scholarly journals Mandatory Immunization Policy by Rulers from Islamic Perspective

2019 ◽  
pp. 34
Author(s):  
Ahmad Faidhi MZ ◽  
Basri I
Keyword(s):  
Communicable Disease ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Herd Immunity ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Immunization Policy ◽  
Legal Principles ◽  
Islamic Perspective ◽  
Islamic Jurisprudence ◽  
Mass Immunization ◽  
Life Threatening

Introduction: Islam views life as a sacred entity that sanctioned utmost protection according to the Objective of Syariah (Maqasid Syariah). Immunization has historically and epidemiologically proven to safeguard human life (hifzun nafs) from life threatening communicable disease. Recent development witnesses increasing vaccine refusal and hesitancy (VHR) which would jeopardize global immunization effort and its desired noble outcome. Hence there is proposal from various party for the Ministry of Health to enact a mandatory immunization policy. This study aims to analyze mandatory immunization policy by governing rulers from Islamic perspective.Methods: This is a qualitative study. Document analysis from Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) references including some literature on Maqasid Syariah, Qawaid Fiqhiyyah and Siayah Syariah perspective. Interviews with expert from both Islamic scholars and clinicians was conducted.Results: The study recognizes that mass immunization to achieve herd immunity is considered communal obligation (fardhu kifayah). Islamic legal principles such as consideration of public interest (Masalih Mursalah) and blocking evil means (Sadd -az-Zaraie) as well as legal maxim (Qawaid Fiqhiyyah) to prevent harm (darar) would serve as basis to support this policy. The contemporary Islamic jurisprudence approach such as weighting preference (fiqh muwazanat) and considering implications (fiqh ma’alat) may justify the ruler’s action to enact mandatory immunization as in accordance with the principle of Siyasah Syariyyah that the rulers must safeguard the wellbeing of whole community.Conclusion: This study may serve as preliminary paper and reference to respective authorit y and policy makers on Islamic perspective towards mandatory immunization policy.International Journal of Human and Health Sciences Supplementary Issue: 2019 Page: 34

Biosecurity: tools, behaviours and concepts

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. 449-452
Author(s):  
Alan MacLeod ◽  
Nicola Spence
Keyword(s):  
Plant Protection ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Animal Health ◽  
Early Warning Systems ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Surveillance Programs ◽  
Harmful Organisms ◽  
The One ◽  
Biosecurity Practices

COVID 19 has raised the profile of biosecurity. However, biosecurity is not only about protecting human life. This issue brings together mini-reviews examining recent developments and thinking around some of the tools, behaviours and concepts around biosecurity. They illustrate the multi-disciplinary nature of the subject, demonstrating the interface between research and policy. Biosecurity practices aim to prevent the spread of harmful organisms; recognising that 2020 is the International Year of Plant Health, several focus on plant biosecurity although invasive species and animal health concerns are also captured. The reviews show progress in developing early warning systems and that plant protection organisations are increasingly using tools that compare multiple pest threats to prioritise responses. The bespoke modelling of threats can inform risk management responses and synergies between meteorology and biosecurity provide opportunities for increased collaboration. There is scope to develop more generic models, increasing their accessibility to policy makers. Recent research can improve pest surveillance programs accounting for real-world constraints. Social science examining individual farmer behaviours has informed biosecurity policy; taking a broader socio-cultural approach to better understand farming networks has the potential to change behaviours in a new way. When encouraging public recreationists to adopt positive biosecurity behaviours communications must align with their values. Bringing together the human, animal, plant and environmental health sectors to address biosecurity risks in a common and systematic manner within the One Biosecurity concept can be achieved through multi-disciplinary working involving the life, physical and social sciences with the support of legislative bodies and the public.

LIFE SKILL EDUCATION:STASTUS, PRACTICE AND POLICY IN INDIA

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (24) ◽  
Author(s):  
Geeta Shinde
Keyword(s):  
Human Life ◽  
Interpersonal Relationship ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Life Skill ◽  
Coping With Stress ◽  
Text Book ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Decision Making Problem ◽  
Literature Reviews ◽  
And Coping

Now a day’sparents, teachers,students,institutes,policy makers,and politicians also talking about life skills. They consider that “We should not give the only a text book knowledge to our child, we should provide them all skills which required for excellent life .If you want to say say I am human or we are social animals then you must acquire the skills which defined by the WHO.These are known as communication,critical thinking, creativity, self-awareness, decision making, problem solving,empathy, interpersonal relationship ,these all require for coping with stress and coping with emotions.This paper is focus based on literature reviews,how this skills are nurtured not only our education system overall human life. Along with trying to focus life skill policy and practices.

scholarly journals The Role of Risk Preferences in Responses to Messaging About COVID-19 Vaccine Take-Up

2021 ◽  
pp. 194855062199962
Author(s):  
Jennifer S. Trueblood ◽  
Abigail B. Sussman ◽  
Daniel O’Leary
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Risk Preferences ◽  
Herd Immunity ◽  
Disease Spread ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Flu Vaccine ◽  
Nationally Representative

