Blogs
All blog entries by WMA Leaders
The Declaration of Helsinki: A Pillar of Medical Ethics Under Revision
9th October 2024
Research has always been a cornerstone of scientific progress. This is equally true for medicine, where human subjects are involved. However, the absence of regulation in the past allowed for abusive practices, particularly ta...
Duties and Rights of Health Professionals during a Pandemic
3rd September 2024
This article gives some more insight into World Medical Association (WMA) session “Duties and Rights of Health Professionals during a Pandemic” at the 16th World Conference Bioethics, Medical Ethics and Health Law in Brasilia, Brazil.
NCDs, health equity and social determinants of health
21st November 2017
Remarks in opening expert plenary session at NCD conference in Montevideo (18 October 2017)
NCDs are a global health problem. One purpose of our meeting here in Montevideo is to plan for an NCD summit to be held in at the UN in New York in Sept...
Dinner at WMA GA Moscow - Speech
19th January 2017
My heart is full. On inauguration as WMA President, my speech (see elsewhere) invited National Medical Associations and individual doctors to rise to the challenge of health equity. I talked inequality of social and economic conditions damaging health and...
Celebrating scholarship
19th January 2017
It has been a fortnight of celebrations. Celebrations of scholarship. University graduations are moving occasions: times of celebration of achievement and hope. There will be time for disappointment and frustration, time for cynicism and loss of ideals. Bu...