By Vijay Simha, Tehelka A SLY FUDGING OF FACTS IS PUSHING INDIA INTO BUYING VACCINES BACKED BY THE WHO THAT MAY HAVE KILLED CHILDREN IN OTHER COUNTRIES. BABIES, THEY say, are a nice way to start people. They are also, it would appear, a nice way to start profit. If the babies are Indian, there’s […]
Pentavalent jab not cause of kid’s death
By G. Rajiv, TNN Pentavalent Flu Vaccine THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Putting to rest all the fears related to pentavalent vaccine in the state, the autopsy report of Ancy, the 58-day-old infant who died after the immunisation, has confirmed that the death occurred due to breathlessness, not due to vaccination. The report has confirmed that Ancy suffered breathlessness during sleep […]
Death of infant: team starts investigation
The Hindu Thiruvananthapuram, December 18, 2011 Pentavalent vaccine safe, say health officials A high-level team consisting of experts from the Union Ministry of Health and the World Health Organisation (WHO) has started investigating into the sudden death of a 58-day-old baby at Vithura near here on Thursday. The death of the infant, which occurred […]
Petition against pentavelent vaccine
By Amrita Tripathi, CNN-IBN New Delhi: As the five-in-one or pentavalent vaccine is set to roll out in Kerala and Tamil Nadu – chosen because these states have the best immunisation programs in place – CNN-IBN finds another vaccine controversy is brewing. There are several points of criticism – one, that this vaccine isn’t cost-effective. Two, that it’s […]
Action ordered against families resisting drive
Excerpt from The Nation (a print publication from Pakistan) MULTAN – The district administration has decided to launch police action against those families that resist vaccination of their children against polio. According to detail, District Coordination Officer (DCO) Zahid Akhtar Zaman has directed the Health Department to lodge report against such families with the police […]
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