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Pregnant Women and Vaccines Against Emerging Epidemic Threats: Ethics Guidance for Preparedness, Research, and Response

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Pregnant Women and Vaccines Against Emerging Epidemic Threats: Ethics Guidance for Preparedness, Research, and Response

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PREVENT Guidance

This Guidance provides a roadmap for the ethically responsible, socially just, and respectful inclusion of the interests of pregnant women in the development and deployment of vaccines against emerging pathogens. The Guidance is a product of the Pregnancy Research Ethics for Vaccines, Epidemics, and New Technologies (PREVENT) Working Group—a multidisciplinary, international team of 17 experts specializing in bioethics, maternal immunization, maternal-fetal medicine, obstetrics, pediatrics, philosophy, public health, and vaccine research and policy— in consultation with a variety of external experts and stakeholders.

The Guidance begins by setting forth an aspirational vision and makes the case for its moral importance. We then specify 22 concrete recommendations, organized around three key areas: public health preparedness, R&D, and vaccine delivery.

The recommendations are directed at a range of actors, including global and national policymakers, regional and national regulatory authorities, funders and sponsors, vaccine manufacturers, research institutions, trial networks and research groups, individual researchers, oversight bodies, ethics review committees, community advisory boards, and civil society organizations.

The Guidance is also now available in Vaccine: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.01.011

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Krubiner, Carleigh B., Ruth R. Faden, Ruth A. Karron, Margaret O. Little, Anne D. Lyerly, Jon S. Abramson, Richard H. Beigi, Alejandro R. Cravioto, Anna P. Durbin, Bruce G. Gellin, Swati B. Gupta, David C. Kaslow, Sonali Kochhar, Florencia Luna, Carla Saenz, Jeanne S. Sheffield, and Paulina O. Tindana.

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2019-05-03

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Krubiner, Carleigh B., Ruth R. Faden, Ruth A. Karron, Margaret O. Little, Anne D. Lyerly, Jon S. Abramson, Richard H. Beigi, Alejandro R. Cravioto, Anna P. Durbin, Bruce G. Gellin, Swati B. Gupta, David C. Kaslow, Sonali Kochhar, Florencia Luna, Carla Saenz, Jeanne S. Sheffield, and Paulina O. Tindana. 2019. "Pregnant women & vaccines against emerging epidemic threats: Ethics guidance for preparedness, research, and response." Vaccine.

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Zika virus, influenza, and Ebola have called attention to the ways in which infectious disease outbreaks can severely – and at times uniquely – affect the health interests of pregnant women and their offspring. These examples also highlight the critical need to proactively consider pregnant women and their offspring in vaccine research and response efforts to combat emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases. Historically, pregnant women and their offspring have been largely excluded from research agendas and investment strategies for vaccines against epidemic threats, which in turn can lead to exclusion from future vaccine campaigns amidst outbreaks. This state of affairs is profoundly unjust to pregnant women and their offspring, and deeply problematic from the standpoint of public health. To ensure that the needs of pregnant women and their offspring are fairly addressed, new approaches to public health preparedness, vaccine research and development, and vaccine delivery are required. This Guidance offers 22 concrete recommendations that provide a roadmap for the ethically responsible, socially just, and respectful inclusion of the interests of pregnant women in the development and deployment of vaccines against emerging pathogens. The Guidance was developed by the Pregnancy Research Ethics for Vaccines, Epidemics, and New Technologies (PREVENT) Working Group – a multidisciplinary, international team of 17 experts specializing in bioethics, maternal immunization, maternal-fetal medicine, obstetrics, pediatrics, philosophy, public health, and vaccine research and policy – in consultation with a variety of external experts and stakeholders.

Keywords

Epidemics
Pregnancy
Emerging infectious diseases
Maternal immunization
Public health ethics
Research ethics
Vaccines
Research & development

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