Master in Food Ethics and Law

UNESCO Chair in Bioethics

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  • Bioethics and Law Observatory
  • UNESCO Chair in Bioethics
  • University of Barcelona
  • Faculty of Law
  • Ave. Diagonal, 684
  • 08034 Barcelona
  • (+34) 93 403 45 46
  • obd.ub@ub.edu
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  • Master in Bioethics and Law
  • (+34) 93 403 45 46
  • master.bd@ub.edu

 

"COVID-19 vaccines and women’s security"

The Lancet

Pandemics  such  as  COVID-19  are  gendered  with  regard  to  who  is  infected,  who  dies,  who  provides  care,  who  is   secured   against   violence   and   economic   change,   and  who  leads  and  makes  decisions.1 Vaccines  are  no  different  and  there  is  a  need  to  address  male  bias  in  vaccine development to make women safe from deadly diseases.2  For  example,  clinical  trials  that  are  not  done  in  both  men  and  women  can  raise  adverse  outcomes  during   implementation   due   to   sex-based   differences   in  immunological  response.3