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The third issue of the ASSET Paper Series focuses on some highly delicate topics that lie at the intersection of science, ethics, politics, and economics. In the first article of the collection, Donato Greco, epidemiologist and public health expert, discusses about the role and the management of national borders when dealing with both the spread of an infectious disease and the flow of migrants or refugees, citing the recent EU decision on such a matter.

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Decision Makers, Government and Public Health, Healthcare Professionals, Industry & Commerce

Topic:

Epidemiology, Human Rights, Stakeholders, Vaccination

Tags:

transparency, public health, epidemiology

Immuniser Lyon

In the context of a Europe increasingly hesitant about vaccination, with dropping vaccination coverage, Immuniser Lyon was a French campaign aiming to re-inform the population of the greater Lyon area in centre-east of France, of the proven benefits of vaccination and to incite people of all ages (children, adults, seniors) to be up-to-date with their vaccinations.

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France

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Citizens, Decision Makers, Government and Public Health, Healthcare Professionals

Topic:

Stakeholders, Vaccination

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Vaccine, best practice

European Immunization Week

The fact that some vaccine preventable diseases have disappeared or are very rare following these vaccination programs can lead to parents believing there is no more need to vaccinate. Therefore, it is of huge importance that events like the European Immunization, helping maintain vaccination awareness and giving accurate and understandable information on immunization, exist. In this way, public confidence in immunization is less susceptible to be influenced by groups, websites or campaigns against vaccination. By acknowledging that every child deserves a healthy start in life, countries can use the European Immunization Week to increase awareness of the importance of immunization and to strengthen their immunization systems.

Country:

Europe WHO Region

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Citizens, Decision Makers, Government and Public Health, Healthcare Professionals

Topic:

Human Rights, Stakeholders, Vaccination

Tags:

Vaccine, public health, engagement

Zika: an emerging disease to be tackled both in laboratories and in society

January 24, 2017

Ilaria Capua, as director of the One Health Excellence Centre at the Emerging Pathogens Institute of the University of Florida, USA, is very busy in coordinating interdisciplinary research, facing the epidemic of zika virus disease spreading in South America and the Caribbean and reaching Florida. Scientists are testing new diagnostic tests and working on vaccines, but the risk of serious birth defects in the offspring of infected pregnant women calls also for responsible procreative choices, involving lawmakers, governments and religious leaders as well.

Target:

Decision Makers, Government and Public Health, Healthcare Professionals

Topic:

Epidemiology, Stakeholders, Vaccination

Tags:

Video, zika, Vaccine, science-in-society

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Sex, clinical trials and medicines regulation part II

Friday, December 30, 2016 - 10:24

Drug Approval Regulation in Canada and USA

Since the thalidomide tragedy in the late1950s, there has been a reluctance to include women of childbearing age in clinical trials. However, this fear cannot be used as an excuse to not include females in clinical trials, and, with proper care and regulation, increased female participation has been reached. The United States adopted regulation early on to increase the participation of women, while a new regulation in Europe is going to improve this as well. Here follows an overview of the issue in Canada and in the USA. The third part of this series will deal with new regulation in Europe.

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Decision Makers, Government and Public Health

Topic:

Gender, Prevention, Stakeholders, Treatment, Vaccination

Tags:

gender issues, clinical trials

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DRIVER Driving innovation in crisis management for European resilience	ECOM Effective communication in outbreak management: development of an evidence-based tool for Europe	EDEN Solutions to improve CBRNe resilience	EPISOUTH Network for Communicable Disease Control in Southern Europe and Mediterranean Countries	EPIWORK Developing the framework for an epidemic forecast infrastructure
EUPHARE Strengthening of the national surveillance system for communicable diseases	EUROHEP Surveillance of vaccine preventable hepatitis	EuroMOMO European monitoring of excess mortality for public health action	EURONHID European network for highly infectious disease	EUVAC.NET Dedicated surveillance network for surveillance and control of vaccine preventable diseases in the EU
FLUMODCONT Modelling the spread of pandemic influenza and strategies for its containment and mitigation	FLURESP Cost-effectiveness assessment of european influenza human pandemic alert and response strategies	GAP2 Bridging the gap between science, stakeholders and policy makers	HProImmune Promotion of immunization for health professionals in Europe	INPROFOOD Towards inclusive research programming for sustainable food innovations
JA-CHRODIS Addressing chronic diseases and healthy ageing across the life cycle	M-Eco Medical ecosystem – personalized event-based surveillance	MAPPING Studying the many and varied economic, social, legal and ethical aspects of the recent developments on the Internet, and their consequences for the individual and society at large	MARINA Get involved in the responsible marine research and innovation	PACITA Knowledge-based policy-making on issues involving science, technology and innovation, mainly based upon the practices in Parliamentary Technology Assessment
PANDEM Assessment of the current pandemic preparedness and response tools, systems and practice at national, EU and global level in priority areas	PE2020 Analysis of innovative public engagement tools and instruments for dynamic governance in the field of Science in Society	PERARES Public Engagement with Research And Research Engagement with Society	PHEME Computing Veracity – the Fourth Challenge of Big Data	PREPARE Providing infrastructure, co-ordination and integration of existing clinical research networks on epidemics and pandemics
PROMOVAX Promote vaccinations among migrant population in Europe	R&DIALOGUE Creating mechanisms for effectively tackling the scientific and technology related challenges faced by society	RESPIRE Improve the quality of indoor air, keeping it free from radon	SATORI Improving respect of ethics principles and laws in research and innovation, in line with the evolution of technologies and societal concerns	SECURING CITIES AGAINST GLOBAL PANDEMICS Investigating how cities in the West securitise against global pandemics
SEiSMiC Creating a structured dialogue and mutual learning with citizens and urban actors by setting up National Networks in 10 countries across Europe	SIS CATALYST Identifying how children can be change agents in the Science and Society relationship	SYN-ENERGENE Establishing an open dialogue between stakeholders concerning synthetic biology’s potential benefits and risks	TELLME Transparent communication in Epidemics: Learning Lessons from experience, delivering effective Messages, providing Evidence

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Science, ethics and politics. The third issue of the ASSET Paper Series

Immuniser Lyon

European Immunization Week

Zika: an emerging disease to be tackled both in laboratories and in society

Sex, clinical trials and medicines regulation part II

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