Ethical Aspects of Avian Influenza Pandemic Preparedness. Proceedings of a symposium, 2005.

In 2005, Yale University’s Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics sponsored a two-part symposium series, “Ethical Aspects of Avian Influenza Pandemic Preparedness.” Part I took place May 17, 2005, at Horchow Hall at Yale University and focused on issues relating to vaccines, both the science of development and the ethical and policy issues of distribution. Part II, which took place October 20, 2005, at the Omni Hotel in New Haven, had a wider range of topics, including strategies for containment, health system mobilization, communication, and wildlife control. Additional funding and sponsorship was provided by The Donaghue Initiative in Behavioral and Biomedical Research Ethics, the Global Health Division of the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, and the Yale Center for Public Health Preparedness. What follows is a collection of papers based on presentations at these two symposia. For more information, visit the Center for Bioethics Web site at www.yale.edu/bioethics.