世卫组织流行病协议的缺失的认识体系结构:以传染病和抗菌素耐药性为例
Calvin Wai Loon Ho1,2,3, Karel Caals4
1School of Law, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
Asian bioethics review
|July 31, 2025
概括
世界卫生组织的流行病协议 (PA) 提升了公平,但忽视了认识系统的正义. 强有力的全球应对诸如信息流行病和抗菌素耐药性等公共卫生威胁,需要在公共卫生部门内建立清晰的认识体系架构.
科学领域:
- 全球卫生政策 全球卫生政策
- 公共卫生法 公共卫生法
- 健康 公平 卫生 公平
背景情况:
- 第78届世界卫生大会于2025年5月20日,在COVID-19后,通过了世卫组织的流行病协议 (PA).
- 巴勒斯坦权力机构强调公平,从COVID-19大流行期间的经验中汲取教训.
- 人们担心,巴勒斯坦权力机构对公平的关注仅限于分配正义,忽视了认识正义.
研究的目的:
- 认为巴勒斯坦权力机构目前的框架错过了关键的认识体系架构.
- 倡导对公平的更广泛的解释,包括认识论的正义.
- 提出PA如何解决全球卫生挑战中的认识体系复杂性.
主要方法:
- 分析世卫组织大流行协议的重点是公平.
- 检查infodemics和抗微生物药物耐药性 (AMR) 作为案例研究.
- 为将认识论的正义和架构纳入PA的论证.
主要成果:
- 当权力机构在解决公平问题时,狭地应用分配正义,忽视认识正义.
- 在fodemics,虽然没有明确提到,是一个公共卫生问题,PA应解决.
- 抗微生物药物耐药性 (AMR) 提出了一个认识体系上复杂的挑战,需要一个公正的认识体系架构.
结论:
- 巴勒斯坦权力机构需要将认识论的正义纳入有效的全球卫生安全.
- 对PA的附件或附加协议可以澄清infodemics的认识体系结构.
- 通过建立清晰的认识框架,PA可以作为对抗药物耐药性的公正和公平全球反应的基础.
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