Development of an effective COVID-19 vaccine is widely considered as one of the best paths to ending the current health crisis. While the ability to distribute a vaccine in the short-term remains uncertain, the availability of a vaccine alone will not be sufficient to stop disease spread. Instead, policy makers will need to overcome the additional hurdle of rapid widespread adoption. In a large-scale nationally representative survey ( N = 34,200), the current work identifies monetary risk preferences as a correlate of take-up of an anticipated COVID-19 vaccine. A complementary experiment ( N = 1,003) leverages this insight to create effective messaging encouraging vaccine take-up. Individual differences in risk preferences moderate responses to messaging that provides benchmarks for vaccine efficacy (by comparing it to the flu vaccine), while messaging that describes pro-social benefits of vaccination (specifically herd immunity) speeds vaccine take-up irrespective of risk preferences. Findings suggest that policy makers should consider risk preferences when targeting vaccine-related communications.

scholarly journals The Long Road Toward COVID-19 Herd Immunity: Vaccine Platform Technologies and Mass Immunization Strategies

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lea Skak Filtenborg Frederiksen ◽  
Yibang Zhang ◽  
Camilla Foged ◽  
Aneesh Thakur
Keyword(s):  
Herd Immunity ◽  
Vaccine Platform ◽  
Immunization Strategies ◽  
Mass Immunization

Relations of Post-traumatic Growth and Resilience in Cancer Experience

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. S672-S672 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y.S. Uzar Ozcetin ◽  
D. Hicdurmaz
Keyword(s):  
Human Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Traumatic Experience ◽  
Physical Problems ◽  
Post Traumatic Growth ◽  
Life Threatening ◽  
Post Traumatic ◽  
Competing Interest ◽  
Mutual Relations ◽  
Cancer Experience

IntroductionEach individual experience cancer in a different way. While some perceive cancer as a complex and traumatic experience by developing some psychosocial and additional physical problems, others overcome cancer-related difficulties by gaining benefits such as post-traumatic growth (PTG) owing to their resilience. Resilience and PTG that are very valuable concepts in human life to adapt positively to cancer process have relations which need to be better understood.ObjectivesWe aimed to provide a better understanding of relations between resilience and PTG and relations of these two concepts with cancer experience.MethodsLiterature review.ResultsSuccessful adjustment to life-threatening illnesses such as cancer, require resilience. On the other hand, resilience provides a barrier toward stressors by helping improvement of PTG and so, is an antecedent factor of PTG. PTG ensures a deeper perspective and strength to people after traumatic events. Hence, individuals having higher levels of PTG feel powerful enough to handle the problems in their life and can easily adapt to cancer process by focusing on the positive outcomes of trauma, having improved coping mechanisms and an improved psychological well-being.ConclusionsResilience and PTG have strong mutual relations and this phenomenon should be considered for a qualified cancer care.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

scholarly journals Hiburan: Muzik, Nyanyian, Nasyid Menurut Perspektif Fiqh dan Fatwa

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-108
Author(s):  
Lukmanul Hakim Hanafi ◽  
Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri ◽  
Raja Raziff Raja Shaharuddin
Keyword(s):  
Research Method ◽  
Leisure Time ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Young Generation ◽  
Islamic Perspective ◽  
The Law ◽  
Modern Form ◽  
At Home

Nowadays, entertainment has become part of human life especially to the Muslim young generation. Entertainment is a need at any time and anywhere such as while driving, at home or during leisure time. However, there is a different opinion regarding entertainment itself. Some of the views opine that it is forbidden either through media or any other medium, and there is also an opinion saying that it is only permissible by medium of nasyid. This article intends to explain and discuss the law or ‘hukm’ of media entertainment either by way of hearing the music, song, nasyid or by manner of singing from fiqh and fatwa perspectives. Documentary research method will be adopted in the study and gathering of information on views from the Islamic perspective with regards to this issue. Outcome of research asserts that Islam does not object to music whether in the traditional or modern form as long as it does not transgress with the teachings of Islam. The Fuqaha opine that entertainment is permissible in Islam in so far as it does not contain elements of neglect, badness or forbidden by Islam. Keywords: Entertainment, music, fatwa, traditional, permissible. Abstrak Mutakhir kini, hiburan merupakan sebahagian daripada kehidupan manusia, terutamanya umat Islam daripada golongan muda. Di mana jua berada sama ada ketika memandu, di rumah atau ketika waktu lapang pasti hiburan menjadi teman lapangan. Namun begitu, persoalan yang timbul adalah berkaitan dengan hiburan sendiri, terdapat pendapat mengatakan ia haram tidak kira sama ada berhibur melalui media mahupun sebaliknya, dan terdapat juga pendapat mengatakan ianya harus jika berhibur dengan irama nasyid sahaja. Artikel ini bertujuan menjelaskan dan membincangkan hukum berhibur melalui media sama ada dengan cara mendengar muzik, lagu, nasyid dan menyanyi dari pandangan fiqh dan fatwa. Metodologi analisa dokumen digunakan bagi meneliti dan memperolehi maklumat berkaitan pandangan Islam akan isu ini. Dapatan kajian mendapati Islam tidak menghalang sesuatu seni muzik sama ada tradisional atau moden selagi mana ia tidak bercanggah dengan syariat Islam. Fuqaha berpandangan bahawa hiburan dalam Islam adalah harus hukumnya melainkan hiburan itu jelas mendatangkan kelalaian dan keburukan ataupun wujudnya unsur-unsur yang haram dalamnya maka jadilah ia haram. Kata kunci: Hiburan, muzik, fatwa, tradisional, harus.

