Easter Tragedy

Easter Tragedy 2019

The 2019 Easter Tragedy     On Easter Sunday, 21st April 2019, an extremist group carried out coordinated attacks which targeted Sri Lankan civilians at their places of worship and socialization. While the lives lost did include foreign nationals, the majority were those of locals who were unrelated to the cause of the extremist group.…

Ethical Issues in Post-Disaster Clinical Interventions and Research

Ethical Issues in Post-Disaster Clinical Interventions and Research Published the paper ‘Ethical Issues in Post-Disaster Clinical Interventions and Research: A Developing World Perspective. Key Findings from a Drafting and Consensus Generation Meeting of the Working Group on Disaster Research and Ethics (WGDRE) 2007’, in the June 2010, Asian Bioethics Review; Volume 2, Issue 2 This…

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Consensus Generation Meeting: Disaster Research & Ethics

Consensus Generation MeetingDisaster Research & Ethics: A Developing World Perspective Consensus Generation Meeting on ‘Disaster Research and Ethics from a Developing World Perspective’ was held on 13th January 2007 at Sri Lanka Foundation Institute, Colombo 7 from 9.00 am to 12.00 noon. Similarly, in parallel bioethics initiatives had taken place in other core-group countries. Networking…