Blogs
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Report of the WMA Participation to the 72nd Session of the WHO Regional Committee Meeting for the Eastern Mediterranean
23rd December 2025
Date: 15–17 October 2025
Location: WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO), Cairo, Egypt
Delegates:
● Dr. Balkiss Abdelmoula (Tunisia)
● Dr. Mohamed Osman Gafar Abdalla (Sudan/Egypt)
Executive Summary
The...
Understanding the WMA International Code of Medical Ethics - A video commentary by Prof. Urban Wiesing
3rd November 2025
The World Medical Association (WMA) has developed the International Code of Medical Ethics (ICoME) as a guide to ethical principles for physicians worldwide. Building on the WMA Declaration of Geneva: The Physician’s Pled...
Celebrating a decade of ethical collaboration: An international consensus of healthcare leaders looks to the future
10th October 2024
by Dr Otmar Kloiber and joint authors, listed below.
Ten years ago, global health leaders came together to agree the first-of-its-kind inte...
The Declaration of Helsinki: A Pillar of Medical Ethics Under Revision
9th October 2024
Research has always been a cornerstone of scientific progress. This is equally true for medicine, where human subjects are involved. However, the absence of regulation in the past allowed for abusive practices, particularly targeting disadvantaged...
Duties and Rights of Health Professionals during a Pandemic
3rd September 2024
This article gives some more insight into World Medical Association (WMA) session “Duties and Rights of Health Professionals during a Pandemic” at the 16th World Conference Bioethics, Medical Ethics and Health Law in Brasilia, Brazil.
