WHO Examines Ethical Criteria For Human Challenge Trials Ahead Of Next Health Emergency

The World Health Organization is looking to finalize its guidance on the ethical criteria that should be applied to studies that involve deliberately infecting healthy individuals to speed up research.

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The World Health Organization is reviewing the feedback it has received in response to its draft guidance on the ethical acceptability of controlled human infection studies (CHIS) during public health emergencies.

CHIS can present unique ethical challenges as they involve deliberately infecting healthy volunteers with a pathogen

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