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Lessons Never Learned: Crisis and gender‐based violence by John, Neetu, Casey, Sara E, Carino, Giselle, McGovern, Terry

“…The COVID‐19 pandemic exposes underlying inequalities in our socio‐economic and health systems, such as gender‐based violence (GBV). In emergencies,…”
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Identifying and evaluating layers of vulnerability – a way forward by Luna, Florencia

“…“Vulnerability” is a key concept for research ethics and public health ethics. This term can be discussed from either a conceptual or a practical perspective…”
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Latin American healthcare systems in times of pandemic by Litewka, Sergio G., Heitman, Elizabeth

“…The COVID‐ 19 pandemic is a critical test for the already overburdened and mostly underfunded public healthcare systems of Latin America. In a region that…”
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Quarantine, isolation and the duty of easy rescue in public health by Giubilini, Alberto, Douglas, Thomas, Maslen, Hannah, Savulescu, Julian

“…We address the issue of whether, why and under what conditions, quarantine and isolation are morally justified, with a particular focus on measures implemented…”
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Ethical, legal, and social implications in research biobanking: A checklist for navigating complexity by Tzortzatou‐Nanopoulou, Olga, Akyüz, Kaya, Goisauf, Melanie, Kozera, Łukasz, Mežinska, Signe, Th. Mayrhofer, Michaela, Slokenberga, Santa, Reichel, Jane, Croxton, Talishiea, Ziaka, Alexandra, Makri, Marina

“…Biobanks’ activity is based not only on securing the technology of collecting and storing human biospecimen, but also on preparing formal documentation that…”
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The vicious circle of patient–physician mistrust in China: health professionals’ perspectives, institutional conflict of interest, and building trust through medical professionalism by Nie, Jing‐Bao, Cheng, Yu, Zou, Xiang, Gong, Ni, Tucker, Joseph D., Wong, Bonnie, Kleinman, Arthur

“…To investigate the phenomenon of patient–physician mistrust in China, a qualitative study involving 107 physicians, nurses and health officials in Guangdong…”
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Global sharing of COVID‐19 vaccines: A duty of justice, not charity by Jecker, Nancy S.

“…Global scarcity of COVID‐19 vaccines raises ethical questions about their fair allocation between nations. Section I introduces the question and proposes that…”
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A new Tuskegee? Unethical human experimentation and Western neocolonialism in the mass circumcision of African men by Fish, Max, Shahvisi, Arianne, Gwaambuka, Tatenda, Tangwa, Godfrey B., Ncayiyana, Daniel, Earp, Brian D.

“…Campaigns to circumcise millions of boys and men to reduce HIV transmission are being conducted throughout eastern and southern Africa, recommended by the…”
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Moral distress among healthcare providers and mistrust among patients during COVID‐19 in Bangladesh by Hossain, Fahmida

“…The COVID‐19 pandemic has shaken the world through its first wave, and we have yet to experience the second wave. Even resourceful countries have failed to…”
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The ASGLOS Study: A global survey on how predatory journals affect scientific practice by Martinino, Alessandro, Puri, Oshin, Pereira, Juan Pablo Scarano, Owen, Eloise, Chatterjee, Surobhi, Abouelazayem, Mohamed, Yang, Wah, Mulita, Francesk, Graham, Yitka, Parmar, Chetan, Ramnarain, Dharmanand, Isik, Arda, Yadav, Shruti, Budihal, Bhargavi R., Kashyap, Shankarsai, Aloulou, Mohammad, Kundu, Mrinmoy, Ibrahimli, Arturan, Rajesh, Eshwar, Silva, Reewen George D., Bhatt, Gaurang, Malhotra, Kashish, Magnani, Riccardo, Smeenk, Frank W. J. M., Pouwels, Sjaak

“…Predatory journals and conferences are an emerging problem in scientific literature as they have financial motives, without guaranteeing scientific quality and…”
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Lessons from the Ebola epidemics and their applications for COVID‐19 pandemic response in sub‐Saharan Africa by Afolabi, Muhammed O., Folayan, Morenike Oluwatoyin, Munung, Nchangwi Syntia, Yakubu, Aminu, Ndow, Gibril, Jegede, Ayodele, Ambe, Jennyfer, Kombe, Francis

“…COVID‐19, caused by a novel coronavirus named SARS‐CoV‐2, was identified in December 2019, in Wuhan, China. It was first confirmed in sub‐Saharan Africa in…”
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A market for diagnostic devices for extreme point‐of‐care testing: Are we ASSURED of an ethical outcome? by Howard, Mark

“…The World Health Organisation (WHO) is leading a global effort to deliver improved diagnostic testing to people living in low‐resource settings. A reliance on…”
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Extreme poverty first: An argument on the equitable distribution of the COVID‐19 vaccine in Peru by Yabar, Carlos Augusto

“…Effective vaccines for COVID‐19 are already available to humankind. In Peru, 86 million doses were administered to cover the demand for 33 million Peruvian…”
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Population, abortion, contraception, and the relation between biopolitics, bioethics, and biolaw in Iran by Aramesh, Kiarash

“…The Islamic government of Iran recently passed and announced a new law titled “Rejuvenation of the Population and Protection of the Family.” This legislation…”
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The indigenous African cultural value of human tissues and implications for bio‐banking by Nderitu, David, Emerson, Claudia

“…Bio‐banking in research elicits numerous ethical issues related to informed consent, privacy and identifiability of samples, return of results, incidental…”
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Revision of a self-assessment tool for research ethics committees in low- and middle-income countries: Incorporation of elements that safeguard participants' rights and welfare by Sleem, Hany, Silverman, Henry J

“…Evaluating the quality of research ethics committees (RECs) is crucial but challenging due to the difficulty of developing meaningful quality measures…”
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An African moral approach against the perverted faculty argument: Ukama, partiality and homophobia in Africa by Cordeiro‐Rodrigues, Luis

“…In Africa, homosexuality is routinely understood as a form of immoral behaviour. This has great implications for the physical and psychological well‐being of…”
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Fighting the COVID‐19 pandemic: A socio‐cultural insight into Pakistan by Shekhani, Sualeha Siddiq, Moazam, Farhat, Jafarey, Aamir

“…During the COVID‐19 pandemic, healthcare professionals around the world were driven by universal values of solidarity and duty to provide care. However, local…”
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Oocyte cryopreservation for non‐medical reasons: Ethical and regulatory concerns in China by Lanyi, Yu, Xiaomei, Zhai

“…Assisted reproductive technology is a complex medical intervention with many potential social sensitivities. Within this domain, oocyte cryopreservation has…”
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From COVID-19 to mpox vaccine hoarding - Has the Global North learned its global health lessons? by Schuklenk, Udo

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