Preparing humanitarians to address ethical problems

ደራሲ፡ ዝግጁ

Infectious disease outbreaks represent potentially catastrophic threats to those affected by humanitarian crises. High transmissibility, crowded living conditions, widespread co-morbidities, and a lack of intensive care capacity may amplify the effects of the outbreak on already vulnerable populations and present humanitarian actors with intense ethical problems. This journal article ‘Preparing humanitarians to address ethical problems’ argues there are significant and troubling gaps in ethical awareness at the level of humanitarian praxis. Though some ethical guidance does exist most of it is directed at public health experts and fails to speak to the day-to-day ethical challenges confronted by frontline humanitarians. In responding to infectious disease outbreaks, humanitarian workers are likely to grapple with complex dilemmas opening the door to moral distress and burnout.

Read the article on Conflict and Health here.

United States Agency for International Development Johns Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Health, Save the Children, Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, UK Med, EcoHealth Alliance, Mercy Malaysia

ይህ ድረ-ገጽ በአሜሪካ ህዝብ ድጋፍ በ የዩናይትድ ስቴትስ ዓለም አቀፍ ልማት ኤጀንሲ (ዩኤስኤአይዲ) በ READY ተነሳሽነት። READY (አህጽሮተ ቃል አይደለም) በዩኤስኤአይዲ የተደገፈ ነው።  ቢሮ ለዲሞክራሲ፣ ግጭት እና ሰብአዊ እርዳታየአሜሪካ የውጭ አደጋ እርዳታ ቢሮ (OFDA)  እና የሚመራው ልጆችን አድን።  ከ ጋር በመተባበር  ጆንስ ሆፕኪንስ የሰብአዊ ጤንነት ማዕከል፣ የ  ጆንስ ሆፕኪንስ የመገናኛ ፕሮግራሞች ማዕከል ዩኬ-ሜድኢኮ ሄልዝ አሊያንስ, እና ምህረት ማሌዥያ. የዚህ ድረ-ገጽ ይዘት የሴቭ ዘ ችልድረን ብቸኛ ኃላፊነት ነው። በዚህ ድረ-ገጽ ላይ የቀረበው መረጃ የዩኤስኤአይዲን፣ የማንኛውንም ወይም ሁሉንም የጋራ አጋር ድርጅቶችን ወይም የዩናይትድ ስቴትስ መንግስትን አመለካከት የሚያንፀባርቅ አይደለም፣ እና ኦፊሴላዊ የአሜሪካ መንግስት መረጃ አይደለም።