Firstov Stepan

Firstov

Stepan

Physician, Politician, Social Activist, Associate Member of the World Medical Association

«The most important condition to implement the human right to health is professionally skilled and responsible for their work physicians. To protect a physician means to protect a patient.»

Stepan Firstov

Home News The international workshop on Public Health in Global Perspective: pandemic, bioethics and future has been successfully finished

The international workshop on Public Health in Global Perspective: pandemic, bioethics and future has been successfully finished

04 October 2021

September 27-28, 2021 was successfully held the workshop on Public Health in Global Perspective: pandemic, bioethics and future. The event was organized by the Pontifical Academy for Life in cooperation with the World Medical Association and global community. Presidium member of the All-Russian Public Organization Society of Doctors of Russia Stepan Firstov participated in discussions as the World Medical Association Associate Member.

The workshop has been opened by the President of the Pontifical Academy for Life President, archbishop Vincenzo Paglia. He called on to work together in such a difficult period of the pandemic. Presentation on pandemic of the WMA President David Barbe should be noted as quite informative from medical point of view as well as presentations of an expert in the public health from Dominica Carissa Etienne and virologist from Camaroon, Africa CDC John Nkengasong on the pandemic situation in countries of Latin America and Africa. Ongoing shortage of PPE, medicines and vaccines was highlighted. 2011 Nobel Prize Laureate in Physiology or Medicine «for his discoveries concerning the activation of innate immunity» Jules Hoffmann in his presentation told us about the importance of acquiring the innate immunity.

The second part of the workshop on September 27 was held discussions on issues concerning a long-term perspective for future such as water scarcity by 2040 and future natural resources deficit. One of the experts explained the influence of pandemic on the global economy. Vaccination is the only right way out of the nowadays reality. The global community called on formation and improvement of one unified world Healthcare system, pandemic preparedness, risks assessment, strengthen supply chain and transportation of medicines and vaccines. In presentations of many speakers a technological aspect has been included.

September 28 was held presentations on honor and dignity, human rights, pressing issues of bioethics, individualism and their interrelation. Ecology and climate change were rather extensive. A special attention was devoted to the agricultural sector, namely, what effect it has on the environment and how the environment conditions influence on the agricultural sector. Traditional issues on digitalization, education and medicine were discussed at the end of the meeting.

Following the workshop, it must be said about a certain dynamic of discussions and an active participationof all attendees, that proves success of the event.