Event: International Conference: Health Regulation Ethics

March 24, 2009

The Bioethics Program/PAHO-WHO 
International Conference: Health Regulations Ethics
April 23-25, 2009
Hotel Intercontinental, Avda. Vitacura 2885, Las Condes, Santiago, Chile. 

 

The purpose of this meeting is to reflect upon the ethical and philosophical bases of regulations related to biomedical research in health, healthcare delivery and professional conduct and, in this way, to promote health regulations that are appropriate for the social context of Latin Americaand the Caribbean.

The conference is intended for: Members of regulatory agencies, representatives of health ministers, professional associations, commissions of science and technology, as well as legislators, and researchers, administrators and planners of healthcare services.  The conference papers and the contributions of experts in the ethical and philosophical bases of healthcare regulations will be published.

Conference sponsors include: NIH-Fogarty Grant #5R25TW006056-06  , PAHO, WHO, HeidelbergUniversity, University of Miami, University of Toronto, and the University of Chile.

You may find a registration form under the following link: www.eticaregulacion.cl.  The finished form may be sent to: [email protected] 

For more information regarding the conference program and participants, refer to the conference web page www.eticaregulacion.cl in English.

In addition, the Joint Centre for Bioethics at the University of Toronto, in conjunction with the Bioethics Program/PAHO-WHO, is organizing a conference of the WHO Collaborating Centers in Bioethics April 25 and 26^th in the same location, the Hotel Intercontinental, for exchange of work done by each center and proposals for future joint plans.   The participants will include Directors of various WHO Collaborating Centers in Bioethics, from Australian National University, the Joint Centre for Bioethics at the University of Toronto, the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Bioethics (CIEB), representatives from WHO in Geneva, and the University of Miami.