Speakers from across the health and food communities will come together in this Independent Dialogue. Expert speakers will explore how a new narrative about health and food systems can be used to stimulate action and drive decision-makers towards making commitments that deliver on better health outcomes for people, animals, and the planet. Following on the heels of the 74th World Health Assembly, attendees will gain a deeper understanding of intersection points across the health-food systems nexus, identifying where targeted, multi-stakeholder action could take place and create a multiplier effect across the SGDs.Speakers include:Dr. Agnes Kalibata, UN Special Envoy to the UN Food Systems SummitDr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General, World Health OrganizationGuy Ryder, Director General, International Labour OrganizationDr. Heidi Stensmyren, President, World Medical AssociationPhilip Lymbery, CEO, Compassion in World FarmingJuan Lucas Restrepo, Director General, The Alliance o
Print this article A doctor wearing a protective mask and a protective suit works in a pulmonology unit at the hospital in Vannes, France, where patients suffering from the coronavirus are treated, October 12, 2020.
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With the effective destruction of the Hippocratic Oath, doctors who wish to follow the Oath’s maxims of not participating in abortion or assisted suicide are in danger of being kicked out of the lifeboat by the World Medical Association.
Specifically, the WMA has a draft proposal to amend the organization’s ethical rules to require that physicians with a conscientious objection to an intervention refer patients to other physicians without the moral reticence. Specifically, the draft ethical revision reads (with the proposed change in bold):
COVID: Chancellor Angela Merkel, German leaders discuss vaccines for kids
As Germany s COVID infections fall and election campaigning picks up, politicians are eager to share good news. A meeting of political leaders will address vaccinations for children and how the country will move forward.
Chancellor Merkel still leads the way on Germany s COVID policies
There seems to be light at the end of Germany s coronavirus tunnel: the country s COVID-19 infection figures have fallen below the mark of 50 new daily infections per 100,000 people over the course of seven days. That is the lowest infection rate since October and the development is being put down to an up-tick in vaccinations.
Children in Germany will soon be able to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, but only if the EU's EMA approves the BioNTech-Pfizer shot for 12 to 15-year-olds.