ETHICAL CONCEPTION OF THE COUNTERMEASURES TOWARDS ANTI–VACCINATION MOVEMENT

Abstract

Current condition and predicted success of infectious process management besides the objective factors connected with the achievements in effective and safe vaccines development, directly depends on the society adherence to vaccination acceptance and realization. A negative influence of anti-vaccination movement that promotes mistrust to vaccination has an essential role in the process. On the basis of real examples from vaccination history the article gives the analysis of ethical principles balance significance and ethical conflicts occurring within the vaccine development and use course to identify the exact reasons capable to provoke the development of anti-vaccination movement. There is underlined a close correlation between the conformity of the principle to the course of general vaccination cycle and vulnerability concerning anti-vaccination lobby arguments and actions. To form the society adherence to vaccination it is necessary to create an open information field between the persons responsible for vaccination and the society. Harmonization and solidarity of all persons and structures involved in the process of vaccinal prevention within local, national, regional, and global levels are characterized by a specific significance in universal following up and execution of universal ethical-legal principles: scientific honesty and social expediency, justice, nondiscrimination, openness and overcoming of the conflict of interests. The methodology of the work is made on the analysis and revealing of ethical errors in vaccination performance from the point of
view of their value to form anti-vaccination movement. In general the article provides some search and maintenance of balance of ethical standards and formation of partnership and interaction with a society to achieve the optimum results in protection against infections by vaccination.