Webinar on Rare Diseases and Access to Healthcare

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In this webinar we discussed access to healthcare with a focus on therapies for rare diseases. We will address the main justice questions that arise regarding access to therapies for rare diseases, exploring the tensions between cost-effectiveness and fairness considerations. We will share examples and tackle how these tensions play out in countries in the Global North and in the Global South. 

Speakers: 

- Jasmin Barman-Aksözen, International Porphyria Patient Network & University of Zurich, Switzerland 
- Rosemarie Bernabe, Centre for Medical Ethics, University of Oslo, Norway 
- Julie Makani, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Tanzania & Imperial College London, UK 
- Lars Sandman, National Centre for Priorities in Health & Linköping University, Sweden 

Hosts: Nikola Biller-Andorno & Tania Manríquez, University of Zurich 

Organisers: Forum for Global Health Ethics (an outreach project by IBME), European Association of Centres of Medical Ethics (EACME) and Swiss Medical Weekly (SMW) 

Webinar's concept: Sebastian Wäscher & Tania Manríquez 

Read the viewpoint «Healthcare access and health equity: intricate challenges for rare diseases» by Susanne Wehrli and Sebastian Wäscher 

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