Forum for Global Health Ethics: Monkeypox, Bioethics and the LGBTQI+ Community

This webinar took place before the World Health Organisation recommended the name "mpox" for the monkeypox disease on 28 November.

Thursday, 3rd November, 2022

Our speakers discussed how the current monkeypox outbreak is impacting the LGBTQI+ Community's health, the key ethical issues at stake, and the responses to the outbreak. They presented perspectives on the topic from the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), and academia

Speakers

• Cleiton Euzébio de Lima, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
• Julian März, University of Zurich
• Stephen Molldrem, University of Texas Medical Branch 
• Carla Saenz, Pan-American Health Organization 

Hosts: Nikola Biller-Andorno & Tania Manríquez Roa, University of Zurich 

Organisers: University of Zurich and Swiss Medical Weekly

Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS

University of Zurich

University of Texas Medical Branch

Pan-American Health Organization 

Click here to read "Monkeypox, bioethics and the LGBTQI+ community", an introductory article on the topic published on the occasion of this webinar.
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Forum for Global Health Ethics Team

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