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GS-4GLOBAL HEALTH RESEARCH ETHICS

Racing a Vaccine Through a War Zone: What Consent Means When You Have No Choice

Congo's Ebola outbreak, driven by the rare Bundibugyo strain, has become the country's largest ever, with a nearly 44 percent case fatality rate and no approved treatment. As the WHO coordinates a $518 million response and Oxford University begins first-in-human trials of an experimental vaccine, the outbreak has reignited a familiar bioethical question: how fast-tracked research can proceed ethically in a population too…

Sub TopicCLINICAL TRIAL ETHICS IN CONFLICT-AFFECTED, VULNERABLE…SourceWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO)
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GS-4CONSERVATION ETHICS

When Saving a Species Means Redesigning It: The Wild Buffalo Dilemma

With only a dozen-odd genetically pure wild buffaloes left in central India, Chhattisgarh's forest department has decided to translocate buffaloes from Assam into fenced enclosures at Pamed, Udanti Sitanadi and Indravati, reviving a rescue effort that once relied on a cloned animal named Deepasha before that project was quietly shelved.

Sub TopicTRANSLOCATION AND EX-SITU INTERVENTION IN SPECIES RECOVERYSourceTHE INDIAN EXPRESS
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GS-4CUSTODIAL JUSTICE & STATE ACCOUNTABILITY

₹7.5 Lakh Buys a Family's Silence, Not the State's Prevention

The Delhi government has notified the Scheme for Payment of Compensation on Account of Death of Prisoners in Delhi Prison, 2025, offering families Rs 7.5 lakh for deaths from inmate conflict or staff assault and Rs 5 lakh for deaths from negligence or suicide. Natural deaths and deaths during escape or disasters are excluded. The Jail Superintendent submits the magisterial inquiry and post-mortem reports; a departmental…

Sub TopicETHICS OF COMPENSATION-BASED ACCOUNTABILITY IN PRISON…SourceHOME DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT OF…
UPSC Relevance9/10
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