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Zika:
Public Health (and Safety) Emergencies
George J. Annas
Professor & Director, Center for Health
Law, Ethics & Human Rights
Boston University Schools of
Public Health, Medicine, and Law
George Annas, "Zika: Public Health (and Safety) Emergencies"
George Annas, "Zika: Public Health (and Safety) Emergencies"
George Annas, "Zika: Public Health (and Safety) Emergencies"
by George Annas, Sandro Galea and
Donald Thea
BOSTON GLOBE, Feb. 1, 2016
“Zika virus is not Ebola”
George Annas, "Zika: Public Health (and Safety) Emergencies"
George Annas, "Zika: Public Health (and Safety) Emergencies"
George Annas, "Zika: Public Health (and Safety) Emergencies"
“A Gold Medal in Fear
Mongering”
Galea, Thea & Annas
HUFFINGTON POST, June 2, 2016
Major Human Rights Documents
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)
• Geneva Conventions
• International Covenant Civil & Political Rights (ICCPR)
• International Covenant Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights (ICESCR)
• Convention and the Rights of the Child (CRC)
• Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against
Women (CEDAW)
George Annas, "Zika: Public Health (and Safety) Emergencies"
• America First
• Seal the Borders
George Annas, "Zika: Public Health (and Safety) Emergencies"
• A “public health
emergency of
international concern”
(art. 12)
• “extraordinary event…risk of
international spread of
disease…potentially
requiring an international
response.”
The sovereign right [of each
state to legislate and implement
health policies shall be
respected]
• H1N1
(2009)
• Polio (2014)
• Ebola
(2014)
• Zika (2016)
Public Health Emergency
Responses
1. Prevention remains primary goal
(a) can’t make prevention efforts worse off;
(b) can’t create ‘worse’ viruses/infectious agents.
2. Government has Primary Responsibility (therefore must
follow basic human rights law, esp. nondiscrimination; right to
health; women & children).
3. Must be Sustainable; should contribute to building a health
care system and infrastructure, not silos.
4. No emergency exceptions to informed consent for
research. (including gene drives)

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George Annas, "Zika: Public Health (and Safety) Emergencies"

  • 1. Zika: Public Health (and Safety) Emergencies George J. Annas Professor & Director, Center for Health Law, Ethics & Human Rights Boston University Schools of Public Health, Medicine, and Law
  • 5. by George Annas, Sandro Galea and Donald Thea BOSTON GLOBE, Feb. 1, 2016 “Zika virus is not Ebola”
  • 9. “A Gold Medal in Fear Mongering” Galea, Thea & Annas HUFFINGTON POST, June 2, 2016
  • 10. Major Human Rights Documents • Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) • Geneva Conventions • International Covenant Civil & Political Rights (ICCPR) • International Covenant Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) • Convention and the Rights of the Child (CRC) • Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
  • 12. • America First • Seal the Borders
  • 14. • A “public health emergency of international concern” (art. 12) • “extraordinary event…risk of international spread of disease…potentially requiring an international response.” The sovereign right [of each state to legislate and implement health policies shall be respected]
  • 15. • H1N1 (2009) • Polio (2014) • Ebola (2014) • Zika (2016)
  • 16. Public Health Emergency Responses 1. Prevention remains primary goal (a) can’t make prevention efforts worse off; (b) can’t create ‘worse’ viruses/infectious agents. 2. Government has Primary Responsibility (therefore must follow basic human rights law, esp. nondiscrimination; right to health; women & children). 3. Must be Sustainable; should contribute to building a health care system and infrastructure, not silos. 4. No emergency exceptions to informed consent for research. (including gene drives)