News - Announcements

Africa and Europe create ethics network (31.1.2005)
An initiative intended to raise the role of ethics in medical research conducted in Africa was launched yesterday (27 January) in Paris.

Dutch told of child euthanasia
Dutch doctors have reported 22 mercy killings of terminally ill babies since 1997, according to a new study.

Clonage a l'ONU : les pays arabes indecis (20.1.2005)
Rappelons que la session de la sixième commission de l'assemblée générale de l'ONU, chargée d'élaborer une convention internationale interdisant le clonage humain, s'est achevée le 19 novembre 2004 sans trouver d'accord.

New Manual Launched to Help Physicians Facing Ethical Challenges (18.1.2005)
At a time when physicians are facing unprecedented ethical challenges in their relationships with patients, other health professionals, governments, health insurance and social security systems, and the pharmaceutical industry, the World Medical Association today launched its first-ever manual of medical ethics to help medical students, post graduates and practising physicians deal with these challenges.

South Korea Now Allows Human Cloning (3.1.2005)
Starting tomorrow, South Korean scientists will be able to destroy human embryos to obtain their stem cells for research thanks to new guidelines finalized by the South Korean government.