Perspectives on Research with H5N1 Avian Influenza Scientific Inquiry, Communication, Controversy: Summary of a Workshop (2013) / Chapter Skim
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5 Governance and Oversight
5 Governance and Oversight
Pages 35-44
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Gostin, University Professor and D irector, O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, eorgetown G University, opened the session by remarking on how the policy and regulatory issues raised by the Fouchier and Kawaoka papers related to both existing and potential governance of dual-use research of concern, both nationally and internationally. Gostin framed global health governance as multisectoral rules, institutions, and processes that collectively shape policy and health, both nationally and globally.
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In decades of funding research with dual-use potential, Fauci stated that the NIH has never had an instance in which funded research was retroactively judged as having been funded or published improperly. In the few instances in which the NSABB had reviewed research of concern, the determination was made that the benefits offered to society by the research outweighed potential harm.
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She noted the effectiveness of current institutional mechanisms to ensure responsible research on recombinant DNA and select agents and toxins. Arvin noted that institutional biosafety committees review experimental protocols, environmental health and safety staff ensure the safety of research facilities, and researchers receive training in biosafety -- all of which create a culture of safety and openness.
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She noted that, in any given institution, it will be difficult to maintain awareness of dual-use research of concern, since such research is relatively rare. Arvin observed that institutional biosafety committees are traditionally charged with ensuring safety during the performance of research but lack training to estimate future threat risk.
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research laboratories. The International Arena from a European Perspective David Heymann, Chairman, Health Protection Agency, United Kingdom, Head, Center on Global Health Security at Chatham House in London, and Professor, Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, discussed current international rules and regulations, the degree of consistency that they lend to decision making, and whether there can be true international partnerships.
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An audience member with experience in the negotiations surrounding the Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Framework at the WHO spoke to the virus-sharing question as an equity issue for the virus-providing countries, noting that the countries stopped freely sharing viral samples because, at least in part, they learned that the WHO was sharing them with the vaccinedevelopment industry, and that the donating countries received nothing in return. The Indonesian request for a material transfer agreement was the result of a sense of inequity.
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Issues relevant to the BWC bear directly on issues raised by the H5N1 controversy. At the BWC's 7th Review Conference in December 2011, it was decided to continue the practice of holding annual meetings between the Review Conferences held every five years.
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Franz replied by saying that he believes it is important to consider the international community in the decision, especially if the decision leans in the direction of not publishing. He noted that his opinion was rooted in a public health perspective as well as in a perspective that favors international relationships based on mutual trust.
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Millet was not as optimistic that the voluntary moratorium would hold in light of the recent NSABB recommendation for full publication of the Fouchier and Kawaoka manuscripts. Professor Gostin concluded the session by revisiting the discussion's central questions: Should specific research take place?
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