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Guidelines for Government

The public health authority to implement disease control measures in a population is rooted in laws and regulations.

Those who determine the laws include legislators, government departments and ministries, and the public health officials of states, cities, and counties.

Ethical questions arise in how policymakers respond to the epidemic, legislate policies that align with public health ethics, and ethically implement the policies.

Select a common ethical issue to see recommendations for ethical action:

 



What is Pandemic Ethics?

A pandemic is pervasive in scope and touches virtually every human-made system. In this dashboard, we focus on ethics in a government’s or an employer’s actions in a pandemic.

Public health ethics addresses the relationship between those governing or administrating and the population or employees they serve. They are best summarized by the Public Health Code of Ethics of the American Public Health Association.

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