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09-07-10, 10:25 AM
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Indian Physicians slapped with anti-vaccine label!
July 8, 2010 by generic (http://insidevaccines.com/wordpress/author/generic/)
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Why? Because they questioned a WHO (World Health Organization) diktat in favor of universal hib vaccination in India.
Sorry, but this is getting ridiculous. Anyone, at any time who raises any concern about the safety, efficacy or appropriateness of any vaccine is now called anti-vaccine.
Here is a potted history of the recent outbreak of name-calling.
In the July 2010 issue of the Indian Journal of Medical Research (http://icmr.nic.in/ijmr/aboutijmr.htm) this editorial appeared: Introducing pentavalent vaccine in the EPI in India: A counsel for caution. (http://jacob.puliyel.com/download.php?id=212)
The latest WHO position paper on Hib says ‘Hib vaccine should be included in all routine immunization programmes. This suggests that Hib vaccine should be included in the immunization programme universally, irrespective of an individual country’s disease burden, not withstanding of natural immunity attained within the country against the disease, and not taking into account the rights of sovereign States to decide how they use their limited resources. The mandate and wisdom of issuing such a directive, for a disease that has little potential of becoming a pandemic, needs to be questioned.
The editorial reviews the available data and on the basis of the science, questions the need for the Hib vaccine in India.
In response to this thoughtful challenge to the WHO policy on Hib, a news commentary (http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/340/jun29_4/c3508) was published in the BMJ (British Medical Journal) which called the concerned doctors an “anti-vaccine lobby.” This article, which is unreferenced, claims:
The Hib organism, which can cause severe bacterial meningitis and pneumonia, is estimated to kill more than 370 000 children worldwide each year, GAVI said. Nearly 20% of these deaths occur in India.
here is a bit, read the rest on the blog
Indian Physicians slapped with anti-vaccine label!
July 8, 2010 by generic (http://insidevaccines.com/wordpress/author/generic/)
Filed under: News (http://insidevaccines.com/wordpress/category/news/), Opinion (http://insidevaccines.com/wordpress/category/opinion/), Vaccine Science (http://insidevaccines.com/wordpress/category/vaccine-science/), WHO Watch (http://insidevaccines.com/wordpress/category/who-watch/) (Edit) (http://insidevaccines.com/wordpress/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&post=965)
http://insidevaccines.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/800px-The_cow_pock-300x213.jpg (http://insidevaccines.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/800px-The_cow_pock.jpg)
Why? Because they questioned a WHO (World Health Organization) diktat in favor of universal hib vaccination in India.
Sorry, but this is getting ridiculous. Anyone, at any time who raises any concern about the safety, efficacy or appropriateness of any vaccine is now called anti-vaccine.
Here is a potted history of the recent outbreak of name-calling.
In the July 2010 issue of the Indian Journal of Medical Research (http://icmr.nic.in/ijmr/aboutijmr.htm) this editorial appeared: Introducing pentavalent vaccine in the EPI in India: A counsel for caution. (http://jacob.puliyel.com/download.php?id=212)
The latest WHO position paper on Hib says ‘Hib vaccine should be included in all routine immunization programmes. This suggests that Hib vaccine should be included in the immunization programme universally, irrespective of an individual country’s disease burden, not withstanding of natural immunity attained within the country against the disease, and not taking into account the rights of sovereign States to decide how they use their limited resources. The mandate and wisdom of issuing such a directive, for a disease that has little potential of becoming a pandemic, needs to be questioned.
The editorial reviews the available data and on the basis of the science, questions the need for the Hib vaccine in India.
In response to this thoughtful challenge to the WHO policy on Hib, a news commentary (http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/340/jun29_4/c3508) was published in the BMJ (British Medical Journal) which called the concerned doctors an “anti-vaccine lobby.” This article, which is unreferenced, claims:
The Hib organism, which can cause severe bacterial meningitis and pneumonia, is estimated to kill more than 370 000 children worldwide each year, GAVI said. Nearly 20% of these deaths occur in India.