scholarly journals MENEJMEN RISIKO DALAM PERFEKTIF ISLAM

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Supriyo Supriyo
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Production System ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Islamic Perspective ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Future ◽  
Short Run ◽  
A Company

Human life with all its activities in order to meet the needs of life always will always faced the possibility of risk either directly or indirectly, can occur in the short term or long term. A possibility of the occurrence or risk had certainly will affect the activity to be done And adversely affect the economy of a family and even a company, if the risks that occur have a vital impact on the family or an organization. Many failures within a company's organization are due to unforeseen risks occurring as for example the company never thinks that a newly established company is still in the short run abruptly because a workforce lacking control in the production system creates a great fire and spends all and has a bad impact For the economy of a family and even a company, if the risks that occur have a vital impact on the family or an organization. Many failures within a company's organization are due to unforeseen risks occurring as for example the company never thinks that a newly established company is still in the short run abruptly because a workforce lacking control in the production system creates a terrible fire and consumes all the company's assets Newly established. Everyone or anyone else would not want the incident to happen and befall themselves and his business in the future. Keywords: Islamic perspective, Risk management

scholarly journals Efficacy of the CoronaVac® Vaccine in a Region of the Colombian Amazon, Was Herd Immunity Achieved?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Salim Mattar ◽  
Héctor Serrano-Coll ◽  
Hollman Miller ◽  
Camilo Guzmán ◽  
Ricardo Rivero ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Observational Study ◽  
Urban Population ◽  
Herd Immunity ◽  
Severe Infection ◽  
Mass Vaccination ◽  
Mild Disease ◽  
Immunization Strategies ◽  
Mass Immunization ◽  
Colombian Amazon

Abstract Introduction. Currently, more than 1.8 billion doses of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines have been applied worldwide. However, some developing countries are still a long way from achieving herd immunity through vaccination. In some territories, such as the Colombian Amazon, mass immunization strategies have been implemented with the CoronaVac® vaccine. Due to its proximity to Brazil, where one of the variants of interest of SARS-CoV-2 circulates. Objective. To determine the efficacy of the CoronaVac® vaccine in a population of the Colombian Amazon. Methods. Between February 24, 2021, and May 19, 2021, a descriptive observational study was carried out in which a population of individuals over 18 years of age immunized with two doses of the CoronaVac® vaccine was evaluated. The study site was in the municipality of Mitú, Vaupés, in southeastern Colombia, a region located in the Amazon bordering Brazil. Results. 87% of the urban population of the Mitú municipality were vaccinated with CoronaVac®. To date, 2.1% of vaccinated individuals have become ill, and only 0.1% of these require hospitalization. No deaths attributable to COVID-19 have been reported among vaccinated individuals, and the vaccine has shown 97% efficacy against mild disease and 100% against severe infection. Conclusions. The herd immunity achieved through mass vaccination in this population has made it possible to reduce the rate of complicated cases and mortality from COVID-19 in this region of the Colombian Amazon.

scholarly journals Overcoming COVID-19 vaccination resistance when alternative policies affect the dynamics of conformism, social norms, and crowding out

2021 ◽  
Vol 118 (25) ◽  
pp. e2104912118
Author(s):  
Katrin Schmelz ◽  
Samuel Bowles
Keyword(s):  
Herd Immunity ◽  
Crowding Out ◽  
Individual Freedom ◽  
Panel Survey ◽  
Vaccination Policy ◽  
Vaccine Acceptance ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Large Panel ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Broad Policy

What is an effective vaccination policy to end the COVID-19 pandemic? We address this question in a model of the dynamics of policy effectiveness drawing upon the results of a large panel survey implemented in Germany during the first and second waves of the pandemic. We observe increased opposition to vaccinations were they to be legally required. In contrast, for voluntary vaccinations, there was higher and undiminished support. We find that public distrust undermines vaccine acceptance, and is associated with a belief that the vaccine is ineffective and, if enforced, compromises individual freedom. We model how the willingness to be vaccinated may vary over time in response to the fraction of the population already vaccinated and whether vaccination has occurred voluntarily or not. A negative effect of enforcement on vaccine acceptance (of the magnitude observed in our panel or even considerably smaller) could result in a large increase in the numbers that would have to be vaccinated unwillingly in order to reach a herd-immunity target. Costly errors may be avoided if policy makers understand that citizens’ preferences are not fixed but will be affected both by the crowding-out effect of enforcement and by conformism. Our findings have broad policy applicability beyond COVID-19 to cases in which voluntary citizen compliance is essential because state capacities are limited and because effectiveness may depend on the ways that the policies themselves alter citizens’ beliefs and preferences.

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