey from diagnosis to treatment [...]
"Amidst a surge in new cases, the epidemic has claimed more than 1,200 lives and threatens to spread to other provinces in the east, as well as neighbouring countries. A third of those infected have been children; a higher proportion than during previous outbreaks. Up to the middle of this month, the number of cases, according to [...]
By Michael Bloom, GBI intern, MA Bioethics candidate at New York University Last month, Doctors Without Borders (DWB) saw attacks on two of their Ebola treatment centers in the North Kivu province. Shortly afterward, there was a high-profile visit to the area by both Dr. Robert Redfield, Director of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Director-General, [...]
