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Otmar Kloiber retweeted
The World Medical Association delivered an intervention at the @UN Multi-Stakeholder Hearing on PPPR in New York. Delivered by @yassentch, the statement reaffirmed the key role of physicians in global health. #PandemicPreparedness #GlobalHealth
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📢 Save the date: the 18th World Conference in Bioethics, Medical Ethics and Health Law – Global Bioethics Summit 2026 will take place in Porto, Portugal, from 28–30 September 2026.
👉 Register now: bioethicsporto2026.com/regis…
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Dr. William Sullivan examined the ethical implications of underrepresentation in biobank research from a disability ethics perspective at the Third Open Expert Meeting on the Revision of the WMA Declaration of Taipei in Vatican City.
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“Sponsors, researchers, governmental authorities and other stakeholders must ensure that the benefits and burdens of research are equitably distributed.”-Prof. Carlo Maria Petrini at the WMA's Expert Meeting on the DOT revision.
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“We cannot accommodate, analyse or evaluate what we cannot see, invisibility prevents inclusion.”-Dr. Heidi Stensmyren, 3rd Open Expert Meeting on the Revision of the WMA DOT examined the ethical consequences of underrepresentation in biobank research and health data governance.
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Prof. Maria Patrão Neves, President of Portugal’s National Council of Ethics for the Life Sciences (CNECV) and Ethics Committee Expert at the @EU_Commission, examined how global governance frameworks can better promote equity and justice in health databases and biobanks.
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Prof. Federico de Montalvo questioned whether concepts such as “stakeholder engagement” fully capture the role of patients and communities in bioethics at the Third Open Expert Meeting on the Revision of the WMA Declaration of Taipei in Vatican City.
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“We should be very cautious about our confidence in procedural ethics and procedural solutions. They could enable exploitation under the guise of ethics.”-Prof. Dr. Dominique Sprumont at WMA's Expert Meeting on the Revision of DOT.
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“Every human person is an irreducible and unique individual of inestimable value, and must therefore be protected from various forms of exploitation that seek to reduce the person to a set of data."- His Holiness Pope Leo XIV at the Expert Meeting on the Revision of the WMA DOT.
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Prof. Dr. Andreas Reis (Global Health Ethics at the World Health Organization) examined how global governance can promote equity and justice in the oversight of health databases and biobanks. (3rd Expert Meeting on the Revision of WMA DoT).
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Advancing Equity and Ethical Governance in Health Data and Biobanks: Global Experts Meet in Vatican City
Read the full press release: wma.net/news-post/advancing-…
#MedicalEthics #HealthData #Biobanks #DigitalHealth #Bioethics
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In his closing remarks, Dr. Ramin Parsa-Parsi, SecGen of the WMA, concluded The 3rd Open Expert Meeting on the Revision of the WMA Declaration of Taipei gave a strong call to place equity, justice and trust at the centre of health data governance.
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Prof. Jacques Simpore examined how health data and biobank research can move beyond extractive models toward equitable benefit-sharing at the Third Open Expert Meeting on the Revision of the WMA Declaration of Taipei in Vatican City.
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Prof. Lara Bloom, Chair of the International Alliance of Patients'​ Organizations (IAPO), called for a shift from frameworks of protection to frameworks of partnership in the governance of health databases and biobanks at the 3rd Expert Meeting on the Revision of the DOT.
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WMA SecGen Dr Ramin Parsa-Parsi addressed the impact of AI on the patient-physician relationship, stressing that innovation in healthcare must remain firmly grounded in medical ethics and patient-centred care at the Conference on the Responsible Scale of AI in Healthcare.
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At the recent keynote on “Envisioning Holistic Innovation in Healthcare”, @mdjkitulu, WMA President, reminded that true innovation in health care is not measured by how advanced technology looks, but by how effectively it improves people’s lives.
#GlobalHealth
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At #WHA79, the @WHPAlliance , through a statement led by WMA, welcomed WHO’s leadership in advancing global standards for interoperability, governance and regulation in data, digital health and artificial intelligence.
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#DigitalHealth #AIinHealth
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WMA President Dr. Jacqueline Kitulu participated in the Health Diplomacy Alliance event “Women at the Heart of Health Diplomacy: Heal, Lead, Seal”.
Dr. Kitulu highlighted the structural challenges women continue to face in leadership spaces.
#WHA79 #WomenInLeadership
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At the WMA side event “Financing the Future” during #WHA79, WMA President @mdjkitulu stressed that health workforce investment is about investing better through coordinated, long-term and people-centred approaches. #HealthWorkforce #UHC
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At the WMA round table on sustaining health workforce priorities during #WHA79, WMA President @mdjkitulu compared the health workforce to an orchestra: every profession is distinct, but real impact comes when all voices work in harmony.
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#HealthWorkforce #GlobalHealth #UHC
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