Yogi Berra, Ezekiel J. Emanuel, and Millennium Development Goal 7

Research Ethics Boards: Reply from Ezekiel Emanuel

Joal Hill I read with interest the debate about for-profi t versus non-profi t institutional review boards (IRBs) [1], but was disappointed that no one addressed the ability (or inability) of for-profi t IRBs to review studies with the local context of research subjects in mind and then monitor what actually occurs during the consent process throughout the research trial. To my mind the “bignes...

Population Dynamics and Millennium Development Goal 7 Jason

On September 8, 2000, the 189 nations of the general assembly of the United Nations (UN) adopted the United Nations Millennium Declaration. This declaration reaffirms international commitment to the organization and charter of the UN and establishes shared fundamental values for the twenty-first century. Included among these objectives are a specific group of 8 goals which have been named the M...

Ezekiel J . Emanuel ; David Wendler ; Christine Grady What Makes Clinical Research Ethical ?

Annette Rid ; Ezekiel J . Emanuel ; David Wendler Evaluating the Risks of Clinical Research

Towards millennium development goal four.

T he first child survival revolution led by UNICEF saw a fall in global under five child mortality (U5MR) from 121 in 1980 to 88 in 1986. It brought together the big players in international health and built momentum through a strategy of social mobilisation. This focused on four low cost primary care interventions (growth monitoring, oral rehydration, breast feeding, and immunisation). The sec...