Infectious diseases, epidemiology, and social networks at the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, NUS
This is a longer version of a letter we published in The Lancet Global Health (Tam CC, Offeddu V. Preserving dignity and anonymity at scientific conferences. Lancet Global Health 2017;5(4):e398). You can access the published version here. Numerous guidelines exist to encourage the proper conduct and reporting of medical research. The Helsinki Declaration1, on which most…
We have been asking colleagues to write posts on our blog giving different perspectives on the zika virus response. This post comes courtesy Dr Mishal Khan. Mishal is a Lecturer at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, and an Assistant Professor at the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health. Her research focuses…
There has been much interest in and varying opinion towards WHO’s recent declaration of a Public Health Emergency of International Concern related to the unexpected cluster of microcephaly and its suspected association with the explosive Zika virus epidemic in Latin America. But how does this play out in terms of WHO’s role as an authoritative agent…