Ethical challenges for the design and conduct of mega-biobanking from Great East Japan Earthquake victims

BMC Medical Ethics

Table 2 Immediate health-related needs of the quake-survivors at the initial proposal of the ToMMo-BbP (June 2011)

Individual needs	Secured access to medical resources and healthcare services
	Specific treatments and care
	Real measures for individual livelihood rehabilitation
Communities’ needs	Rapid recovery of the collapsed local healthcare system
	Additional hundreds of battle-ready medical and healthcare staff
	More access to medical facilities and resources
	Recovery of livelihood including returning original homes/communities

Abbreviation: ToMMo-BbP the Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization’s biobank project.

ISSN: 1472-6939