Denholm Justin T, Silva Diego S, Burhan Erlina, Chaisson Richard E
Victorian Tuberculosis Program, Melbourne Health, and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne at the Doherty Institute, Melbourne 3000, Australia.
Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC V6B 5K3, Canada.
Trop Med Infect Dis. 2018 Oct 31;3(4):115. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed3040115.
The World Health Organization has produced ethical guidance on implementation of the End TB strategy, which must be considered in local context. The Asia-Pacific Region has important distinctive characteristics relevant to tuberculosis, and engagement with the ethical implications raised is essential. This paper highlights key ethical considerations for the tuberculosis elimination agenda in the Asia-Pacific Regions and suggests that further programmatic work is required to ensure such challenges are addressed in clinical and public health programs.
世界卫生组织已就《终止结核病战略》的实施制定了伦理指导意见,在当地背景下必须予以考虑。亚太地区在结核病方面具有重要的独特特征,应对所引发的伦理问题至关重要。本文着重介绍了亚太地区结核病消除议程的关键伦理考量,并建议需要开展进一步的规划工作,以确保在临床和公共卫生项目中应对此类挑战。